Revision of and a new lecanorine genus in Lecideaceae (lichenised Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes).

The species has been included in . This caused us to reconsider the relationships between and the lecanorine species of and to question the monophyly of . Amongst 25 genera of the family Lecideaceae, most have lecideine apothecia, the exceptions being and , which have lecanorine apothecia.