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Syncesia flavescens (Nyl.) Tehler

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Fungi

Phylum
Ascomycota

Class
Arthoniomycetes

Order
Arthoniales

Family
Roccellaceae

Genus
Syncesia

Species
flavescens

Taxon category: Accepted

F. Bungartz: Galapagos specimens originally identified as S. flavescens were misidentifications of Cryptothecia assimilis, one specimen collected by Lawrence Pike (Pike 2772, OSC 59840) belongs to S. flavescens.

Origin: Native

Distribution

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"Galapagos Species Database, Syncesia flavescens", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=3851. Accessed 4 November 2026.