Galapagos Species Database
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Pseudocyphellaria crocata
liquen baya salpicarado, Speckleberry lichen
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Peltigerales
Family
Lobariaceae
Genus
Pseudocyphellaria
Species
crocata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Pseudocyphellaria mougeotiana var. aurigera, Pseudocyphellaria xantholoma, fide Elix & McCarthy (1998)
Origin: Native
- Dodge, C.W. (1936) Lichens of the G. Allan Hancock Expedition of 1934, collected by Wm. R. Taylor. Hancock Pacific Expeditions 3(3): 33-46.
- Elix, J.A. McCarthy, P.M. (1998) Catalogue of the Lichens of the Smaller Pacific Islands. Bibliotheca Lichenologica 70, J. Cramer, Berlin, Stuttgart, 361pp.
- Galloway, D.J. Arvidsson, L. (1990) Studies in Pseudocyphellaria (Lichens) II. Ecuadorean species. Lichenologist 22(2): 103-135.
- Weber, W.A. (1986) The Lichen Flora of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Mycotaxon 27: 451-497.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Pseudocyphellaria crocata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=3237. Accessed 5 November 2026.