| Name | Cryptothecia Stirton |
| Authorship | Stirton |
| Rank | Genus |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomCons |
| Placed in | Arthoniaceae |
| Contains | Cryptothecia candida (Krempelhuber) R. Santesson Cryptothecia filicina (Ellis & Everhart) R. Lucking & G. Thor Cryptothecia nigeriensis C. W. Dodge Cryptothecia rubrocincta (Ehrenberg) G. Thor Cryptothecia sp. Cryptothecia stirtoni A. L. Smith Cryptothecia striata G. Thor Cryptothecia thoroldi C. W. Dodge |
| Remarks | Type: C. subnidulans Stirton |
| Citation | 1876 Proc. Roy. Phil. Soc. Glasgow 10: 164 |