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Heterodermia galactophylla (Tuck.) W.L. Culb.

liquen con franjas, Fringe lichen

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Fungi

Phylum
Ascomycota

Class
Lecanoromycetes

Order
Teloschistales

Family
Physciaceae (= Caliciaceae)

Genus
Heterodermia

Species
galactophylla

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Status

Distribution

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

References

Miquel, S.E. Bungartz, F. (2017) Snails found among herbarium specimens of Galapagos lichens and bryophytes, with the description of Scolodonta rinae (Gastropoda, Scolodontidae), a new species of carnivorous micro-mollusk Archiv für Molluskenkunde (in press).

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"Galapagos Species Database, Heterodermia galactophylla", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2797. Accessed 4 November 2026.