Cryptothecia aleurinoides


Cryptothecia aleurinoides is a species of corticolous, crustose lichen in the family Arthoniaceae. Found in Thailand, it was formally described by lichenologists André Aptroot and Pat Wolseley. Its thallus is up to in diameter and less than 0.1 mm thick, and is white in colour. Its are ellipsoid in shape,, and measure 40–45 by 22–259 μm. It contains the substance 5-O-methylmicrophyllinic acid, which, at the time of publication, was the first time this lichen product had been recorded from genus Cryptothecia.