''Coccocarpia delicatula'' is a species of
lichen
A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.[Coccocarpiaceae
The Coccocarpiaceae are a family of lichen-forming in the order Peltigerales. There are three genera and about 60 species in the family. Species in this family have a widespread distribution, including boreal
Boreal may refer to:
Climatology a ...]
. Known only from the
Galápagos Islands
The Galápagos Islands (Spanish: , , ) are an archipelago of volcanic islands. They are distributed on each side of the equator in the Pacific Ocean, surrounding the centre of the Western Hemisphere, and are part of the Republic of Ecuador ...
, it was
described as new to science in 2011.
References
Peltigerales
Lichen species
Lichens described in 2011
Lichens of the Galápagos Islands
Taxa named by Robert Lücking
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