Heterodea Nyl.
Type : Heterodea muelleri (Hampe) Nyl. [=Sticta muelleri Hampe]
Description : Flora (1985: 181–182).
Heterodea, formerly included in the monogeneric family Heterodeaceae (Filson 1978, 1992d; Eriksson & Hawksworth 1998; Eriksson 1999) is now assigned to the family Cladoniaceae (Wedin et al. 2000a; Stenroos et al. 2002c; Eriksson et al. 2004; Pennycook & Galloway 2004; Eriksson 2005). It comprises two species, one of which is found rarely in the far north of New Zealand.