Cetrelia cetrarioides
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Cetrelia |
| Species: | C. cetrarioides
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Cetrelia cetrarioides is a foliose lichen belonging to the family Parmeliaceae.
It is native to Eurasia and Northern America. In Nepal, Cetrelia cetrarioides has been reported from 2,000 to 3,000 m elevation in a compilation of published records.
It is part of the Cetrelia olivetorum species complex, a group of morphologically similar lichens now treated as four distinct species: C. cetrarioides, C. chicitae, C. monachorum, and C. olivetorum in the strict sense (sensu stricto.