The lichen genus Schistophoron Stirt. (Ascomycetes, Graphidaceae) in Brazil with a world key to the species Author Torres, Jean Marc Author Spielmann, Adriano Afonso Author Aptroot, André Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Instituto de Biociências, Laboratório de Botânica / Liquenologia, Av. Costa e Silva, s / n, 79070 - 900, Campo Grande, MS (Brazil) adriano. spielmann @ ufms. br (corresponding author) spielmann@ufms.br Author Cardoso, Karen Fernandes Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Alimentos e Nutrição, Laboratório de Produtos Naturais e Espectrometria de Massas, Av. Costa e Silva, s / n, 79070 - 900, Campo Grande, MS (Brazil) Author Honda, Neli Kika Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Instituto de Química, Laboratório de pesquisa 2 (LP 2), Av. Costa e Silva, s / n, 79070 - 900, Campo Grande, MS (Brazil) text Cryptogamie, Mycologie 2020 2020-11-13 20 13 211 217 journal article 246322 10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2020v41a13 f8d6a6ea-bec8-459a-a139-42ba926021f4 1776-100X 7814980 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 ). NOTES 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 ).