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Peltigera canina

(L.) Willd.

Dog Lichen

G5Secure Found in 8 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.122127

Element CodeNLTEST5020

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassLecanoromycetes

OrderPeltigerales

FamilyPeltigeraceae

GenusPeltigera

Other Common Names

Dog-lichen (EN) felt lichen (EN) Felt Pelt Lichen (EN) Peltigère canine (FR)

Concept Reference

Esslinger, T.L. and R.S. Egan. 1995. A sixth checklist of the lichen-forming, lichenicolous, and allied fungi of the continental United States and Canada. The Bryologist 98(4): 467-549.

Taxonomic Comments

Stable; but many varieties of this have been segregated as full species. See Hale, 1979, How to Know the lichens; Thomson, 1950, Peltigeras of North Amer., Am. Midl. Nat; Thomson, 1984, American Arctic Lichens. I. Thomson and Hale question full species; Ahti and Vitikainen, 1977. Ann. Bot. Fennici 14 suggest that segregates should be accepted.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodPre-2010 methodology converted to 2011 data model

Review Date2013-06-14

Change Date1990-05-29

Edition Date1990-10-11

Edition AuthorsPittam, Sherry K.

Range Extent>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)

Number of Occurrences81 to >300

Rank Reasons

Wide spread, if declining is not yet documented; although not abundant at any one site, is common throughout range in appropriate habitat.

Range Extent Comments

World wide in appropriate habitat, which is limited.

Occurrences Comments

More than 100 in North America.

Threat Impact Comments

Subject to decline due to air pollution which this genus is sensitive to.

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Soil, mosses and rotting wood in shaded woods.

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Nunavut	S4	Yes
Yukon Territory	S5	Yes
Prince Edward Island	SU	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	S5	Yes
Northwest Territories	S4	Yes
Manitoba	S5	Yes
Nova Scotia	S5	Yes
New Brunswick	S4	Yes
Labrador	S4	Yes
British Columbia	S5	Yes
Quebec	S5	Yes
Saskatchewan	S4	Yes
Alberta	S4	Yes
Ontario	S5	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Colorado	SNR	Yes
Georgia	SNR	Yes
Wyoming	SNR	Yes
Minnesota	SNR	Yes
Kentucky	SNR	Yes
Montana	SNR	Yes
Pennsylvania	SNR	Yes
Indiana	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (8)

Minnesota (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Brule Lake - Eagle Mountain	Superior National Forest	12,380

Montana (3)

Area	Forest	Acres
Anderson Mountain	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	31,501
Beaver Lake	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	11,863
North Big Hole	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	52,227

North Carolina (3)

Area	Forest	Acres
Cheoah Bald	Nantahala National Forest	7,795
Harper Creek	Pisgah National Forest	7,325
Lost Cove	Pisgah National Forest	5,944

Wyoming (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Phillips Ridge	Bridger-Teton National Forest	10,108

References (2)

Esslinger, T. L. 2018. A cumulative checklist for the lichen-forming, lichenicolous and allied fungi of the continental United States and Canada, Version 22. Opuscula Philolichenum 17:6-268. [http://sweetgum.nybg.org/philolichenum/]
Esslinger, T.L. and R.S. Egan. 1995. A sixth checklist of the lichen-forming, lichenicolous, and allied fungi of the continental United States and Canada. The Bryologist 98(4): 467-549.