Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Ochrolechia africana Vain.

liquen platillo, Saucer lichen

Taxonomy

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

Status

Data deficient

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

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. (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.