Gintarasia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Graphidaceae. It has seven species, all of which are found in Australia. Gintarasia species are corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichens with a  form.

Taxonomy

Gintarasia was formally proposed as a new genus in 2013 by Ekaphan Kraichak, Robert Lücking, and Helge Thorsten Lumbsch. Within the family Graphidaceae, it is classified in the subfamily Graphidoidae, and tribe Thelotremateae. The genus is named in honour of Gintaras Kantvilas, a Tasmanian lichenologist who has made significant contributions to the study of lichenology in Australia, particularly in Tasmania, including the taxonomy of Tasmanian  Graphidaceae.

Description

The genus is characterized by a greyish-green to olive-green thallus covered by a  or ; large  ascomata with exposed  and thick s; a fused, hyaline to yellowish  with lateral ; a non- hymenium; hyaline, non-amyloid or amyloid ; and the presence of depsidones of the protocetraric or stictic acid .

Species
All species of Gintarasia occur in Australia.
 Gintarasia asteliae 
 Gintarasia darlingtonii 
 Gintarasia lamellifera 
 Gintarasia lordhowensis 
 Gintarasia megalophthalma 
 Gintarasia minor 
 Gintarasia tasmanica 

The taxon invalidly published as Gintarasia elixii  is now known as Topeliopsis elixii.

References

Graphidaceae
Graphidales genera
Lichen genera
Taxa described in 2013
Taxa named by Robert Lücking
Taxa named by Helge Thorsten Lumbsch