Name:		Catolechia Flot., Botanische Zeitung 8 (1850) page 367 [basionym]
Synonym(s):		Dimaura Norman (1853) Xanthopsis Acloque (1893)
Status:		Genus, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Rhizocarpaceae M. Choisy ex Hafellner [Family] Rhizocarpales Miądl. et al. [Order] Lecanoromycetidae P.M. Kirk, P.F. Cannon, J.C. David & Stalpers ex Miądl., Lutzoni & Lumbsch [Subclass] Lecanoromycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Catolechia africana (Tuck.) Müll. Arg. Catolechia badia Catolechia badioatra (Kremp.) A. Massal. Catolechia canescens Catolechia dubenii (Fr.) anon. Catolechia epigaea (Hoffm.) anon. Catolechia flavovirescens (A. Massal.) Flot. Catolechia fusca Catolechia galbula Catolechia glomerulans Müll. Arg. Catolechia hookeri (Borrer) Anzi Catolechia lactea A. Massal. Catolechia marginulata Müll. Arg. Catolechia maritima A. Massal. Catolechia moriopsis A. Massal. Catolechia ocellata Catolechia panaeola (Ach.) A. Massal. Catolechia panneola Catolechia pulchella (Schrad.) A. Massal. Catolechia pyxinoides Müll. Arg. Catolechia recobarina Catolechia subcoronata Müll. Arg. Catolechia tabacina Müll. Arg. Catolechia tenuis Müll. Arg. Catolechia wahlenbergii (Flot. ex Ach.) Körb.
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (1 record)
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]