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Pyxine eschweileri (Tuck.) Vain.

liquen del rosetón abrochado, Buttoned rosette lichen

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Fungi

Phylum
Ascomycota

Class
Lecanoromycetes

Order
Teloschistales

Family
Physciaceae (= Caliciaceae)

Genus
Pyxine

Species
eschweileri

Taxon category: Accepted

F. Bungartz: Index Fungorum (Kirk 2013) erroneously treats the taxon as synonymous with Pyxine sorediata (Ach.) Mont., based on the Australian Checklist, but this checklist does treat only the Australian records as synonymous; P. eschweileri has ascospores with 4 cells, a P+ red medulla and also differs from P. sorediata by its distribution.

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.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Pyxine eschweileri", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=3294. Accessed 5 November 2026.