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Pyrenula aspistea (Afzel.) Ach.

liquen variceloso, Pox lichen, rash lichen

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Fungi

Phylum
Ascomycota

Class
Eurotiomycetes

Order
Pyrenulales

Family
Pyrenulaceae

Genus
Pyrenula

Species
aspistea

Taxon category: Accepted

Specimen in COLO: Itow (L-40634), det. Aptroot, 1991; specimens in CDS identified by Aptroot as P. aspistea were misidentifications of Pyrenula costaricensis, fide annot. R. Miranda, 2010

Origin: Native

Status

Data deficient

Distribution

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

References

  • Aptroot, A. (2013) A world key to the species of Anthracothecium and Pyrenula The Lichenologist 44(1): 5-53
  • Elix, J.A. McCarthy, P.M. (1998) Catalogue of the Lichens of the Smaller Pacific Islands. Bibliotheca Lichenologica 70, J. Cramer, Berlin, Stuttgart, 361pp.
  • Weber, W.A. (1993) Additions to the Galápagos and Cocos Islands Lichen and Bryophyte Floras. The Bryologist 96(3): 431-434.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Pyrenula aspistea", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=3261. Accessed 5 November 2026.