Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Ochrolechia africana
liquen platillo, Saucer lichen
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Pertusariales
Family
Ochrolechiaceae
Genus
Ochrolechia
Species
africana
Taxon category: Accepted
In Weber (1966, 1986) and Elix & McCarthy (1998) as Ochrolechia pallescens
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.
- Weber, W.A. (1966) Lichenology and Bryology in the Galápagos Islands, with Check Lists of the Lichens and Bryophytes Thus Far Reported. In: Bowman, R.I. (ed.): The Galápagos. Proceedings of the Symposium of the Galápagos International Scientific Project, University of California Press, Berkeley, p. 197-200.
- Weber, W.A. (1986) The Lichen Flora of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Mycotaxon 27: 451-497.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Ochrolechia africana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=3036. Accessed 9 June 2026.