Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pyrenula cerina
liquen variceloso, Pox lichen, rash lichen
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
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- 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
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"Galapagos Species Database, Pyrenula cerina", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=3264. Accessed 22 July 2025.