Name:		Cryptothelium A. Massal., (1860) page 335 [basionym]
Status:		Genus, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Trypetheliaceae Zenker [Family] Trypetheliales Lücking, Aptroot & Sipman [Order] Dothideomycetes 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 Cryptothelium amazonum R.C. Harris Cryptothelium andamanicum Makhija & Patw. Cryptothelium chlorogastricum (Müll. Arg.) Zahlbr. Cryptothelium confluens (Müll. Arg.) Zahlbr. Cryptothelium consimile (Müll. Arg.) Zahlbr. Cryptothelium defossum (Müll. Arg.) Zahlbr. Cryptothelium diplocarpum (Nyl.) Zahlbr. Cryptothelium isabellinum (Eschw.) Zahlbr. Cryptothelium megalostomum (Vain.) Zahlbr. Cryptothelium octosporum (Vain.) Zahlbr. Cryptothelium praetervisum (Müll. Arg.) Zahlbr. Cryptothelium purpurascens (Müll. Arg.) Zahlbr. Cryptothelium rhodotitthon R.C. Harris Cryptothelium saxicola Malme Cryptothelium sepultum (Mont.) A. Massal. Cryptothelium subvariatum (Müll. Arg.) Zahlbr.
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]