Vitikainen O.
(2006):
Peltigera tartarea, a new species from Arctic America,
Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory,
100: 853-854
Peltigera tartarea (Llano) Vitik. stat. et comb. nov. is reported from the arctic slope of Alaska and compared with allied species of the genus. Unlike many other species of the genus Peltigera, P venosa (L.) Baumg. has a narrow range of morphological variation and is mostly easy to identify. Therefore, the description of P venosa f. tartarea Llano, one of the few infraspecific taxa ever proposed in the species, arouses interest. According to Llano (1951), the form was fertile and its photo- biont …
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