Cetrelia monachorum

Cetrelia monachorum
Vulnerable
Vulnerable (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Cetrelia
Species:
C. monachorum
Binomial name
Cetrelia monachorum
Synonyms
  • Parmelia monachorum Zahlbr. (1930)

Cetrelia monachorum is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was first described scientifically in 1930 by Alexander Zahlbruckner as a species of Parmelia. Husband and wife lichenologists William and Chicita Culberson transferred it into the genus Cetrelia in 1977. It is one of four chemically distinct species recognized within the Cetrelia olivetorum species complex.

It is found in Asia, Europe, and North America.

References

  1. ↑ NatureServe. "Cetrelia monachorum". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  2. ↑ "Synonymy: Cetrelia monachorum (Zahlbr.) W.L. Culb. & C.F. Culb., in Culberson & Culberson, Syst. Bot. 1(4): 326 (1977) [1976]". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  3. 1 2 Culberson, Chicita F.; Culberson, William Louis (1976). "Chemosyndromic variation in lichens". Systematic Botany. 1 (4): 325–339. doi:10.2307/2418700.
  4. ↑ Yahr, Rebecca; Allen, Jessica L.; Atienza, Violeta; Burgartz, Frank; Chrismas, Nathan; Dal Forno, Manuela; et al. (2024). "Red Listing lichenized fungi: best practices and future prospects". The Lichenologist. 56: 345–362. doi:10.1017/S0024282924000355. hdl:10550/109919.