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Leptogium

Skin Lichens

Photo: (c) Richard Droker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND) (iNaturalist)

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Bishop specimens

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Type specimens

1909

First collected

2024

Last collected

2026

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Two centuries of collecting

1900s2020s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1909 by Tilden, J.E. (Tahiti).

From the collection

Leptogium, 800690Leptogium, 801500Leptogium, 800738Leptogium, 802525Leptogium, 785012Leptogium, 800689Leptogium, 802805Leptogium, 801558Leptogium, 802745Leptogium, 800410Leptogium, 800691Leptogium, 800632

Alive today

2 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.

Leptogium, 2026-09-22

2026-09-22

Oʻahu, Haleiwa, HI, US

(c) Jennifer Fieffer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Leptogium, 2025-06-23

2025-06-23

Haiku, HI 96708, USA

(c) Thomas Lacy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)