Peltigera scabrosa is a lichen which has a circumpolar distribution.[1] Its common name is scabby pelt.[2]

Peltigera scabrosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Peltigerales
Family: Peltigeraceae
Genus: Peltigera
Species:
P. scabrosa
Binomial name
Peltigera scabrosa
Th.Fr. (1861)

It is a known host species to the lichenicolous fungus Nectriopsis lecanodes.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Zhurbenko, Mikhail P. (2013). "A first list of lichenicolous fungi from India". Mycobiota. 3: 19–34. doi:10.12664/mycobiota.2013.03.03.
  2. ^ Brodo, Irwin M.; Sharnoff, Sylvia; Sharnoff, Stephen (2001). Lichens Of North America. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-08249-5.

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