Peltigera polydactylon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Peltigerineae
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lecanoromycetes Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae Ordo: Peltigerales Subordo: Peltigerineae

Familia: Peltigeraceae
Subfamilia: Peltigeroideae
Genus: Peltigera
Species: Peltigera polydactylon

Name

Peltigera polydactylon (Neck.) Hoffm., Descr. Adumb. Pl. Cl. Cryptog. Linn. 1(1): 19 (1789). [MycoBank #399347]

Basionym

• Lichen polydactylus Neck., Method. Muscor.: 85 (1771). [MycoBank #463567]

Homotypic synonyms

• Lichen caninus γ.[=var.] polydactylon (Neck.) Lightf., Fl. Scotica 2: 846 (1777). [MycoBank #448155]

• Peltigera polydactyla (Neck.) Hoffm. (1789). [MycoBank #123088] (orthographic variant)

• Peltidea polydactyla (Neck.) Ach., Meth. Lich. (2): 286 (1803). [MycoBank #399262]

• Peltigera rufescens var. polydactylon (Neck.) Torss., Enumer. Lich. Byssac. Scand.: 8 (1843). [MycoBank #448430]

• Peltigera rufescens var. polydactyla (Neck.) Torss. (1843). [Index Fungorum #612252] (orthographic variant)

• Peltigera canina β.[=var.] coriacea b.[=f.] polydactylon (Neck.) Kremp., Denkschr. Königl.-Baier. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 4(2): 124 (1861).

• Peltigera canina β.[=var.] coriacea b.[=f.] polydactyla (Neck.) Kremp. (1861). [Index Fungorum #612255] (orthographic variant)

• Peltigera canina c.[=var.] polydactylon (Neck.) Branth & Rostr., Bot. Tidsskr. 3: 175 (1869). [MycoBank #448342]

• Peltigera canina c.[=var.] polydactyla (Neck.) Branth & Rostr. (1869). [Index Fungorum #612254] (orthographic variant)

References

Primary references

• Acharius, E. 1803. Methodus qua omnes detectos Lichenes secundum organa carpomorpha ad Genera, Species et Varietates redigere atque observationibus illustrare tentavit Erik Acharius., Sect. 1: 1–52, i–lv, 1–152, Sect. 2: 153–393, pl. 1–8. BHL Reference page. 

• Branth, J.S.D. & Rostrup, E. 1869. Lichenes Daniae eller Danmarks Laver. Botanisk Tidsskrift 3: 127–284, pls. III–IV. BHL Reference page. 

• Hoffmann, G.F. 1789–90. Descriptio et adumbratio plantarum e classe cryptogamica Linnaei quae Lichenes dicuntur. 1(1): 1–32, pls. I–VI (1789); 1(2): 33–64, pls. VII–XII (1789); 1(3): 65–86, pls. XIII–XVIII (1790); 1(4): 87–104, pls. XIX–XXIV (1790). Google Books Reference page. 

• Krempelhuber, A. 1861. Die Lichenen-Flora Bayerns oder Aufzählung der bisher in Bayern (diesseits des Rheins) aufgefundenen Lichenen mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der verticalen Verbreitung dieser Gewächse in den Alpen. Denkschriften der Königlich-Baierischen Botanischen Gesellschaft in Regensburg 4(2): 1–317. BHL Reference page. 

• Lightfoot, J. 1777. Flora Scotica: or, a systematic arrangement, in the Linnaean method, of the native plants of Scotland and the Hebrides. 2: 545–1151. BHL Reference page. 

• Necker, N.M.J. de 1771. Methodus muscorum per classes, ordines, genera ac species cum synonymis, nominibus trivialibus, locis natalibus, observationibus digestorum, aeneisque figuris illustratorum.: [i]–xvii + 1–296. HathiTrust Reference page. 

• Torssell, G. 1843. Enumeratio Lichenum et Byssaceorum Scandinaviae hucusque cognitorum.: 1–59. P.W. Hörlin, Upsaliae. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Brodo, I.M.; Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Peltigera (pp. 503-522) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages.   **[RLL List # 184 / Rec.# 22465] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**   (Peltigera polydactylon, description: p. 517; 2 photos: p. 518)

• Burgaz, A.R. and Martínez, I. (2003) Peltigerales: Lobariaceae, Nephromataceae, Peltigeraceae. Flora Liquenológica Ibérica. Sociedad Española de Liquenologia: Murcia, Spain, 61 pp.   **[RLL List # 193 / Rec.# 25009] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**   (Peltigera polydactylon illustration: p. 45)

• Goffinet, B. and Hastings, R.I. (1994) The Lichen Genus Peltigera (Lichenized Ascomycetes) in Alberta. Natural History Occasional Paper, 21 , Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton. 54 pp.   **[RLL List # 157 / Rec.# 6776] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**

• Goward, T., McCune, B. & Meidinger, D.V. 1994. The lichens of British Columbia - Illustrated Keys - Part 1 - Foliose and Squamulose Species. Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Forests Research Program, 181 pp. (RLL List # 156 / Rec.# 6950 - Recent Literature on Lichens) [1] Reference page. : Peltigera (pp. 97-106).

• Kaminsky, B.; Rosentreter, R. and DeBolt, A. 2013: Ecology and distribution of Coccocarpia filiformis and other new and uncommon Florida lichens. Evansia 30 (3): 79–89.   (Peltigera polydactylon: pp. 86-87)

• Purvis, O.W.; Coppins, B.J.; Hawksworth, D.L.; James, P.W. and Moore, D.M. (eds.) (1992) Peltigera (pp. 440-447). In, The Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Natural History Museum Publication, 710 pp.   **[RLL List # 151 / Rec.# 15105] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**   (Peltigera polydactylon: p. 446)

• Thomson, J.W. (1984) Peltigera (pp. 327-46). In, American Arctic Lichens: 1. The Macrolichens. Columbia University Press, New York, 504 pages.   **[RLL List # 124-96 / Rec.# 18494] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**   (Peltigera polydactylon description: p. 342; illustration & map: p. 343)

• Thomson, J.W. (2003) Peltigera (pp. 164-170). In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages.   **[RLL List # 190 / Rec.# 24161] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**   (Peltigera polydactylon: p. 169)

• Vitikainen, O. (1994) Taxonomic revision of Peltigera (lichenized Ascomycotina) in Europe. Acta Botanica Fennica 152: 1–96.   **[RLL List # 157 / Rec.# 19828] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**   (Peltigera polydactylon illustration: p. 67)

• Vitikainen, O. (2004) Peltigera (pp. 389-399) In: Nash III, T.H.; Ryan, B.D.; Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 742 pages.   **[RLL List # 196 / Rec.# 25937] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**   (Peltigera polydactylon: p. 397)

• Wirth, V. (1995) Peltigera (pp. 676-691) In, Die Flechten Baden-Württembergs, Teil 1 & 2. Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart. 1006 pp.   **[RLL List # 159 / Rec.# 20405] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**   (Peltigera polydactylon: p. 689; photo: p. 677)

Links

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist (Apr. 2008)

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Peltigera polydactylon

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Peltigera polydactylon

• The Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway (Photo Gallery) - Peltigera polydactylon

Vernacular names

English: Many-fruited pelt;   Felt lichen
日本語: モミジツメゴケ