| Acantholichen galapagoensis | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Hygrophoraceae |
| Genus: | Acantholichen |
| Species: | A. galapagoensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Acantholichen galapagoensis Dal-Forno, Bungartz & Lücking (2016) | |
Acantholichen galapagoensis, commonly known as the Galapagos spiny gladiator lichen, is a species of basidiolichen in the family Hygrophoraceae. Found in the Galápagos Islands, it was formally described as a new species in 2016 by Manuela Dal-Forno, Frank Bungartz, and Robert Lücking. The type specimen was collected in Isla Santa Cruz at an elevation of 684 m (2,244 ft). Here in a dense forest of Cinchona pubescens it was found growing over Frullania liverworts. The specific epithet refers to its type locality.
In 2017, Acantholichen galapagoensis was assessed for the global IUCN Red List as vulnerable due to its fragmented population, and because population control of the invasive Cinchona trees has a direct, detrimental impact on the lichen populations associated with it.
References
- ^ Bungartz, F. (30 August 2017). "Acantholichen galapagoensis ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
- Dal-Forno, Manuela; Lücking, Robert; Bungartz, Frank; Yánez-Ayabaca, Alba; Marcelli, Marcelo P.; Spielmann, Adriano A.; Coca, Luis Fernando; Chaves, José Luis; Aptroot, Andre; Sipman, Harrie J.M.; Sikaroodi, Masoumeh; Gillevet, Patrick; Lawrey, James D. (2016). "From one to six: unrecognized species diversity in the genus Acantholichen (lichenized Basidiomycota: Hygrophoraceae)". Mycologia. 108 (1): 38–55. doi:10.3852/15-060. PMID 26577612. S2CID 10311393.
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| Acantholichen galapagoensis | |
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