Galapagos Species Database
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Cladonia chlorophaea
cladonia, Mealy pixie-cup
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Cladoniaceae
Genus
Cladonia
Species
chlorophaea
Taxon category: Accepted
Bungartz, F. : in Weber (1986) as Cladonia balfourii, see Yánez-Ayabaca et al. (2013), and Ahti (2000).
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Ahti, T. (2000) Cladoniaceae. Flora Neotropica Monograph 78, 362 pp., The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York.
- Weber, W.A. (1981) Lichenes Exsiccati, distributed by the University of Colorado Museum, Boulder, Fasc. 1-15, nos. 1-600, 1961-1979. Mycotaxon 13(1): 85-104.
- Yánez-Ayabaca, A. Ahti, T., Bungartz, F. (2013) The Family Cladoniaceae (Lecanorales) in the Galapagos Islands Phytotaxa 129 (1): 1–33
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"Galapagos Species Database, Cladonia chlorophaea", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2523. Accessed 4 November 2026.