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Peltigera aphthosa  (L.) WILLD.

Fam.: Lecanorales / Lichens

Genus:  Peltigera  WILLD.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	WILLD.:		Carl Ludwig Willdenow (1765 - 1812), German botanist

Etymology:
	Peltigera:		pelta = small buckler (fruit bearing), gerere = to bear
	aphthosa:		oral infection of children (the below side of the thallus lobes is white-tomentose as oral mucosa with thrush)

Fig. 1:  Peltigera aphthosa / Silver-Lined Freckle Pelt D Karlstadt 1.5.2010

Fig. 2:  Peltigera aphthosa / Silver-Lined Freckle Pelt D Karlstadt 1.5.2010

Fig. 3:  Peltigera aphthosa / Silver-Lined Freckle Pelt D Karlstadt 1.5.2010

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