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Physcia lacinulata Müll. Arg.

liquen del rosetón, Rosette lichen

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Fungi

Phylum
Ascomycota

Class
Lecanoromycetes

Order
Teloschistales

Family
Physciaceae (= Caliciaceae)

Genus
Physcia

Species
lacinulata

Taxon category: Accepted

F. Bungartz: most specimens have a black lower side and thus belong to P. lobulata, but three specimens with whitle lower side recently discovered.

Origin: Native

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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