Name:		Pertusaria lactea Arnold, Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 22 (1872) page 283
Basionym:		Lichen lacteus L.
Status:		Species, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Pertusaria DC. [Genus] Pertusariaceae Körb. ex Körb. [Family] Pertusariales M. Choisy ex D. Hawksw. & O.E. Erikss. [Order] Ostropomycetidae Reeb, Lutzoni & Cl. Roux [Subclass] Lecanoromycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Subspecific taxa Pertusaria lactea forma faginea Erichsen Pertusaria lactea forma lactea Pertusaria lactea forma nigrescens (Erichsen) Oksner Pertusaria lactea forma radiata Gyeln. Pertusaria lactea subsp. lactea Pertusaria lactea subsp. lobulata Gyeln. Pertusaria lactea subsp. turocensis Gyeln. Pertusaria lactea var. confluens Erichsen Pertusaria lactea var. esorediata Erichsen Pertusaria lactea var. glabrescens Erichsen Pertusaria lactea var. islandica Erichsen Pertusaria lactea var. lactea Pertusaria lactea var. nigrescens Erichsen Pertusaria lactea var. someoana Cretz. Pertusaria lactea var. turocensis (Gyeln.) Erichsen Pertusaria lactea var. verruculosa Erichsen
Catalogue data:		Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 5: 160, Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 8: 522
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (37 records)
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]