Galapagos Species Database

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Cladonia aff. sphacelata Vain.

cladonia, Cladonia

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Fungi

Phylum
Ascomycota

Class
Lecanoromycetes

Order
Lecanorales

Family
Cladoniaceae

Genus
Cladonia

Species
aff. sphacelata

Taxon category: Accepted

Status

Near threatened

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. (1986) The Lichen Flora of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Mycotaxon 27: 451-497.
  • Yánez-Ayabaca, A. Ahti, T., Bungartz, F. (2013) The Family Cladoniaceae (Lecanorales) in the Galapagos Islands Phytotaxa 129 (1): 1–33

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"Galapagos Species Database, Cladonia aff. sphacelata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=3635. Accessed 1 November 2026.