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Summary of Generic Reassignments of Cetrarioid Lichens, Largely Based on Divakar Et Al Summary of Generic Reassignments of Cetrarioid Lichens, largely based on Divakar et al. (2017). B. McCune, July 2017 Alphabetical synonymy Accepted names, alphabetical within genus Deceased genera Old name New Name Cetraria Nephromopsis Esslingeriana Ahtiana Ahtiana pallidula Cetraria pallidula Cetraria aculeata Nephromopsis americana Esslingeriana idahoensis Allocetraria Ahtiana sphaerosporella Nephromopsis sphaerosporella Cetraria canadensis Nephromopsis andrejevii Arctocetraria Allocetraria cucullata Nephromopsis cucullata Cetraria commixta Nephromopsis chlorophylla Cetrariella Allocetraria madreporiformis Cetraria madreporiformis Cetraria delisei Nephromopsis coralligera Coelocaulon Allocetraria nivalis Nephromopsis nivalis Cetraria ericetorum Nephromopsis cucullata Flavocetraria Arctocetraria andrejevii Nephromopsis andrejevii Cetraria fastigiata Nephromopsis fendleri Kaernefeltia Arctocetraria nigricascens Nephromopsis nigricascens Cetraria islandica Nephromopsis inermis Masonhalea Cetraria andrejevii Nephromopsis andrejevii Cetraria madreporiformis Nephromopsis merrillii Tuckermannella Cetraria californica Nephromopsis tuckermanii Cetraria muricata Nephromopsis nigricascens Tuckermannopsis Cetraria chlorophylla Nephromopsis chlorophylla Cetraria nigricans Nephromopsis nivalis Usnocetraria Cetraria coralligera Nephromopsis coralligera Cetraria odontella Nephromopsis orbata Vulpicida Cetraria cucullata Nephromopsis cucullata Cetraria pallidula Nephromopsis richardsonii Cetraria fendleri Nephromopsis fendleri Cetraria pallidula Nephromopsis sphaerosporella Cetraria idahoensis Esslingeriana idahoensis Cetraria pinastri Nephromopsis tuckermanii Cetraria inermis Nephromopsis inermis Cetraria platyphylla Nephromopsis weberi Cetraria merrillii Nephromopsis merrillii Cetraria sepincola Cetraria nigricascens Nephromopsis nigricascens Cetraria subalpina * Cetraria nivalis Nephromopsis nivalis Cetraria tilesii Cetraria orbata Nephromopsis orbata Cetraria richardsonii Nephromopsis richardsonii Additional far northern species Cetraria subalpina Nephromopsis subalpina Cetraria kamczatica Cetraria weberi Nephromopsis weberi Cetraria laevigata Cetrariella commixta Cetraria commixta Cetrariella delisei Cetraria delisei * apparently misplaced in Nephromopsis Cetrariella fastigiata Cetraria fastigiata Coelocaulon aculeatum Cetraria aculeata Coelocaulon muricatum Cetraria muricata Divakar, P. K., A. Crespo, E. Kraichak, S. D. Leavitt, G. Singh, I. Schmitt, & H. T. Lumbsch. 2017. Dactylina madreporiformis Cetraria madreporiformis Using a temporal phylogenetic method to harmonize family and Flavocetraria cucullata Nephromopsis cucullata genus‐level classification in the largest clade of lichen‐forming Flavocetraria nivalis Nephromopsis nivalis fungi. Fungal Diversity 84:101. DOI 10.1007/s13225‐017‐0379‐z Kaernefeltia californica Nephromopsis tuckermanii Kaernefeltia merrillii Nephromopsis merrillii Masonhalea inermis Nephromopsis inermis Masonhalea richardsonii Nephromopsis richardsonii Nephromopsis subalpina Cetraria subalpina Tuckermanella fendleri Nephromopsis fendleri Tuckermanella weberi Nephromopsis weberi Tuckermannopsis americana Nephromopsis americana Tuckermannopsis chlorophylla Nephromopsis chlorophylla Tuckermannopsis coralligera Nephromopsis coralligera Tuckermannopsis fendleri Nephromopsis fendleri Tuckermannopsis halei Nephromopsis americana Tuckermannopsis inermis Nephromopsis inermis Tuckermannopsis orbata Nephromopsis orbata Tuckermannopsis pallidula Cetraria pallidula Tuckermannopsis platyphylla Cetraria platyphylla Tuckermannopsis sepincola Cetraria sepincola Tuckermannopsis subalpina Nephromopsis subalpina Vulpicida canadensis Cetraria canadensis Vulpicida pinastri Cetraria pinastri Vulpicida tilesii Cetraria tilesii.
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