Galapagos Species Database

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

Pyrenula cerina Eschw.

liquen variceloso, Pox lichen, rash lichen

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Fungi

Phylum
Ascomycota

Class
Eurotiomycetes

Order
Pyrenulales

Family
Pyrenulaceae

Genus
Pyrenula

Species
cerina

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Pyrenula aurantiaca, fide Elix & McCarthy (1998); F. Bungartz: species not included in the key by Aptroot (2012), only listed as accepted in the appendix

Origin: Native

Status

Least concern

Distribution

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

References

  • Weber, W.A. (1986) The Lichen Flora of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Mycotaxon 27: 451-497.
  • 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. (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.
  • Farlow, W.G. (1902) Lichens. In: B.L. Robinson: Flora of the Galapagos Islands. Proc. Amerc. Acad. Arts Sc. 38(4): 83-89, N.S. 14 (Papers from the Hopkins-Stanford Expedition to the Galapagos Islands)
  • Aptroot, A. (2013) A world key to the species of Anthracothecium and Pyrenula The Lichenologist 44(1): 5-53

You are welcome to download and use the information found in this page, acknowledging its source.

This page should be cited as follows:

"Galapagos Species Database, Pyrenula cerina", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=3264. Accessed 22 July 2025.