Basionym

• Gyalecta nana Tuck., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 5: 415 (1862). [MycoBank #386421]

Homotypic synonyms

• Secoliga nana (Tuck.) Müll.Arg., Revue Mycol. [Toulouse] 10(38): 65 (1888). [MycoBank #405098]

• Gyalectina nana (Tuck.) Vězda, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 4(4): 444 (1969). [MycoBank #345032]

Primary references

• Hawksworth, D.L. & Dibben, M.J. 1982. Cryptolechia, an earlier name for Gyalectina. The Lichenologist 14(1): 98–100. RLL List # 114-42 / Rec.# 7880 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.1017/S002428298200019X Reference page. 

• Müller, J. 1888. Lichenes Paraguayenses. Revue Mycologique: Recueil trimestriel illustré, consacré à l'Étude des Champignons et des Lichens [Toulouse] 10(38): 53–68, 10(39): 113–120, 10(40): 177–184. BHL BHL BHL Reference page. 

• Tuckerman, E. 1862. Observations on North American and other Lichenes (Continued from Vol. IV. p. 407.). Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 5: 383–422. BHL Reference page. 

• Vězda, A. 1969. Neue Taxa und Kombinationen in der Familie Gyalectaceae (Lichenisierte Fungi). Folia Geobotanica et Phytotaxonomica 4(4): 443–446. RLL List # 74 / Rec.# 19584 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.1007/BF02854701 Reference page. 

Selected reference

• Lücking, R.; Seavey, F.; Common, R.S.; Beeching, S.Q.; Breuss, O.; Buck, W.R.; Crane, L.; Hodges, M.; Hodkinson, B.P.; Lay, E.; Lendemer, J.C.; McMullin, R.T.; Mercado-Díaz, J.A.; Nelsen, M.P.; Rivas Plata, E.; Safranek, W.; Sanders, W.B.; Schaefer, H.P., Jr. and Seavey, J. (2011) The Lichens of Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Florida: Proceedings from the 18th Tuckerman Workshop. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 49: 127–186.   **[RLL List # 224 / Rec.# 33103] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Complete article)

Links

• Index Fungorum: IF 110596
• MycoBank: MB 110596

• North American Lichen Checklist

Link to photo

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Cryptolechia nana