Peltigera rufescens (Weiss) Humb.

LICHENS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA EXSICCATI
DISTRIBUTED FROM THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA (PH)
Fascicle III: Number 139	new vork rot an in ai rardfn
139. Peltigera mfescens (Weiss') Hnmh	04576910
Determined - James C Lendemer - September 29. 2003
Duplicate Confirmed (H!) - Orvo Vitikainen - February 26. 2004
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. CONNECTICUT. LITCHFIELD COUNTY.:
On calcareous sandy soil, on the rim of an old limestone quarry, ca. V% mile north of CT Route
#126, west of Sand Road, Canaan. - elev. ca. 600-800 ft. - UTM 18 636036E 4648895N - Lat.
41° 58' 56"N, Long. 73° 21' 28"W -Assoc, spp.: Placidium sp., Cladoniapocillum.
Thallus terricolous, foliose, gray-brown, esorediate, isidia lacking; lobes narrow, with a heavy
white tomentum, margins strongly upturned; underside dark, pale white near margins; veins raised; rhizines
short.
James C. Lendemer et al. #1356	September 21, 2003
w/ participants of 2003 A. Leroy Andrews Foray
04576910