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Pyxine caesiopruinosa (Tuck.) Imshaug

liquen del rosetón abrochado, Buttoned rosette lichen

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Fungi

Phylum
Ascomycota

Class
Lecanoromycetes

Order
Teloschistales

Family
Physciaceae (= Caliciaceae)

Genus
Pyxine

Species
caesiopruinosa

Taxon category: Accepted

F. Bungartz: previously rejected because of confusion in Jughbluth (2010) with P. subcinerea.

Origin: Native

Distribution

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

References

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

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"Galapagos Species Database, Pyxine caesiopruinosa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=3732. Accessed 5 November 2026.