Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Hyperphyscia adglutinata
liquen del sombra, Shadow-crust lichen
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Teloschistales
Family
Physciaceae (= Caliciaceae)
Genus
Hyperphyscia
Species
adglutinata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Physcia adglutinata, fide Elix & McCarthy (1998); In Weber (1986) as Phaeophyscia hispidula, fide A. Aptroot (pers. comm.)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Dodge, C.W. (1936) Lichens of the G. Allan Hancock Expedition of 1934, collected by Wm. R. Taylor. Hancock Pacific Expeditions 3(3): 33-46.
- Weber, W.A. (1966) Lichenology and Bryology in the Galápagos Islands, with Check Lists of the Lichens and Bryophytes Thus Far Reported. In: Bowman, R.I. (ed.): The Galápagos. Proceedings of the Symposium of the Galápagos International Scientific Project, University of California Press, Berkeley, p. 197-200.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Hyperphyscia adglutinata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2816. Accessed 4 November 2026.