Name:		Dirina approximata Zahlbr., Annales Mycologici 29 (1931) page 78 [basionym]
Accepted name:		Dirina paradoxa (Fée) Tehler
Synonym(s):		Dirina paradoxa subsp. approximata (Zahlbr.) Tehler (1986)
Status:		Species, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Dirina Fr. [Genus] Roccellaceae Chevall. [Family] Arthoniales Henssen ex D. Hawksw. & O.E. Erikss. [Order] Arthoniomycetidae [Subclass] Arthoniomycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Subspecific taxa Dirina approximata forma approximata Dirina approximata forma sorediata Tehler Dirina approximata subsp. africana (Fée) Tehler Dirina approximata subsp. approximata Dirina approximata subsp. hiorami (de Lesd.) Tehler
Catalogue data:		Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 8: 224
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]