Tecaria pseudomontagnearum Phaeographina pseudomontagnearum M. Nak. Tecaria pseudomontagnearum (=Phaeographina pseudomontagnearum) is a crustose lichen growing on old Cryptomeria japonica. It is characterized by well-developed apothecia (lirellae) with open discs, the proper exciples carbonized only at the upper half, the brown muriform ascospores and by the presence of echinocarpic acid as a major chemical substance. It has been collected from 3 places: Nachi and Mt. Koya, Wakayama Pref. and Mt. Dairyuji, Tokushima Pref. distribution map of Tecaria pseudomontagnearum