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Polychidium muscicola (Sw.) Gray

liquen del oso pellado, Woolybear lichen

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Fungi

Phylum
Ascomycota

Class
Lecanoromycetes

Order
Peltigerales

Family
Massalongiaceae

Genus
Polychidium

Species
muscicola

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Status

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

Kirk, P. (ed.) (2010) Index Fungorum. CABI Bioscience, CBS and Landcare Research, available online at www.indexfungorum.org.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Polychidium muscicola", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12158. Accessed 3 November 2026.