Galapagos Species Database
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Dirinaria leopoldii
liquen medallón, Medallion lichen
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Teloschistales
Family
Physciaceae (= Caliciaceae)
Genus
Dirinaria
Species
leopoldii
Taxon category: Accepted
One specimen of Weber cited in Awashti (1975): South Plaza , Weber L-40110; Two specimens in COLO (L-40736, L-40762), coll. Itow
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Awasthi, D.D. (1975) A monograph of the lichen genus Dirinaria. Bibliotheca Lichenologica 2: 1-109.
- 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, Dirinaria leopoldii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2656. Accessed 4 November 2026.