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Peltigera islandica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Peltigerales
Family:	Peltigeraceae
Genus:	Peltigera
Species:	P. islandica
Binomial name
Peltigera islandica Goward & S.S.Manoharan-Basil (2016)

Peltigera islandica is a cyanolichen indigenous to Iceland. Only recently discovered in 2016, it is likely that specimens currently labelled as P. membranaceae or P. neorufescens could in fact be P. islandica. This species is currently known in only Iceland and Canada.

Description

Peltigera islandica is a foliose lichen with an emerald to khaki-green thallus. Apothecia are not seen, and the lichen is characterized by the down-turned and skinny lobes. The specimens seen thus far have been isolated from bare or previously disturbed soils, near driveways or trails.

References

1. "Index Fungorum - Names Record". Retrieved 2009-01-20.
2. ^ Manoharan-Basil, Sheeba S.; Miadlikowska, Jolanta; Goward, Trevor; Andrésson, Ólafur S.; Miao, Vivian P. W. (September 2016). "Peltigera islandica, a new cyanolichen species in section Peltigera ('P. canina group')". The Lichenologist. 48 (5): 451–467. doi:10.1017/S0024282916000414.
3. "CNALH - Google Map". lichenportal.org. Retrieved 2021-11-19.

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