Eight lecanoroid lichen species new to China

Eight crustose lichen species are recorded for the first time for China. The species newly recorded are: Diploschistes hypoleucus, Lecanora epibryon, L. leproplaca, L. plumosa, L. sibirica, L. tropica, Loxospora lecanoriformis, and Tephromela khatiensis. Among those, D. hypoleucus is newly recorded for Asia.