Galapagos Species Database

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Pertusaria xanthodes Müll. Arg.

liquen con verrugas, Wart lichen

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Fungi

Phylum
Ascomycota

Class
Lecanoromycetes

Order
Pertusariales

Family
Pertusariaceae

Genus
Pertusaria

Species
xanthodes

Taxon category: Accepted

F. Bungartz: in the Galapagos only known from a single specimen collected on bark of Bursera graveolens in the dry zone of Santa Fé (Jonitz, H. 28)

Origin: Native

Distribution

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

References

  • Bungartz, F. Elix, J.A., Yánez-Ayabaca, A. & Archer, A.W. (2015) Endemism in the genus Pertusaria (Pertusariales, lichenized Ascomycota) from the Galapagos Islands. Telopea 18: 325–369. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7751/telopea8895

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"Galapagos Species Database, Pertusaria xanthodes", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=3126. Accessed 4 November 2026.