Species: Peltigera lepidophora
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Classification
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Ascomycetes
Order
Peltigerales
Family
Peltigeraceae
Genus
Peltigera
NatureServe
Classification
Other Global Common Names
Mothwing Pelt Lichen
Informal Taxonomy
Fungi/Lichens - Lichens
Formal Taxonomy
Fungi - Ascomycota - Ascomycetes - Peltigerales - Peltigeraceae - Peltigera - In Egan with synonomy; Thomson, 1950. The species of Peltigera of North America north of Mexico. American Midland Naturalist, 44(1):1-68, provides description, comments and maps (pg. 40); also included in Thomson 1984, American Arctic Lichens..
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G4
Global Status Last Reviewed
1990-05-29
Global Status Last Changed
1990-05-29
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
<img src="http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/GetMapGif?CA.AB=S3&CA.BC=S4&CA.MB=SU&CA.ON=S4&CA.QC=SNR&CA.SK=S4&CA.YT=S3&US.CO=SNR&US.WA=S1" alt="Conservation Status Map" style="width: 475px; height: auto;" />