Biology:Peltigera membranacea

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Short description: Species of lichen

Peltigera membranacea
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Peltigerales
Family: Peltigeraceae
Genus: Peltigera
Species:
P. membranacea
Binomial name
Peltigera membranacea
(Ach.) Nyl. (1887)
Synonyms
  • Peltidea canina var. membranacea Ach. (1810)

Peltigera membranacea is a species of lichenized fungus in the family Peltigeraceae. It has a foliose growth pattern, with what appear to be veins in the leaf-like parts, but these do not have a vascular function.[1] The apothecia are erect, numerous, and often a bright brown-orange in colour.[2] Some simple sequence repeat markers have been developed for both the fungal partner (mycobiont) of Peltigera membranacea and its Nostoc photobiont partner; these allow for both population genetic studies and an alternative means of identifying between P. membranacea and its lookalikes.[3]

References

  1. Hale, ME. (1988). Lichens of California. University of California Press. pp. 17–18. ISBN 978-0-520-05713-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=ImgdmhOF5oAC. 
  2. "CNALH - Peltigera membranacea". https://lichenportal.org/cnalh/taxa/index.php?taxon=55984&clid=1135. 
  3. Werth, Silke; Pálsson, Stefán Þór; Andrésson, Ólafur S. (2021). "Characterization of simple sequence repeat loci for Peltigera membranacea (lichenized Ascomycota) and its Nostoc photobiont". The Lichenologist 53 (6): 457–465. doi:10.1017/s0024282921000384. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3481248 entry