Montanelia Explained

Montanelia is a genus of lichenized fungi belonging to the family Parmeliaceae.^[1] It was circumscribed by Pradeep K. Divakar, Ana Crespo, Mats Wedin, and Theodore L. Esslinger in 2012 to accommodate a group of five species previously assigned to the genus Melanelia.

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.

Species:

• Montanelia disjuncta
• Montanelia occultipanniformis
• Montanelia panniformis
• Montanelia predisjuncta
• Montanelia saximontana
• Montanelia secwepemc
• Montanelia sorediata
• Montanelia tominii

References

Sources

• Divakar . Pradeep K. . Del-Prado . Ruth . Lumbsch . H. Thorsten . Wedin . Mats . Esslinger . Theodore L. . Leavitt . Steven D. . Crespo . Ana . Diversification of the newly recognized lichen-forming fungal lineage Montanelia (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) and its relation to key geological and climatic events . American Journal of Botany . 99 . 12 . 2014–2026 . December 2012 . 10.3732/ajb.1200258.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Montanelia Divakar et al. . www.gbif.org . 1 May 2021 . en.