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Helminthocarpon leprevostii Fée

liquen con barbosas blancas, White slug lichen

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Fungi

Phylum
Ascomycota

Class
Arthoniomycetes

Order
Arthoniales

Family
Arthoniaceae

Genus
Helminthocarpon

Species
leprevostii

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Status

Least concern

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Bungartz, F. Dután-Patiño, V.L., Elix, J.A. (2013) The lichen genera Cryptothecia, Herpothallon and Helminthocarpon (Arthoniales) in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador The Lichenologist 45(6): 739-762.

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