Mycotaxon 92: 202 (2005).
Basionym: Cetraria cucullata (Bellardi) Ach. f. minuscula Elenkin & Savicz, Trudy Bot. Muz. Imp. Akad. Nauk 8: 43 (1910).
Type: Russia, Khabarovsk Region, Dzhugdzhur Range, Chelasin [River], ca. 57°N, 137°E, alt. 400 - 1000 m, dry peat bog, 21 May 1903, Ir. M. Shchegolev, 1909 (LE).
Photobiont: Data lacking.
Chemistry: K-, C-, P-, usnic acid, protolichesterinic acid (Zhurbenko et al. 2005: 202).
Ecology: Data lacking.
Molecular data: Genbank
Distribution: Amphi-Beringian distribution (Eastern Siberia, Chukotka, Interior Alaska).
Note: Flavocetraria minuscula is like a miniature morph of Flavocetraria cucullata. It differs however, in having narrower, more tubular lobes with helmet-shaped lobe tips.