''Amandinea clandestinus'' is a species of

crustose lichen Crustose lichens are lichens that form a crust which strongly adheres to the Substrate (biology), substrate (soil, rock, tree bark, etc.), making separation from the substrate impossible without destruction. The basic structure of crustose lichen ...

in the family Caliciaceae, and found in

New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , es ...

. It was first described in 2013 by Australian lichenologists Jack Elix and

Gintaras Kantvilas Gintaras Kantvilas (born 1956) is an Australian lichenologist, who earned his Ph.D in 1985 from the University of Tasmania with a thesis entitled ''Studies on Tasmanian rainforest lichens''. He has authored over 432 species names, and 167 gener ...

from a specimen collected on coastal rocks at Jervis Bay, New South Wales.

References

clandestinus Lichen species Lichens of Australia Taxa named by John Alan Elix Taxa named by Gintaras Kantvilas Lichens described in 2013 {{Caliciales-stub