Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Usnea angulata
rumibarba, liquen de barba, barba de la piedra, barbas de viejo, Beard lichen
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Parmeliaceae
Genus
Usnea
Species
angulata
Taxon category: Accepted
In Weber (1981, 1986) and Elix & McCarthy (1998) as Usnea paradoxa; no recent specimens; all collections from before 1972, presumed extinct!
Origin: Native
- Elix, J.A. McCarthy, P.M. (1998) Catalogue of the Lichens of the Smaller Pacific Islands. Bibliotheca Lichenologica 70, J. Cramer, Berlin, Stuttgart, 361pp.
- Truong, C. Rodriguez, J.M., Clerc, P. (2013) Pendulous Usnea species (Parmeliaceae, lichenized Ascomycota) in tropical South America and the Galapagos The Lichenologist 45(4): 505-543
- Weber, W.A. (1981) Lichenes Exsiccati, distributed by the University of Colorado Museum, Boulder, Fasc. 1-15, nos. 1-600, 1961-1979. Mycotaxon 13(1): 85-104.
- Weber, W.A. (1986) The Lichen Flora of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Mycotaxon 27: 451-497.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Usnea angulata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=4099. Accessed 4 November 2026.