Lethariella

Lethariella
Lethariella canariensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Lethariella
(Motyka) Krog (1976)
Type species
Lethariella intricata
(Moris) Krog (1976)
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Usnea subgen. Lethariella Motyka (1936)

Lethariella is a genus of fruticose lichens in the family Parmeliaceae. The genus was originally proposed as a subgenus of Usnea by Polish lichenologist Józef Motyka in his 1936 monograph of that genus. Norwegian botanist Hildur Krog elevated the taxon to generic status in 1976.

Three species of Lethariella are used by ethnic peoples of Yunnan Province (China) as a component of purported health-promoting tea: Lethariella cashmeriana, L. sernanderi, and L. sinensis. Species of Lethariella found in the Himalayas are also used as a component of Tibetan incense because of their fragrance, and are sold commercially in China.

Species

Lethariella mieheana Obermayer (1997) was later determined to be a synonym of Lethariella sinensis.

References

  1. ↑ "Synonymy: Lethariella (Motyka) Krog". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
  2. ↑ Motyka, J. (1938). Lichenum generis Usnea studium monographicum, pars systematica. Annales – Universitates Mariae Curie-Sklodowska, Lublin, Polania : Sectio C (in Latin). Vol. 3. p. 39.
  3. ↑ Krog, H. (1976). "Lethariella and Protousnea, two new lichen genera in the Parmeliaceae". Norwegian Journal of Botany. 23: 83–106.
  4. ↑ Wang, Li-song; Narui, Takao; Harada, Hiroshi; Culberson, Chicita F.; Culberson, William Louis (2001). "Ethnic uses of lichens in Yunnan, China". The Bryologist. 104 (3): 345–349. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2001)104[0345:EUOLIY]2.0.CO;2.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Wei, J.C.; Jiang, Y.M. (1982). "New materials for the lichen flora from Xizang". Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica. 20: 496–501.
  7. ↑ Obermayer, Walter (2001). "On the identity of Lethariella sinensis Wei & Jiang, with new reports of Tibetan Lethariella species". In McCarthy, P.M.; Kantvilas, G.; Louwhoff, S.H.J.J. (eds.). Lichenological Contribution in Honour of Jack Elix. Bibliotheca Lichenologica. Vol. 78. Berlin & Stuttgart: J. Cramer in der Gebrüder Bornträger Verlagsbuchhandlung. pp. 321–326.