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Huneckia wrightii (Willey) Arup, Søchting & Bungartz

Thallus pale, whitish beige; isidia distinctly coralloid, mature isidia loosely branched. The only species of Galapagos Teloschistaceae with a thallus producing xanthones (lichexanthone), but anthraquinones are found in its apothecia (Bungartz et al 2020).

The species is common throughout the dry and lower transition zone, typically in sunny, wind- and rain-exposed habitats, most frequently on Bursera graveolens, occasionally on Cordia lutea, Neltuma juliflora; in dry, open woodland (Bungartz et al 2020).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Fungi

Phylum
Ascomycota

Class
Lecanoromycetes

Order
Teloschistales

Family
Teloschistaceae

Genus
Huneckia

Species
wrightii

Taxon category: Accepted

Basionym: Placodium ferrugineum var. wrightii Tuck., A synopsis of the North American lichens 1: 178. 1882. MycoBank MB 245802.

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Occurring from southwestern USA through Mexico into northern South America (Bungartz et al 2020).

References

  • Bungartz, F. Ziemmeck, F., Yánez-Ayabaca, A. & Nugra, F. (2023) Lichen-forming, Lichenicolous and Allied Fungi from Galapagos Consortium of Lichen Herbaria. Symbiota Checklist, published online at https://lichenportal.org/portal/checklists/checklist.php?clid=1278&pid
  • Bungartz, F. Søchting, U. & Arup, U. (2020) Teloschistaceae (lichenized Ascomycota) from the Galapagos Islands: a phylogenetic revision based on morphological, anatomical, chemical, and molecular data Bungartz, F., Søchting, U., & Arup, U. (2020). Teloschistaceae (lichenized Ascomycota) from the Galapagos Islands: a phylogenetic revision based on morphological, anatomical, chemical, and molecular data. Plant and Fungal Systematics, 65(2), 515-576.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Huneckia wrightii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18843. Accessed 31 October 2026.