Peltigera membranacea
| Peltigera membranacea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Peltigerales |
| Family: | Peltigeraceae |
| Genus: | Peltigera |
| Species: | P. membranacea
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| Binomial name | |
| Peltigera membranacea | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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.[3] The apothecia are erect, numerous, and often a bright brown-orange in colour.[4] 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.[5]
References
- ^ NatureServe. "Peltigera membranacea". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
- ^ "GSD Species Synonymy. Current Name: Peltigera membranacea (Ach.) Nyl., Bull. Soc. linn. Normandie, sér. 4 1: 74 (1887)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ^ Hale, ME. (1988). Lichens of California. University of California Press. pp. 17–18. ISBN 978-0-520-05713-5.
- ^ "CNALH - Peltigera membranacea". lichenportal.org. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ 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.