Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 5,031 meters (0 to 16,506 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Fungi
()
- T.L. Jahn & F.F. Jahn, 1949 ex R.T. Moore, 1980
- Fungi
- Subkingdom:
Dikarya
()
- D.S. Hibbett et al., in D.S. Hibbett et al., 2007
- Phylum:
Ascomycota
()
- H.C. Bold, 1957 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Sac Fungi
- Subphylum:
Pezizomycotina
()
- O.E. Eriksson & K. Winka, 1997
- Class:
Lecanoromycetes
()
- O.E. Eriksson & K. Winka, 1997
- Subclass:
Lecanoromycetidae
()
- P.M. Kirk et al., 2001 ex J. Miadlikowska et al., in D.S. Hibbett et al., 2007
- Order:
Peltigerales
()
- W. Watson, 1929
- Suborder:
Peltigerineae
()
-
- Family:
Peltigeraceae
()
- Dumort., 1822
- Genus:
Peltigera
()
- Willd., 1787
- Specific descriptor:
leucophlebia
- (Nyl.) Gyeln. 1926
- Scientific name: - Peltigera leucophlebia (Nyl.) Gyeln. 1926
- Specific descriptor:
leucophlebia
- (Nyl.) Gyeln. 1926
- Genus:
Peltigera
(
- Family:
Peltigeraceae
(
- Suborder:
Peltigerineae
(
- Order:
Peltigerales
(
- Subclass:
Lecanoromycetidae
(
- Class:
Lecanoromycetes
(
- Subphylum:
Pezizomycotina
(
- Phylum:
Ascomycota
(
- Subkingdom:
Dikarya
(
- Kingdom:
Fungi
(
Synonyms
Chloropeltigera variolosa (A. Massal.) Gyeln. 1934 • Chloropeltigera variolosa var. leucophlebia (Nyl.) Gyeln. 1934 • Peltidea Aphthosa • Peltidea aphthosa var. leucophlebia Nyl. • Peltidea leucophlebia< /i> (Nyl.) Räsänen 1943 • Peltidea variolosa (A. Massal.) M. Choisy 1936 • Peltigera Aphthosa • Peltigera aphthosa f. variolosa A. Massal. 1856 • Peltigera aphthosa var. leucophlebia Nyl. • Peltigera aphthosa var. variolosa (A. Massal.) J. W. Thomson 1946
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 05-Sep-2008
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Peltigera
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Further Reading
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- Canada's missing dimension: science and history in the Canadian Arctic Islands / Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Nature, 1990. url p. 414.
- Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium. 23 2001 Ann Arbor: University Herbarium, University of Michigan, 1939- url p. 195.
- Syllogeus. Ottawa, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1972-1995. url p. 57, p. 58, p. 59, p. 93.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:
- Arizona State University, International Institute for Species Exploration: Arizona State University Lichen Herbarium
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre: Australian Antarctic Division Herbarium
- Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
- Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem: Lichen Herbarium Berlin
- Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Herbarium
- GBIF-Spain: Departamento de Biolog. Veg. II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid: MAF-Lich
- GBIF-Spain: Real Jardin Botanico, Madrid: MA-Lichen
- GBIF-Sweden: Botany (UPS)
- GBIF-Sweden: Fungi (S)
- GBIF-Sweden: Lund Botanical Museum (LD)
- Icelandic Institute of Natural History: Herbarium (AMNH)
- Icelandic Institute of Natural History: Herbarium (ICEL)
- Icelandic Institute of Natural History: Observational database of Icelandic plants
- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo: Lichen field notes, Oslo (O)
- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo: Lichen herbarium, Bergen (BG)
- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo: Lichen herbarium, Oslo (O)
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Botanical Museum, Copenhagen, the Phycology Herbarium
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Highland Biological Recording Group - HBRG Fungi & Lichens dataset
- University Museums of Norway (MUSIT)
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3923748
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: SF-399318
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2569562
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:399318
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2121640
Footnotes
- Mean = 96.600 meters (316.929 feet), Standard Deviation = 755.440 based on 81,251 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
