Biology:Peltigera scabrosa

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Short description: Species of lichenised fungus in the family Peltigeraceae

Peltigera scabrosa
Scabby Pelt Lichen (3850516462).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Peltigerales
Family: Peltigeraceae
Genus: Peltigera
Species:
P. scabrosa
Binomial name
Peltigera scabrosa
Th.Fr. (1861)

Peltigera scabrosa is a lichen which has a circumpolar distribution.[1] Its common name is scabby pelt.[2]

It is a known host species to the lichenicolous fungus Nectriopsis lecanodes.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Zhurbenko, Mikhail P. (2013). "A first list of lichenicolous fungi from India". Mycobiota 3: 19–34. doi:10.12664/mycobiota.2013.03.03. 
  2. Brodo, Irwin M.; Sharnoff, Sylvia; Sharnoff, Stephen (2001). Lichens Of North America. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-08249-5. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7161754 entry