''Hypocenomyce tinderryensis'' is a species of crustose lichen in the family

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. It was described as a new species in 2007 by Australian lichenologist John Alan Elix. The

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was collected in Tinderry Range in New South Wales, for which it is named. There it was found growing on a dead '' Eucalyptus'' trunk at an elevation of . It somewhat resembles the type species of ''

Hypocenomyce ''Hypocenomyce'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ophioparmaceae. Species in the genus grow on bark and on wood, especially on burned tree stumps and trunks in coniferous forest. ''Hypocenomyce'' lichens are widely distributed ...

'', '' H. scalaris'', but it can be distinguished from that lichen by its smaller apothecia, longer ascospores, and differences in the morphology of the squamules (scales) that comprise the thallus.

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Umbilicariales Lichen species Lichens described in 2007 Taxa named by John Alan Elix Lichens of Australia {{Lecanoromycetes-stub