Galapagos Species Database
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Calopadia editae
liquen punto de hojas, Leaf dot lichen
Thallus foliicolous or corticolous, continuous or marginally dispersed into rounded, confluent patches, up to 50 mm across and 20–40 μm thick, ecorticate, smooth, pale grey to brownish grey. Apothecia rounded, 0.5–1 mm diameter and 250–350 μm high; disc initially plane but becoming convex in old apothecia, light brown and with thick, pale yellowish to creme-coloured pruina; margin distinct, rather thick and prominent when young, creme-coloured. Excipulum 40–70 μm broad. Hypothecium 50–100 μm high, light brown. Apothecial base sordid brown to aeruginous. Epithecium thin, 5–10 μm high, granular, pale yellowish brown. Hymenium 100–130 μm high, colourless. Asci 90–110 × 30–35 μm. Ascospores single, oblong-ellipsoid, muriform, 50–80 × (15–)20–30 μm, 2.5–4 times as long as broad, colourless. Campylidia sessile, 0.4–0.6 mm broad; lobe well-developed, hood-shaped, grey but white to pale yellow pruinose; socle not apparent. Conidia filiform with clavate apex, 3–7-septate, 40–60 × 1–1.5 μm.
Calopadia editae is externally similar to C. perpallida (Nyl.) Vĕzda, another pantropical species. However, the ascospores in the latter are longer and mostly exceed 100 μm in length. The ascospores of C. editae are similar in size to those of C. fusca (Müll.Arg.) Vĕzda and relatives, but these species lack pruina on the apothecia (Lücking 2008).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Pilocarpaceae
Genus
Calopadia
Species
editae
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Calopadia pruinosa Lücking & Chavez nom. nud.
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: The available collections are either foliicolous or corticolous and found in more or less exposed microsites at low to mid elevations.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Calopadia editae", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12876. Accessed 4 November 2026.