Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Heterodermia verrucifera (Kurok.) W.A. Weber

liquen con franjas, Fringe lichen

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Fungi

Phylum
Ascomycota

Class
Lecanoromycetes

Order
Teloschistales

Family
Physciaceae (= Caliciaceae)

Genus
Heterodermia

Species
verrucifera

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Anaptychia leucomelaena f. verrucifera

Origin: Native

Status

Least concern

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).
  • Weber, W.A. (1981) Lichenes Exsiccati, distributed by the University of Colorado Museum, Boulder, Fasc. 1-15, nos. 1-600, 1961-1979. Mycotaxon 13(1): 85-104.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Heterodermia verrucifera", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2809. Accessed 4 November 2026.