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Go to: Data maintenance � Nomenclature: Taxonomic Hierarchy � Nomenclature: Type Information � Nomenclature: Taxonomic Literature � Biogeography � Ecology � Lichen Photobionts � Thallus Morphology: General Morphology � Thallus Morphology: Thallus Size and Differentiation � Thallus Morphology: Outline � Thallus Morphology: Upper Thallus Surface � Thallus Morphology: Lower Thallus Surface � Ascocarp Morphology: General Ascocarp Morphology � Ascocarp Morphology: Margin � Ascocarp Morphology: Disk � Ascocarp Anatomy: General Amphithecium Anatomy � Ascocarp Anatomy: Hymenium � Ascocarp Anatomy: Subhymenium � Ascocarp Anatomy: Hypothecium � Ascocarp Anatomy: Asci � Ascocarp Anatomy: Ascospores � Conidioma Morphology � Conidioma Anatomy: Conidia � Chemistry: Secondary Metabolites � Chemistry: Spot Tests � Index of all items of the project

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1. Data set source [mandatory] [mandatory character] 2. compiled 3. template 5. standard item
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2. Data set author(s) [mandatory] [mandatory character] 10. Büdel B. 42. Nash T.H. 53. Schulz M. None selected () ()

3. Data set reviewer(s) [mandatory character] () 45. Nash T.H. ()

5. Data set publication permission [mandatory character] 1. no None selected () ()

Nomenclature: Taxonomic Hierarchy

7. Current taxonomic status 1. accepted 2. basionymous
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8. Taxonomic rank [mandatory] [mandatory character] 2. species None selected () ()

10. Taxon number

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11. Genus name [mandatory] [mandatory character] () ()

12. Synonyms

13. Family name [mandatory] [mandatory character] 65. Lichinaceae Nyl. (1854) None selected () ()

15. Order name 11. Lichinales None selected () ()

Nomenclature: Type Information

17. Type [mandatory character]

19. Protologue

20. Type specimen label data

Nomenclature: Taxonomic Literature

21. Taxonomic notes

22. Taxonomic literature

Biogeography

23. Hemisphere distribution () 1. Northern hemispheric ()

24. Floristic province {= zonal distribution} [mandatory] [mandatory character] 1. holarctic 2. arctic 3. subarctic 4. boreal 5. Mediterranean 6. subtropical 7. pantropical 8. neotropical 9. palaeotropic 10. subantarctic 11. antarctic 14. cosmopolitan
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25. Altitude [mandatory] [mandatory character] 1. coastal 2. colline 3. submontane 4. montane 5. upper montane 6. subalpine 7. alpine
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27. Continent distribution [mandatory] [mandatory character] 1. Africa 2. Antarctica 3. Asia-Temperate 4. Australasia 5. Europe 6. Northern America 7. Southern America 8. Pacific 9. Asia-Tropical
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38. Checklist records [mandatory] 15. Mexico 20. Sonoran Desert 26. United States and Canada (continental)
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Ecology

43. Life habit () 2. biotroph (inhabiting living organisms) ()

44. Lifestyle [mandatory] [mandatory character] () 5. lichenicolous (= parasitic on lichens) ()

45. Substrate preference [mandatory character] 1. terricolous (on soil) 2. bryophytic (on bryophytes) 3. lignicolous (on wood) 6. saxicolous (on rock)
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47. Habitat insolation 1. sun-exposed 2. partially shaded 3. fully shaded
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48. Habitat moisture 1. dry 2. moist 3. wet
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51. Rock substrate ecology () 4. calcareous sand ()

53. Rock substrate mineral content 2. calciferous (containing calcites) 4. gypsiferous (containing gypsum)
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55. Soil substrate mineral content 2. calciferous (containing limestone) 4. gypsiferous (containing gypsum)
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56. Soil substrate mineral grain size 1. clay or silt (argillaceous) 4. sand
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Lichen Photobionts

86. Primary photobiont genus () 12. Chroococcidiopsis ()

Thallus Morphology: General Morphology

104. Thallus growth form [mandatory character] 1. indistinct 2. crustose 3. foliose 4. fruticose
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105. Thallus primary subdivision 1. continuous 2. divided
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108. Crustose growth organization 6. placodioid 7. squamulose 8. subfruticose (minutely fruticose, dactyliform) 9. filamentose
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109. Crustose growth structure () 2. subsquamulose ()

112. Foliose growth organization 1. lobed 2. umbilicate
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116. Foliose lobe orientation 1. horizontal 2. ascending 3. imbricate
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118. Foliose lobe curvature 1. concave 2. subconcave 3. plane 4. subconvex 5. convex
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121. Fruticose branch structure 1. terete 2. subterete 3. applanate (moderately flattened) 4. compressed (strongly flattened) 6. striate 7. ridged
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126. Thallus parts imbrication 1. not imbricate 2. imbricate
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129. Thallus parts length [categorical] 1. short 2. long
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130. Thallus parts length [numerical]

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					mm long

131. Thallus parts width [categorical] 1. narrow 2. wide
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132. Thallus parts width [numerical]

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					mm wide

133. Thallus parts thickness [categorical] 1. thin 2. thick
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134. Thallus parts thickness [numerical]

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					mm thick

Thallus Morphology: Thallus Size and Differentiation

151. Overall thallus diameter [categorical] 1. very small 2. small 3. medium-sized
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152. Overall thallus diameter [numerical]

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					cm in diameter

153. Overall thallus length [numerical]

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					cm long

159. Thallus apex outline 1. rounded 2. truncate
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Thallus Morphology: Outline

