Schistophoron variabile Tibell

Lichenologist 14 (4): 242 (1982). — Type: Costa Rica. Prov. Limón: 1 km north-west of Pto. Limón, 10°00’N, 83°02’W, on coconut palms in rather open stand close to the shore, 1979, Tibell 8514 (holo-, UPS[UPS]), fide Tibell (1982).

KNOWN DISTRIBUTION. — Reported from Costa Rica and the Galapagos Islands (Tibell 1982, 1996).

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Schistophoron variabile has a white thallus with brown prothallus, sessile and subcircular to elliptical ascomata, ellipsoid, 2-3 transversely septate ascospores with smooth walls and absence of secondary substances (Tibell 1982, 1996).