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Peltigera leucophlebia (felt lichen)

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Wikipedia Abstract

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. The thallus of this lichen is gray or brown, but when it is wet, the bright green algae are clearly visible. The lower surface of the thallus is white.
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Attributes

Light Preference [1]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [1]  Moderate Acid
Soil Fertility [1]  Mostly Infertile
Soil Moisture [1]  Moist
Structure [2]  Lichen

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Consumers

Parasitized by 
Niesslia peltigericola[3]

External References

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Citations

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♦ 1Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Dull, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W., Paulissen, D. (1991) Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18, 1–248
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0