Name:		Peltigera polydactylon Hoffm.
Basionym:		Lichen polydactylus Neck.
Status:		Species, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Peltigera Willd. [Genus] Peltigeraceae Dumort. [Family] Peltigerales Walt. Waton [Order] Lecanoromycetidae P.M. Kirk, P.F. Cannon, J.C. David & Stalpers ex Miądl., Lutzoni & Lumbsch [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 Peltigera polydactylon forma debilis Lettau Peltigera polydactylon forma multilobata Gyeln. Peltigera polydactylon forma multisecta Gyeln. Peltigera polydactylon forma polydactylon Peltigera polydactylon forma sorediata Schaer. Peltigera polydactylon var. hymenina (Ach.) Flot. Peltigera polydactylon var. microcarpa (Ach.) Gyeln. Peltigera polydactylon var. neopolydactylis Gyeln. Peltigera polydactylon var. nervosa Gyeln. Peltigera polydactylon var. nigrovenosa Savicz & Rass. Peltigera polydactylon var. polydactylon Peltigera polydactylon var. pruinosa Gyeln. Peltigera polydactylon var. submembranacea Nyl. Peltigera polydactylon var. vulgaris Körb.
Catalogue data:		Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 8: 319
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (2 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]