Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Coccocarpia erythroxyli
liquen concha, Fruiting shell lichen
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
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- 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.