freckle pelt lichen
A broad-lobed lichen with dark wart-like spots containing a second photosynthetic partner on its upper surface.
Peltigera aphthosa (grønnever / freckle pelt lichen)
All languages
- English
- freckle pelt lichen
- Norwegian
- grønnever
- Japanese
- ヒロハツメゴケ — ひろはつめごけ — hirohatsumegoke
- Korean
- Peltigera aphthosa — Scientific name; Korean name under review
- Spanish
- Peltigera aphthosa — Scientific name; Spanish name under review
- French
- peltigère aphteuse
- German
- Warzige Apfelflechte
Illustrations are AI-generated and translations are undergoing language review.
Reference sources
- Artsdatabanken — grønnever is Peltigera aphthosa
- US Forest Service — Peltigera aphthosa is common freckle pelt and its upper surface bears small cephalodia
- Lichens of Alberta — freckle pelt has broad green lobes, flat attached cephalodia, a veined rhizinate underside and red-brown saddle-shaped apothecia