Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Lecanora leprosa
liquen con llantas, Rim-lichen
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Lecanoraceae
Genus
Lecanora
Species
leprosa
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Elix, J.A. McCarthy, P.M. (1998) Catalogue of the Lichens of the Smaller Pacific Islands. Bibliotheca Lichenologica 70, J. Cramer, Berlin, Stuttgart, 361pp.
- Guderley, R. (1999) Die Lecanora subfusca-Gruppe in Süd- und Mittelamerica. J. Hattori Bot. Lab. 87: 131-257.
- Weber, W.A. (1986) The Lichen Flora of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Mycotaxon 27: 451-497.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Lecanora leprosa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2896. Accessed 4 November 2026.