Acantholichen variabilis

Acantholichen variabilis is a species of basidiolichen in the family Hygrophoraceae. Found in Colombia, it was formally described as a new species in 2016 by Manuela Dal-Forno, Luis Fernando Coca, and Robert Lücking. The type specimen was collected in Cerro [San Antonio, Magdalena|Cerro San Antonio] at an elevation of. Here, on the edge of a montane wet forest, the lichen was found growing on moss in an area with high light intensity. The specific epithet refers to the variable size of the acanthohyphidia in the lichen. The species is only known from the type [locality |type locality]. Acantholichen albomarginatus is also found at this location.