Five New Species of the Lichen-Forming Fungal Genus from China.

The genus is an important cyanobacterial lichen group. We performed a taxonomic study on the from China using phylogenetic analysis based on three gene loci (ITS, nuSSU, nuLSU) together with additional species delimitation analyses by ABGD, bPTP and GMYC approaches and the phenotypic characteristics. Five new species (, , , and ) were found and described.