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Porina distans Vězda & Vivant

liquen con granos faciales, Pimple lichen

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Fungi

Phylum
Ascomycota

Class
Lecanoromycetes

Order
Ostropales

Family
Porinaceae

Genus
Porina

Species
distans

Taxon category: Accepted

F. Bungartz & R. Miranda: the sterile material with coralloid isidia most likely belongs to P. conspersa, but since no perithecia could be found treated here according to Lücking (2008) as P. distans.

Origin: Native

Status

Data deficient

Distribution

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

References

  • Lücking, R. (2008) Foliicolous lichenized fungi. Flora Neotropica 103: 1-866.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Porina distans", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=3221. Accessed 5 November 2026.