Crypthonia albida (Fée) Frisch & G.Thor

Ertz, Damien, Flakus, Adam, Oset, Magdalena, Sipman, Harrie J. M. & Kukwa, Martin, 2015, A first assessment of lichenized Arthoniales in Bolivia with descriptions of two new species, Phytotaxa 217 (1), pp. 1-25 : 6-7

* Crypthonia albida (Fée) Frisch & G.Thor syn. Herpothallon albidum (Fée) Aptroot, Lücking & G.Thor

In the Neotropics the species has been reported in Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela, and elsewhere in Australia, India, Vanuatu and Vietnam ( Aptroot et al. 2009; Frisch & Thor 2010; Jagadeesh Ram & Sinha 2011; McCarthy 2014).

Specimens examined (all corticolous). BOLIVIA. Dept. La Paz: Prov. Abel Iturralde, near Tumupasa , 14°03’43”S, 67°49’23”W, 375 m, Subandean Amazon forest , 27 July 2008, MK 6776 (LPB, UGDA) ; Prov. Franz Tamayo, near Yuyo, 15°03’30”S, 68°19’24”W, 1230 m, Preandean Amazon forest , 23 November 2011, MK 10369 (LPB, UGDA) ; APOLOBAMBA, Thola Pampa between Paujeyuyo and Wayrapata, 15º04’40”S, 68º28’04”W, 1200 m, Sub-Andean Amazon forest , 13 November 2014, MK 14561 (LPB, UGDA) ; Prov. Larecaja, between Mariapo and Guanay, 15°26’12”S, 68°08’13”W, 1000 m, Preandean Amazon forest , 24 November 2011, MK 10385 (LPB, UGDA) ; near Incachaca , 15°17’48”S, 68°26’32”W, 1100 m, Yungas montano inferior forest, 15 May 2011, MK 8616 (in specimen of Herpothallon roseocinctum ) (LPB, UGDA) ; Prov.Nor Yungas, COTAPATA, Santa Catalina, 16°11’35”S, 67°52’16”W, 1700 m, Yungas montane forest, 22 May 2011, AF 21322, 21335 & OP (KRAM, LPB). Dept. Santa Cruz: Prov. José Miguel de Velasco , NOEL KEMPFF, Camino a la Meseta near Florida, 14°33’31”S, 61°48’08”W, 220 m, lowland Amazon forest , 15 December 2009, AF 16011, 16016, 16017, 16036, 16039 & PR (KRAM, LPB) .