Peltigera degenii is a species of foliose lichen in the family Peltigeraceae. It was first formally described in 1927 by Hungarian lichenologist Vilmos Kőfaragó-Gyelnik. The Chinese species Peltigera neodegenii is similar in appearance.[2] Peltigera degenii has a shiny upper surface. In North America, it is a relatively rare forest species.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Peltigerales |
| Family: | Peltigeraceae |
| Genus: | Peltigera |
| Species: | P. degenii
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| Binomial name | |
| Peltigera degenii Gyeln. (1927)
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References
edit- ^ "Synonymy: Peltigera degenii Gyeln". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ Han, Liu-Fu; Xu, Xiao-Min; Yang, Jing-Yuan; Guo, Shou-Yu (2018). "Peltigera neodegenii sp. nov. from Central China". Mycotaxon. 133 (2): 323–332. doi:10.5248/133.323.
- ^ Brodo, Irwin M.; Sharnoff, Sylvia Duran; Sharnoff, Stephen (2001). Lichens of North America. Yale University Press. p. 517. ISBN 978-0300082494.
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