Name:		Peltigera aphthosa Willd., (1787) page 347
Basionym:		Lichen aphthosus L.
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 aphthosa forma angustiloba Nikolskij & Fokin Peltigera aphthosa forma aphthosa Peltigera aphthosa forma britannica (Gyeln.) Zahlbr. Peltigera aphthosa forma complicata (Th. Fr.) Zahlbr. Peltigera aphthosa forma crispa Vain. Peltigera aphthosa forma crispata Fokin & Nikolskij Peltigera aphthosa forma dactylodes Nyl. Peltigera aphthosa forma subalba (Gyeln.) Zahlbr. Peltigera aphthosa forma variolosa A. Massal. Peltigera aphthosa var. aphthosa Peltigera aphthosa var. complicata Th. Fr. Peltigera aphthosa var. leucophlebia Nyl. Peltigera aphthosa var. microthallina Gyeln. Peltigera aphthosa var. phymatodes Wallr. Peltigera aphthosa var. timkoi (Gyeln.) Trass Peltigera aphthosa var. variolosa A. Massal.
Catalogue data:		Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 3: 447, Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 8: 318
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (30 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]