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Lichens A-Pac (2007) - Flora of New Zealand Lichens - Revised Second Edition A-Pac
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Cryptolechia A.Massal.

CRYPTOLECHIA A.Massal., 1853

Type : Cryptolechia carneolutea (Turner) A.Massal. [=Parmelia carneolutea Turner]

Description : Flora (1985: 147).

Cryptolechia is a genus of mainly tropical lichens comprising eight described species (Kirk et al. 2001) and included in the family Gyalectaceae (Vězda 1969a; Eriksson et al. 2004; Pennycook & Galloway 2004; Eriksson 2005). Its rather complicated nomenclatural history is discussed by Hawksworth & Dibben (1982). One species is known from New Zealand.

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