Galapagos Species Database

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Coccocarpia erythroxyli (Spreng.) Swinscow & Krog

liquen concha, Fruiting shell lichen

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Fungi

Phylum
Ascomycota

Class
Lecanoromycetes

Order
Peltigerales

Family
Coccocarpiaceae

Genus
Coccocarpia

Species
erythroxyli

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Pannaria molybdaea, fide Weber (1986) & Elix & McCarthy (1998), Coccocarpia pellita var. parmelioides, fide Elix & McCarthy (1998); 2 specimens in COLO: 40290, Santa Cruz, Stewart, 1912, det. Dodge 1935 & Santiago, Pike 2718, det. Arvidsson

Origin: Native

Status

IUCN Red List Category: Regionally Extinct

Distribution

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

References

  • Dodge, C.W. (1935) Lichenes. In: H.K. Svenson: Plants of the Astor Expedition, 1930 (Galápagos and Cocos Islands). Amer. J. Bot. 22 (2): 221.
  • 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.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Coccocarpia erythroxyli", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=3637. Accessed 5 June 2026.