Crypthonia
Genus of lichens
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Crypthonia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Arthoniaceae. It has 16 species.[1] The genus was circumscribed in 2010 by Andreas Frisch and Göran Thor, with Crypthonia polillensis assigned as the type species.[2]
| Crypthonia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
| Order: | Arthoniales |
| Family: | Arthoniaceae |
| Genus: | Crypthonia Frisch & G.Thor (2010) |
| Type species | |
| Crypthonia polillensis (Vain.) Frisch & G.Thor (2010) | |
Species
As of July 2024[update], Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 16 species of Crypthonia,[3] but this does not yet account for three new species described from Brazil in 2024.[4]
- Crypthonia albida (Fée) Frisch & G.Thor (2010)
- Crypthonia athertonensis Frisch & G.Thor (2010)
- Crypthonia bella Frisch & G.Thor (2010)
- Crypthonia biseptata (Aptroot & Wolseley) Frisch & G.Thor (2010)
- Crypthonia brevispora Frisch & G.Thor (2010)
- Crypthonia citrina Frisch & G.Thor (2010)
- Crypthonia corticorygmoides Aptroot & M.Cáceres (2016)
- Crypthonia divaricatica Aptroot & Sipman (2014)[5]
- Crypthonia irregularis Aptroot, L.A.Santos & M.Cáceres (2024)[4] – Brazil
- Crypthonia lichexanthonica A.A.Menezes, M.Cáceres & Aptroot (2013)[6] – Brazil
- Crypthonia mycelioides (Vain.) Frisch & G.Thor (2010)
- Crypthonia olivacea Frisch & G.Thor (2010)
- Crypthonia palaeotropica Frisch & G.Thor (2010)
- Crypthonia polillensis (Vain.) Frisch & G.Thor (2010)
- Crypthonia pseudisidiata Aptroot, L.A.Santos & M.Cáceres (2024)[4] – Brazil
- Crypthonia streimannii Sipman (2018)
- Crypthonia stromatica Aptroot, L.A.Santos & M.Cáceres (2024)[4] – Brazil
- Crypthonia submuriformis M.Cáceres & Aptroot (2013)[6] – Brazil
- Crypthonia vandenboomii Frisch & G.Thor (2010)
