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Heterodermia albicans (Pers.) Swinscow & Krog

liquen con franjas, Fringe lichen

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Fungi

Phylum
Ascomycota

Class
Lecanoromycetes

Order
Teloschistales

Family
Physciaceae (= Caliciaceae)

Genus
Heterodermia

Species
albicans

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Physcia albicans, fide F. Bungartz, Physcia crispa, fide Elix & McCarthy (1998)

Origin: Native

Status

Data deficient

Distribution

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

References

  • 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, Heterodermia albicans", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2788. Accessed 4 November 2026.