Crypthonia

Crypthonia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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)

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]

Species

As of July 2024, 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]

References

  1. ^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
  2. ^ Frisch, Andreas; Thor, Göran (2009). "Crypthonia, a new genus of byssoid Arthoniaceae (lichenised Ascomycota)". Mycological Progress. 9 (2): 281–303. doi:10.1007/s11557-009-0639-8.
  3. ^ "Crypthonia". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d Aptroot, André; Cáceres, Marcela Eugenia da Silva; Santos, Lidiane Alves dos (2024). "The taxonomy of sterile Arthoniaceae from Brazil: white crusts on overhanging tropical trees can be named". The Lichenologist. 56 (1): 1–13. doi:10.1017/S0024282924000021.
  5. ^ Aptroot, André; Sipman, Harrie J.M.; Käffer, Marcia; Martins, Suzana M.; Ferraro, Lidia Itatí; Cáceres, Marcela Eugenia da Silva (2014). "A world key to Stirtonia (Arthoniaceae), with three new Stirtonia species and one new Crypthonia species from the Neotropics". The Lichenologist. 46 (5): 673–679. doi:10.1017/S0024282914000280.
  6. ^ a b Lima, Edvaneide Leandro de; Mendonça, Cléverton de Oliveira; Aptroot, André; Cáceres, Marcela Eugenia da Silva (2013). "Two new species of Cryptothecia from NE Brazil". The Lichenologist. 45 (3): 361–365. doi:10.1017/s0024282912000862.


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