Dactylina arctica

Dactylina arctica is a species of fungus within the family Parmeliaceae.^[1] Common names for this lichen are butterfinger lichen and Arctic finger lichen. A specific area in which this lichen occurs is represented by the boreal forests of Canada.^[2]

Dactylina arctica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Parmeliaceae
Genus:	Dactylina
Species:	D. arctica
Binomial name
Dactylina arctica (Hook. f.) Nyl. (1860)
Synonyms
Dufourea arctica Richardson (1823)

See also

• Reindeer lichen

References

• C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Black Spruce: Picea mariana, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
• ITIS. 2009. Dactylina arctica