Order

Peltigerales

Peltigera leucophlebia. Photo: (c) Tomás Curtis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Peltigerales is an order of lichen-forming fungi belonging to the class Lecanoromycetes in the division Ascomycota. The taxonomy of the group has seen numerous changes; it was formerly often treated as a suborder of the order Lecanorales. It currently contains two suborders, seven families and about 45 genera such as Lobaria and Peltigera.

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Subtaxa

Where in Humboldt



Discussion

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