Galapagos Species Database
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Lacrima aphanotripta
Proper margin thick, concolorous with the disc, C+ red; thallus rimose to rimose-areolate, granular to densely coralloid isidiate; mostly corticolous, very rarely saxicolous.
In Galapagos, the species is currently known only from the humid zone along the crater rim of Volcán Alcedo, where it appears to be a relict species surviving on few, isolated Zanthoxylum fagara and Scalesia microscephala trees. Both these substrates are remnants of vegetation now recovering from excessive grazing by goats that were only recently eradicated.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Teloschistales
Family
Teloschistaceae
Genus
Lacrima
Species
aphanotripta
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
- 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, Lacrima aphanotripta", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18844. Accessed 31 October 2026.