Scientific Name:	Peltigera castanea Goward, Goffinet & Miadl.
English Name:	chestnut pelt
Classification / Taxonomy
Scientific Name - Concept Reference:	Goffinet, B., J. Miadlikowska & T. Goward. 2003. Phylogenetic inferences based on nrDNA sequences support five morphospecies within the Peltigera didactyla complex (lichenized Ascomycota). The Bryologist 106: 349-364.
Classification Level:	Species
Species Group:	Lichen
Species Code:	PELTCAS
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Plantae Ascomycota Lecanoromycetes Peltigerales Peltigeraceae
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Global Status:	GNR
Provincial Status:	S2S3 (Apr 2025)
BC List:	Blue
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Disjunct, more common elsewhere:	N
Peripheral, major distribution elsewhere:	N
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B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Peltigera castanea. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 14, 2026).