Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Nigrovothelium tropicum
liquen con ampullas salpicaradas, Speckled blister lichen
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Eurotiomycetes
Order
Pyrenulales
Family
Trypetheliaceae
Genus
Nigrovothelium
Species
tropicum
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Trypethelium tropicum.
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Aptroot, A. Cácares, M.E., Johnston, M.K., Lücking, R. (2016) Index to scientific names and nomenclatural checklist of Trypetheliaceae The Lichenologist 48(6): 995–1011
- Elix, J.A. McCarthy, P.M. (1998) Catalogue of the Lichens of the Smaller Pacific Islands. Bibliotheca Lichenologica 70, J. Cramer, Berlin, Stuttgart, 361pp.
- LeDee, O.E. (2000) unpublished undergraduate student project
- Weber, W.A. (1986) The Lichen Flora of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Mycotaxon 27: 451-497.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Nigrovothelium tropicum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18414. Accessed 3 November 2026.