| Peltigera praetextata | |
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| Peltigera praetextata thallus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Peltigerales |
| Family: | Peltigeraceae |
| Genus: | Peltigera |
| Species: | P. praetextata |
| Binomial name | |
| Peltigera praetextata | |
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Peltigera praetextata, or the scaly dog pelt lichen, is a foliose lichen native to North America, Europe, and Asia. [2] It is defined by small belly-button-like growths called phyllidia on its edges and centre. [3] [4]
Peltigera praetextata has flat lobes up to 5 cm (2 in) long, and often forms circular growth patterns. [2] It is dark green when wet, often with a reddish centre, and greyish when dry. [2] It is tomentous, or covered with fine hairs. [2] It does not reproduce vegetatively using isidia or soredia like most lichens, but using phyllidia. [3] [4] It is often fertile as well, with round to saddle-shaped red apothecial discs. [2] [4]
Although often found over moss or tree bark, P. praetextata may also be found on bare soil. It is common throughout temperate and boreal ecosystems. [2]
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