Geltingia

Division:Ascomycota

Class:Leotiomycetes

Order:Phacidiales

Family:Helicogoniaceae

Geltingia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Leotiomycetes
Order:	Phacidiales
Family:	Helicogoniaceae
Genus:	Geltingia Alstrup & D.Hawksw. (1990)
Species:	G. associata
Binomial name
Geltingia associata (Th.Fr.) Alstrup & D.Hawksw. (1990)
Synonyms[1]
Lecidea associata Th.Fr. (1867) Biatora leptostigma (Nyl.) Walt.Watson (1953) Lecidea associata Th.Fr. (1867) Lecidea leptostigma Nyl. (1868) Leciographa associata (Th.Fr.) Zopf (1896) Lithographa andrewii Stirt. (1878) Nesolechia associata (Th.Fr.) Sacc. & D.Sacc. (1906) Nesolechia leptostigma (Nyl.) Sacc. & D.Sacc. (1906) Xylographa andrewii (Stirt.) Redinger (1938)

Geltingia is a fungal genus in the family Helicogoniaceae. It is monotypic, containing the single lichenicolous species Geltingia associata.^[2] The genus was circumscribed in 1990 by mycologists Vagn Alstrup and David Leslie Hawksworth. The genus name honours Danish scientist Paul Gelting.^[3]

It has a circumpolar distribution. It is known to grow on the lichens Ochrolechia frigida^[4] and Ochrolechia upsaliensis.^[5]