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Peltigerales
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.
11 branches of this order, most-observed first
Peltigeraceae
familyPeltigeraceae
Lobariaceae
familyLobariaceae
Collemataceae
familyCollemataceae
Pannariaceae
familyPannariaceae
Nephromataceae
familyNephromataceae
Placynthiaceae
familyPlacynthiaceae
Coccocarpiaceae
familyCoccocarpiaceae
Massalongiaceae
familyMassalongiaceae
Vahliellaceae
familyVahliellaceae
Koerberiaceae
familyKoerberiaceae
Erinacellus
genusErinacellus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48712.