Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Home Research Hub dataZone Galapagos Species Database

Stereocaulon weberi I.M. Lamb

liquen de espuma, Foam lichen

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Fungi

Phylum
Ascomycota

Class
Lecanoromycetes

Order
Lecanorales

Family
Stereocaulaceae

Genus
Stereocaulon

Species
weberi

Taxon category: Accepted

Holotype in FH

Origin: Endemic

Status

Near threatened

References

  • Lamb, I.M. (1977) A conspectus of the lichen genus Stereocaulon (Schreb.) Hoffm. Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 43: 191-355.
  • 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.

You are welcome to download and use the information found in this page, acknowledging its source.

This page should be cited as follows:

"Galapagos Species Database, Stereocaulon weberi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=3404. Accessed 5 November 2026.