Hypotrachyna catawbiensis (Degel.) Divakar, A.Crespo, Sipman, Elix & Lumbsch

Wang, Xin Yu, Zhang, Yan Yun, Liu, Dong, Li, Li Juan, Yang, Mei Xia, Yin, An Cheng & Wang, Li Song, 2020, Taxonomic study of Hypotrachyna subg. Everniastrum (Hale ex Sipman) Divakar, A. Crespo, Sipman, Elix & Lumbsch (Ascomycota) from China, Cryptogamie, Mycologie 20 (12), pp. 193-209 : 196

2. Hypotrachyna catawbiensis (Degel.) Divakar, A.Crespo, Sipman, Elix & Lumbsch

Phytotaxa 132 (1): 31 (2013).

SELECTED SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — China, Yunnan Prov.:Wuding Co., Shizi Mt; 102°22’43”N, 25°31’55”E; 2192 m, on bark; 30.V.2011; E. D. Liu 11-2344; Wenshan Co., Baozhu Mt; 20°21.822’N, 103°54.624’E; 2870 m, on bark; 22.VI.2011; L. S. Wang 11-32165; Nanjian Co., Fenghuang Mt; 24°53’56.34”N, 100°19’49.66”E; 2340 m, on Pinus bark; 14.VI.2012; L. S. Wang 12-34296;Kunming Ci., Aziying Vil.; 25°19.960’N, 102°50.956’E; 2190 m, on bark; 3.XI.2012; L. S. Wang 12-37158.

ECOLOGY AND DISTRIBUTION. — In China, this species usually grows on the bark of Pinus in the Hengduan Mts, at elevations of 2100 - 2800 m. Elsewhere, it has been reported from North and South America, South Asia and East Africa and is widely distributed in the tropics ( Culberson & Culberson 1981; Sipman 1980).