• Mycobiology
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• v.45 no.4
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• pp.338-343
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• 2017

Cryptothecia austrocoreana is a new lichen species from South Korea. The species is characterized by the presence of a heteromerous thallus and faveolate ascigerous area (ascomata) immersed in a slightly raised thallus. The species has muriform ascospores, (4)6-8-spored $8-11{\times}3-4$ septate, $(34)36-48(51){\times}(17)19-23(25){\mu}m$. Atranorin, chloroatranorin, and barbatic acid are present. In the phylogenetic tree, C. austrocoreana belongs to the arthonioid clade in Arthoniaceae.