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Verrucaria

Wart Lichens

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6

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1884

First collected

2021

Last collected

2025

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Two centuries of collecting

1880s2020s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1884 by Eckfeldt, J.W. ([U.S.A.; Virginia).

From the collection

Verrucaria, 784878

Alive today

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