Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Brigantiaea leucoxantha (sorediate form)
liquen punto del fuego, Brick spored firedot lichen
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Brigantiaeaceae
Genus
Brigantiaea
Species
leucoxantha (sorediate form)
Taxon category: Accepted
F. Bungartz: the Galapagos material is densely diffusely sorediate across the entire thallus and therefore not B. leucoxantha s.str.; the specimen collected by Pike (COLO L-55433) examined by J. Hafellner 1983 identified as B. leucoxantha is also densely sorediate.
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Bungartz, F. Hillmann, G., Kalb, K., Elix, J.A. (2013) Leprose and Leproid Lichens of the Galapagos with a particular focus on Lepraria (Stereocaulaceae) and Septotrapelia (Pilocarpaceae) Phytotaxa 150(1): 1-28
- Elix, J.A. McCarthy, P.M. (1998) Catalogue of the Lichens of the Smaller Pacific Islands. Bibliotheca Lichenologica 70, J. Cramer, Berlin, Stuttgart, 361pp.
- Weber, W.A. (1986) The Lichen Flora of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Mycotaxon 27: 451-497.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Brigantiaea leucoxantha (sorediate form)", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2267. Accessed 1 November 2026.