Name:		Cryptothele Th. Fr., Botaniska Notiser 1866 (1866) page 59 [basionym]
Synonym(s):		Pyrenopsidium (Nyl.) Forssell (1885) Malmgrenia Vain. (1939) Cryptotheliomyces Cif. & Tomas. (1953)
Status:		Genus, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Lichinaceae Nyl. [Family] Lichinales Henssen & Büdel [Order] Lichinomycetidae [Subclass] Lichinomycetes Reeb, Lutzoni & Cl. Roux [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Cryptothele africana Müll. Arg. Cryptothele cylindrophora (Vain.) Henssen Cryptothele granuliforme (Nyl.) Henssen Cryptothele iocarpa (Nyl.) Th. Fr. Cryptothele laatokkaënsis (Vain.) Henssen Cryptothele laatokkensis (Vain.) Henssen Cryptothele neglecta Henssen Cryptothele permiscens (Nyl.) Th. Fr. Cryptothele rhodosticta (Taylor) Henssen Cryptothele sphaerospora (Vainio)
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (2 records)
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]