160. Thallus perimeter outline 1. irregular 2. orbicular
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164. Thallus margin structure 1. entire 3. dentate 4. laciniate 6. undulate 7. isidiate 9. crenulate 11. lobulate
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Thallus Morphology: Upper Thallus Surface

172. Upper surface colour 5. dark gray (= greyish black, blackish grey) 6. black 10. brownish red (= reddish brown) 12. dark red (= blackish red, reddish black) 18. dark green (= blackish green, greenish black) 23. dark blue (= blackish blue, bluish black) 33. dark brown (= brownish black, blackish brown)
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174. Upper surface curvature 1. plane 2. subconcave 3. concave 4. subconvex 5. convex
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175. Upper surface glossiness 1. matt (opaque, dull) 2. glossy (shiny) 3. vitreous
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176. Upper surface roughness 1. smooth 2. rough
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177. Upper surface texture 3. byssoid 4. erose
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186. Upper surface pits: presence 1. absent 2. present
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188. Upper surface pits: width 1. broad 2. narrow
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225. Upper surface hairs: presence 1. absent 2. present
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230. Upper surface isidia: presence 1. absent 2. present
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231. Upper surface isidia: location () 2. laminal ()

232. Upper surface isidia: position {across the surface} 1. marginal 2. submarginal 3. apical
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235. Upper surface isidia: shape 1. globular 5. cylindrical 6. clavate 7. spathulate
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238. Upper surface isidia: ramification pattern 1. sparse 2. coralloid 3. moderate
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278. Upper surface lobules: presence 1. absent 2. present
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Thallus Morphology: Lower Thallus Surface

282. Lower surface overall colour 5. dark gray (= greyish black, blackish grey) 6. black 18. dark green (= blackish green, greenish black) 33. dark brown (= brownish black, blackish brown)
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286. Lower surface attachment kind 1. by the whole lower surface 2. by holdfasts
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Ascocarp Morphology: General Ascocarp Morphology

421. Ascocarp location {on main thallus} 2. laminal 3. subperipheral 4. peripheral
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424. Ascocarp position {on primary thallus parts} 5. subterminal 6. terminal
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428. Ascocarp emergence () 1. not emerging (immersed, e.g., cryptolecanorine, cryptolecideine, aspicilioid) ()

429. Ascocarp attachment 1. adnate (semi-immersed) 2. sessile 3. substipitate 4. stipitate
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438. {orbicular} ascocarp diameter [numerical]

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					mm in diam.

Ascocarp Morphology: Margin

448. Ascocarp margin: structure 2. lobate 3. lobulate 4. crenulate
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449. Ascocarp margin: roughness () 1. smooth ()

464. Ascocarp margin: isidia () 2. present (isidiate) ()

Ascocarp Morphology: Disk

488. Ascocarp disk: colour () 6. black ()

489. Ascocarp disk: exposure 1. not exposed 2. partly exposed 3. fully exposed
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Ascocarp Anatomy: General Amphithecium Anatomy

540. Amphithecium width [numerical]

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					µm wide

Ascocarp Anatomy: Hymenium

653. Hymenium height [numerical]

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					µm high

654. Hymenium pigmentation {in H2O} 3. pale grey (= greyish white, whitish grey) 14. pale green (= greenish white, whitish green) 25. pale yellow (= whitish yellow, yellowish white, incl. lemon, citrine) 31. pale brown (= brownish white, whitish brown)
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Ascocarp Anatomy: Subhymenium

684. Subhymenium height [numerical]

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					µm high

699. Subhymenium pigmentation {in H2O} 3. pale grey (= greyish white, whitish grey) 14. pale green (= greenish white, whitish green) 31. pale brown (= brownish white, whitish brown)
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Ascocarp Anatomy: Hypothecium

708. Hypothecium pigmentation {in H2O} 3. pale grey (= greyish white, whitish grey) 14. pale green (= greenish white, whitish green) 25. pale yellow (= whitish yellow, yellowish white, incl. lemon, citrine) 27. brownish yellow (= yellowish brown) 31. pale brown (= brownish white, whitish brown)
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721. Hypothecium inspersion type 1. not inspers 2. inspersed with oil droplets
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Ascocarp Anatomy: Asci

751. Ascus shape 1. globose 4. broadly clavate 5. clavate 6. narrowly clavate 7. obclavate 8. cylindrical
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753. Ascus length [numerical]

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754. Ascus width [numerical]

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					µm wide

758. Ascus tholus iodine reactivity 1. Lugol’s negative 2. Lugol’s positive
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760. Ascus tholus iodine reaction colour 1. + red 2. + light blue 3. + dark blue
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Ascocarp Anatomy: Ascospores

784. Ascospore number [categorical] 1. 1–2 per ascus 2. c. 4 per ascus 3. c. 8 per ascus 4. 12-16 per ascus 5. 16-32 per ascus
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786. Ascospore shape 1. globose 2. subglobose 3. oval 4. ellipsoid 5. broadly ellipsoid
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787. Ascospore length [numerical]

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788. Ascospore width [numerical]

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792. Ascospore septum presence 1. absent 2. present
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810. Ascospore wall pigmentation 1. hyaline (translucent) 4. pale brown (= brownish white, whitish brown)
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Conidioma Morphology

817. Conidiomata kind () 1. pycnidial ()

Conidioma Anatomy: Conidia

873. Conidium shape 1. globose 2. subglobose 3. oval 4. ellipsoid 5. broadly ellipsoid
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879. Conidium length [numerical]

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					µm long

880. Conidium width [numerical]

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					µm wide

Chemistry: Secondary Metabolites

913. Known secondary metabolites: presence () 1. absent ()

Chemistry: Spot Tests

926. Spot test reactions () 1. absent ()

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