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Actinoplaca vulgaris (Müll. Arg.) Vězda & Poelt

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Fungi

Phylum
Ascomycota

Class
Lecanoromycetes

Order
Ostropales

Family
Gomphillaceae

Genus
Actinoplaca

Species
vulgaris

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Tricharia vulgaris, fide Elix & McCarthy (1998); specimen in COLO 193173 (L-40433, det. Vězda): Santa Cruz, on leaves of Coffea, Horneman garden, p.p. (with Aspidothelium scutellicarpum Lücking; originally identified by Vězda as Aspidothelium fugiens)

Origin: Native

Status

Data deficient

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, Actinoplaca vulgaris", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=4152. Accessed 5 November 2026.