Galapagos Species Database

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

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.