Galapagos Species Database

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Pseudocyphellaria argyracea (Delise) Vain.

liquen baya salpicarado, Speckleberry lichen

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Fungi

Phylum
Ascomycota

Class
Lecanoromycetes

Order
Peltigerales

Family
Lobariaceae

Genus
Pseudocyphellaria

Species
argyracea

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Status

Critically endangered

References

  • Weber, W.A. (1986) The Lichen Flora of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Mycotaxon 27: 451-497.
  • 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.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Pseudocyphellaria argyracea", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=3728. Accessed 20 July 2025.