Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pyrenula cruenta
liquen variceloso, Pox lichen, rash lichen
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Eurotiomycetes
Order
Pyrenulales
Family
Pyrenulaceae
Genus
Pyrenula
Species
cruenta
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Melanotheca cruenta, fide Elix & McCarthy (1998)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- 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. (1986) The Lichen Flora of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Mycotaxon 27: 451-497.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Pyrenula cruenta", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=3270. Accessed 5 November 2026.