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'''''Austrolecia''''' is a fungal genus in the family Catillariaceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single crustose lichen species '''''Austrolecia antarctica'''''. Both the genus and species were described as new to science in 1984 by German lichenologist Hannes Hertel. The lichen is found on the boulders and moraines of Livingston Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica).<ref name="Hertel 1984"/> Indicator species analysis suggests that the lichen prefers to grow on north-facing (rather than south-facing) rock surfaces.<ref name="Coleine et al. 2020"/>
==References== {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="Coleine et al. 2020">{{cite journal |last1=Coleine |first1=Claudia |last2=Pombubpa |first2=Nuttapon |last3=Zucconi |first3=Laura |last4=Onofri |first4=Silvano |last5=Stajich |first5=Jason E. |last6=Selbmann |first6=Laura |title=Endolithic fungal species markers for harshest conditions in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica |journal=Life |volume=10 |issue=2 |year=2020 |doi=10.3390/life10020013 |page=13|pmid=32041249 |pmc=7175349 |bibcode=2020Life...10...13C |doi-access=free }}</ref>
<ref name="Hertel 1984">{{cite book |last1=Hertel |first1=Hannes |year=1984 |title=Über saxicole, lecideoide Flechten der Subantarktis |series=Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia |publisher=J. Cramer |volume=79 |pages=399–499 |language=de}}</ref>
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Category:Lecanorales Category:Lichen genera Category:Monotypic Lecanorales genera Category:Taxa described in 1984 Category:Taxa named by Hannes Hertel
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