Name:		Peltula Nyl., Annales des Sciences Naturelles 20 (1853) page 216 [basionym]
Status:		Genus, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Peltulaceae Büdel [Family] Lichinales Henssen & Büdel [Order] Lichinomycetidae [Subclass] Lichinomycetes Reeb, Lutzoni & Cl. Roux [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Peltula africana (Jatta) Swinscow & Krog Peltula applanata (Zahlbr.) J.C. Wei Peltula auriculata Büdel, Schultz & A. Gröger Peltula australiensis (Müll. Arg.) Filson Peltula bolanderi (Tuck.) Wetmore Peltula boletiformis (Hue) Henssen & Büdel Peltula capensis (Brusse) Büdel Peltula clavata (Kremp.) Wetmore Peltula congregata (Nyl.) Swinscow & Krog Peltula coriacea Büdel, Henssen & Wessels Peltula corticola Büdel & R. Sant. Peltula crispatula (Nyl.) Egea Peltula cylindrica Wetmore Peltula decorticans (Müll. Arg.) Filson Peltula euploca (Ach.) Poelt ex Ozenda & Clauzade Peltula farinosa Büdel Peltula guepinii (Delise) Gyeln. Peltula imbricata Filson Peltula impressa (Vain.) Swinscow & Krog Peltula impressula (H. Magn.) N.S. Golubk. Peltula japonica (Asahina) Yoshim. Peltula kofleri Henssen & Büdel Peltula laciniata (Bagl. & Carestia) Poelt Peltula langei Büdel & Elix Peltula lingulata (Vain.) Swinscow & Krog Peltula marginata Büdel Peltula michoacanensis (de Lesd.) Wetmore Peltula minuta (H. Magn.) N.S. Golubk. Peltula obscurans (Nyl.) Gyeln. Peltula obscuratula (Nyl.) Poelt ex Egea Peltula omphaliza (Nyl.) Wetmore Peltula patellata (Bagl.) Swinscow & Krog Peltula placodizans (Zahlbr.) Wetmore Peltula polyspora (Tuck.) Wetmore Peltula psammophila (Nyl.) Egea Peltula radiata Nyl. Peltula radicata Nyl. Peltula richardsii (Herre) Wetmore Peltula rodriguesii (Cromb.) Büdel Peltula ruinicola (Nyl.) Gyeln. Peltula santessonii Swinscow & Krog Peltula sonorensis Büdel & T.H. Nash Peltula subglebosa (Müll. Arg.) Filson Peltula tenebrata (Nyl.) Gyeln. Peltula tenuis Büdel & Henssen Peltula tortuosa (Nees) Wetmore Peltula umbilicata (Vain.) Swinscow & Krog Peltula zabolotnoji (Elenkin) N.S. Golubk. Peltula zahlbruckneri (Hasse) Wetmore
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (8 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]