Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pyrenula ochraceoflava
liquen variceloso, Pox lichen, rash lichen
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Eurotiomycetes
Order
Pyrenulales
Family
Pyrenulaceae
Genus
Pyrenula
Species
ochraceoflava
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Anthracothecium ochraceoflavum, fide Elix & McCarthy (1998), Verrucaria ochraceoflava, fide Index Fungorum
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.
- Stewart, A. (1912) Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Galapagos Islands 1905-1906. No. 7: Notes on the Lichens of the Galapagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 4th Series, 1(7): 431-446.
- 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.
- Weber, W.A. (1986) The Lichen Flora of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Mycotaxon 27: 451-497.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Pyrenula ochraceoflava", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=3278. Accessed 8 June 2026.