Peltigera degenii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Peltigerales
Family: Peltigeraceae
Genus: Peltigera
Species:
P. degenii
Binomial name
Peltigera degenii
Gyeln. (1927)
Synonyms[1]
  • Peltigera canina f. nitens Anders (1924)
  • Peltigera nitens (Anders) Gyeln. (1927)
  • Peltigera praetextata var. nitens (Anders) Szatala (1942)
  • Peltigera degenii f. nitens (Anders) Oxner (1956)
  • Peltigera degenii var. nitens (Anders) Trass (1968)

Peltigera degenii is a species of foliose lichen in the family Peltigeraceae. It was first formally described in 1927 by Hungarian lichenologist Vilmos Kőfaragó-Gyelnik. The Chinese species Peltigera neodegenii is similar in appearance.[2] Peltigera degenii has a shiny upper surface. In North America, it is a relatively rare forest species.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Synonymy: Peltigera degenii Gyeln". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  2. ↑ Han, Liu-Fu; Xu, Xiao-Min; Yang, Jing-Yuan; Guo, Shou-Yu (2018). "Peltigera neodegenii sp. nov. from Central China". Mycotaxon. 133 (2): 323–332. doi:10.5248/133.323.
  3. ↑ Brodo, Irwin M.; Sharnoff, Sylvia Duran; Sharnoff, Stephen (2001). Lichens of North America. Yale University Press. p. 517. ISBN 978-0300082494.


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