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Bulbothrix laevigatula (Nyl.) Hale

liquen pestaña, Matted eyelash lichen

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Fungi

Phylum
Ascomycota

Class
Lecanoromycetes

Order
Lecanorales

Family
Parmeliaceae

Genus
Bulbothrix

Species
laevigatula

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Parmelia laevigatula, fide Elix & McCarthy (1998)

Origin: Native

Status

Near threatened

References

  • Bungartz, F. Benatti, M.N., Spielmann, A.A. (2013) The genus Bulbothrix (Parmeliaceae, Lecanoromycetes) in the Galapagos Islands: a case study of superficially similar, but overlooked macrolichens The Bryologist 116(4): 358-372
  • 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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