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Sticta fuliginosa (Dicks.) Ach.

liquen de la luna, Moon lichen

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Fungi

Phylum
Ascomycota

Class
Lecanoromycetes

Order
Peltigerales

Family
Lobariaceae

Genus
Sticta

Species
fuliginosa

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Status

Data deficient

References

  • Elix, J.A. McCarthy, P.M. (1998) Catalogue of the Lichens of the Smaller Pacific Islands. Bibliotheca Lichenologica 70, J. Cramer, Berlin, Stuttgart, 361pp.
  • McDonald, T. Miadlikowska, J. & Lutzoni, F. (2003) The lichen genus Sticta in the Great Smoky Mountains: A phylogenetic study of morphological, chemical, and molecular data. The Bryologist 106(1): 61-79.
  • Weber, W.A. (1986) The Lichen Flora of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Mycotaxon 27: 451-497.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Sticta fuliginosa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=3414. Accessed 16 October 2026.