''Peltigera degenii'' is a species of

foliose lichen Foliose lichen is one of the morphological classes of lichens, which are complex organisms that arise from the symbiotic relationship between fungi and a photosynthetic partner, typically algae. This partnership allows lichen to live in diverse ...

in the family

Peltigeraceae The Peltigeraceae are a family of lichens in the order Peltigerales. The Peltigeraceae, which contains 15 genera and about 600 species, has recently (2018) been emended to include the families Lobariaceae and Nephromataceae. Many Peltigeraceae sp ...

. It was first formally described in 1927 by Hungarian lichenologist

Vilmos Kőfaragó-Gyelnik Vilmos Kőfaragó-Gyelnik (March 30, 1906 – March 15, 1945) was a Hungarian botanist and lichenologist. Prior to earning his PhD in 1929 from Budapest University, he spent a year in Cairo to help organize a botanical museum. In 1930 he started ...

. The Chinese species '' Peltigera neodegenii'' is similar in appearance. ''Peltigera degenii'' has a shiny upper surface. In North America, it is a relatively rare forest species.

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degenii Lichen species Lichens of Europe Lichens of North America Lichens described in 1927 Taxa named by Vilmos Kőfaragó-Gyelnik {{Peltigerales-stub