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Leptotrema wightii (Taylor) Müll. Arg.

liquen con volcanes, Volcano lichen

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Fungi

Phylum
Ascomycota

Class
Lecanoromycetes

Order
Ostropales

Family
Graphidaceae

Genus
Leptotrema

Species
wightii

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Myriotrema wightii, fide F. Bungartz

Origin: Native

Status

Least concern

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

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.
  • Weber, W.A. (1986) The Lichen Flora of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Mycotaxon 27: 451-497.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Leptotrema wightii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=3673. Accessed 5 June 2026.