Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Schistophoron tenue
liquen de escritura, Script lichen
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Ostropales
Family
Graphidaceae
Genus
Schistophoron
Species
tenue
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
- Elix, J.A. McCarthy, P.M. (1998) Catalogue of the Lichens of the Smaller Pacific Islands. Bibliotheca Lichenologica 70, J. Cramer, Berlin, Stuttgart, 361pp.
- LeDee, O.E. (2000) unpublished undergraduate student project
- Tehler, A. Baloch, E., Tibell, L. & Wedin, M. (2009) The systematic position of Schistophoron. Bibliotheca Lichenologica 99: 383-329.
- Weber, W.A. (1981) Lichenes Exsiccati, distributed by the University of Colorado Museum, Boulder, Fasc. 1-15, nos. 1-600, 1961-1979. Mycotaxon 13(1): 85-104.
- Weber, W.A. (1986) The Lichen Flora of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Mycotaxon 27: 451-497.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Schistophoron tenue", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=3367. Accessed 5 November 2026.