Galapagos Species Database
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Lacrima galapagoensis
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Teloschistales
Family
Teloschistaceae
Genus
Lacrima
Species
galapagoensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Holotype: CDS 28977‒holotype; GenBank Accession number nrITS: MT967404, 24-Mar-2006, Bungartz, F. 4813, Type locality: Ecuador, Galápagos: Isabela, Volcán Alcedo, outer S-exposed crater rim, 0°12′23″S, 90°47′4″W, 814 m alt., humid zone, S-exposed, steep basalt cliffs of crater rim with ferns (Pityrograma calomelanos var. calomelanos, Polypodium tridens, Dryopteris palmata, Adiantum concinnum, Blechnum polypodioides) growing in crevices, on rock (Bungartz et al. 2020).
Origin: Endemic
Distribution: Mostly in upper transition and humid zone, occasionally also in the dry zone, rarely in the coast
- 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 galapagoensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18846. Accessed 3 November 2026.