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Ricasolia patinifera (Taylor) Müll. Arg.

liquen del pulmón, Lungwort, lung lichen

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Fungi

Phylum
Ascomycota

Class
Lecanoromycetes

Order
Rhizocarpales

Family
Catillariaceae

Genus
Ricasolia

Species
patinifera

Taxon category: Accepted

yn.: Lobaria patinifera (Taylor) Hue fide Moncada & Lücking (pers. com. April 2014); in Weber (1986) und Elix & McCarthy (1998) as Lobaria dissecta

Origin: Native

Status

Vulnerable

References

  • Elix, J.A. McCarthy, P.M. (1998) Catalogue of the Lichens of the Smaller Pacific Islands. Bibliotheca Lichenologica 70, J. Cramer, Berlin, Stuttgart, 361pp.
  • Weber, W.A. (1986) The Lichen Flora of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Mycotaxon 27: 451-497.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Ricasolia patinifera", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18136. Accessed 3 November 2026.