Peltigera degenii

Division:Ascomycota

Class:Lecanoromycetes

Order:Peltigerales

Family:Peltigeraceae

Peltigera degenii
Conservation status
Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Peltigerales
Family:	Peltigeraceae
Genus:	Peltigera
Species:	P. degenii
Binomial name
Peltigera degenii Gyeln. (1927)
Synonyms[2]
Peltigera canina f. nitens Anders (1924) Peltigera nitens (Anders) Gyeln. (1927) Peltigera praetextata var. nitens (Anders) Szatala (1942) Peltigera degenii f. nitens (Anders) Oxner (1956) Peltigera degenii var. nitens (Anders) Trass (1968)

Peltigera degenii is a species of foliose lichen in the family Peltigeraceae. It was first formally described in 1927 by Hungarian lichenologist Vilmos Kőfaragó-Gyelnik. The Chinese species Peltigera neodegenii is similar in appearance.^[3] Peltigera degenii has a shiny upper surface. In North America, it is a relatively rare forest species.^[4]