Species
Peltigera leucophlebia (Ruffled freckled pelt lichen)
Peltigera leucophlebia. Photo: (c) Tomás Curtis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Peltigera leucophlebia is a lichenized fungus in the family Peltigeraceae. It is commonly called Ruffled Freckled Pelt. This and other species in the genus contain a green algae in the genus Coccomyxa and also cyanobacteria in the genus Nostoc as symbionts.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
- Phylum: Ascomycota (Ascomycete fungi)
- Subphylum: Pezizomycotina (Higher ascomycetes)
- Class: Lecanoromycetes (Common lichens)
- Subclass: Lecanoromycetidae (Shield lichens, sunburst lichens, rosette lichens, and allies)
- Order: Peltigerales
- Family: Peltigeraceae
- Genus: Peltigera (Pelt lichens)
- Species: Peltigera leucophlebia (Ruffled freckled pelt lichen)
- Genus: Peltigera (Pelt lichens)
- Family: Peltigeraceae
- Order: Peltigerales
- Subclass: Lecanoromycetidae (Shield lichens, sunburst lichens, rosette lichens, and allies)
- Class: Lecanoromycetes (Common lichens)
- Subphylum: Pezizomycotina (Higher ascomycetes)
- Phylum: Ascomycota (Ascomycete fungi)
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
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