Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Chrysothrix xanthina
polvo de oro, Gold dust lichen
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Arthoniomycetes
Order
Arthoniales
Family
Chrysotrichaceae
Genus
Chrysothrix
Species
xanthina
Taxon category: Accepted
In Weber (1986) as Chrysothrix candelaris
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Kalb, K. (2001) New or otherwise interesting lichens. I. In P.M. McCarthy, G. Kantvilas, S.H.J.J. Louwhoff (eds.): Lichenological Contributions in Honour of Jack Elix. Bibliotheca Lichenologica 78, J. Cramer, Berlin, Stuttgart, p. 141-167.
- Knudsen, K. Bungartz, F. (2013) Chrysothrix galapagoana, a new species from the Galapagos Islands Opuscula Philolichenum, 12: 174–179. 2013. (available at: http://sweetgum.nybg.org/philolichenum/)
- 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
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"Galapagos Species Database, Chrysothrix xanthina", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2512. Accessed 26 June 2025.