Distribution. Africa, South, Central and North America; in North Carolina represented by one collection in the Coastal Plain ecoregion.
Literature
Imshaug, H.A. (1957) The lichen genus Pyxine in North and Middle America. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society76(3): 246-269.
Jungbluth, P. (2010). Estudos taxonômicos em Physcia (Schreb.) Michx. e Pyxine Fr. (Physciaceae, Ascomycota). São Paulo. Tese (doutorado) — Instituto de Botânica da Secretaria de Estado do Meio Ambiente.