Peltigeraceae
From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
Helpful resources for Peltigera id.
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Family: Peltigeraceae
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Massalongia carnosa | ||
Peltigera aphthosa | 1998 checklist suggest this species is common, though found mostly on the mainland. PacNW herbarium database shows records primarily from the inner islands and mainland, though one old (1913) collection was made from a southern outer island. | |
Peltigera britannica | Many collections from across most of the region. Only one from the gulf coast, and none from upper Lynn Canal. | |
Peltigera canina | 1998 checklist suggests this species is infrequent. PacNW herbarium database shows a handful of older (1950s and earlier) collections from Kuiu and South Baranof Island. There is a 1998 collection from Tebenkof and a 1992 record from Sitka. A few collections also from northern Lynn Canal in the general vicinity of Skagway. | |
Peltigera castanea | Peltigera castanea | Reported from Klondike NP and Glacier Bay NP |
Peltigera chionophila | ||
Peltigera cinnamomea | ||
Peltigera collina | ||
Peltigera degenii | ||
Peltigera didactyla | ||
Peltigera elisabethae | ||
Peltigera extenuata | Reported from Klondike NP | |
Peltigera horizontalis | ||
Peltigera hydrothyria | ||
Peltigera hymenina | Reported in Tongass NF database from mainland near Juneau. | |
Peltigera kristinssonii | Reported from Glacier Bay NP | |
Peltigera latiloba | Reported from Klondike NP | |
Peltigera lepidophora | ||
Peltigera leucophlebia | ||
Peltigera malacea | ||
Peltigera membranacea | ||
Peltigera neckeri | ||
Peltigera neopolydactyla | ||
Peltigera occidentalis | Reported from Glacier Bay NP and Klondike NP | |
Peltigera pacifica | Fringed Frog Pelt | |
Peltigera polydactylon | ||
Peltigera ponojensis | ||
Peltigera praetextata | ||
Peltigera rufescens | ||
Peltigera scabrosa | ||
Peltigera scabrosella | Reported from Klondike NP | |
Peltigera venosa | ||
Solorina crocea | ||
Solorina saccata | ||
Solorina spongiosa |