lichen display

Related literature on Peltigera venosa
habitat: soil banks or disturbed areas, Other lichen in the same habitat

Characteristics of Peltigera venosa (L.) Hoffm.

  • Soredia:
  • Lobules: no
  • Isidia: no
  • Podetia: no
  • Reproductive Body: apothecium brown
  • Body Type: foliose
  • Unstratified: no
  • Life Form: lobes loosely attached
  • Hollow lobes: no
  • Central cord: no
  • Lobe shape: rounded
  • Rhizines: single or forked
  • Cilia margin: no
  • Simple perforate: no
  • Cyphellae: no
  • Pseudocyphellae: no
  • Lobe Color, inside: white
  • Lobe Color, underneath: white-no tomentum
  • Surface Color: pale-green
  • Surface texture: veined-bottom
  • Wrinkles:
  • Cephalodia: yes external pockets
  • Papillae: no
  • Fibrilles on Branches: no
  • Spore type:
  • Spore size (um):
  • Lobe Width: more than 10mm
  • Lobe Range Width: 10mm - 15mm
  • Medullar C Reaction: negative
  • Medullar K Reaction: negative
  • Medullar KC Reaction: negative
  • Medullar P Reaction: negative
  • Areolate:
  • Algae: both bluegreen and green
  • Iodine Test: negative
  • Cortex C: negative
  • Cortex K: negative
  • Cortex P: negative
These lichen pages provided with NSF funding and in association with
Northwest Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University
and
Dept of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University
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