Hypotrachyna is a genus of lichenizedfungi within the family Parmeliaceae.[2] According to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the widespread genus contains about 198 species.[3]Hypotrachyna was circumscribed by American lichenologist Mason Ellsworth Hale Jr in 1974.[4]
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