Crypthonia Explained

Crypthonia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Arthoniaceae. It has 16 species. The genus was circumscribed in 2010 by Andreas Frisch and Göran Thor, with Crypthonia polillensis assigned as the type species.

Species

, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 16 species of Crypthonia, but this does not yet account for three new species described from Brazil in 2024.

• Crypthonia albida
• Crypthonia athertonensis
• Crypthonia bella
• Crypthonia biseptata
• Crypthonia brevispora
• Crypthonia citrina
• Crypthonia corticorygmoides
• Crypthonia divaricatica
• Crypthonia irregularis – Brazil
• Crypthonia lichexanthonica – Brazil
• Crypthonia mycelioides
• Crypthonia olivacea Frisch
• Crypthonia palaeotropica
• Crypthonia polillensis
• Crypthonia pseudisidiata – Brazil
• Crypthonia streimannii
• Crypthonia stromatica – Brazil
• Crypthonia submuriformis – Brazil
• Crypthonia vandenboomii