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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 � Thallus Anatomy: Upper Cortex � Thallus Anatomy: Medulla � Thallus Anatomy: Lower Cortex � Ascocarp Morphology: General Ascocarp Morphology � Ascocarp Morphology: Margin � Ascocarp Morphology: Disk � Ascocarp Anatomy: Epithecium � Ascocarp Anatomy: Hymenium � Ascocarp Anatomy: Asci � Ascocarp Anatomy: Ascospores � Conidioma Morphology � Conidioma Anatomy: Conidia � Chemistry: Spot Tests � Index of all items of the project

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Data maintenance

1. Data set source [mandatory] [mandatory character] 1. authentic 2. compiled 3. template 5. standard item
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2. Data set author(s) [mandatory] [mandatory character] 10. Büdel B. 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 ()

8. Taxonomic rank [mandatory] [mandatory character] 2. species 3. subspecies 4. variety 5. form None selected () ()

11. Genus name [mandatory] [mandatory character] 463. Neoheppia 513. Peltula None selected () ()

13. Family name [mandatory] [mandatory character] 94. Peltulaceae Büdel (1986) None selected () ()

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

Nomenclature: Type Information

17. Type [mandatory character]

19. Protologue

Nomenclature: Taxonomic Literature

21. Taxonomic notes

22. Taxonomic literature

Biogeography

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

24. Floristic province {= zonal distribution} [mandatory] [mandatory character] 4. boreal 6. subtropical 7. pantropical 8. neotropical 9. palaeotropic 14. cosmopolitan
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25. Altitude [mandatory] [mandatory character] 1. coastal 2. colline 3. submontane 4. montane 5. upper montane 6. subalpine
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27. Continent distribution [mandatory] [mandatory character] 1. Africa 3. Asia-Temperate 4. Australasia 5. Europe 6. Northern America 7. Southern America 8. Pacific 9. Asia-Tropical
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28. Major geographic region 41. South-western U.S.A. 44. North and Central Mexico
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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] () 4. lichenized (= parasitic and / or mutual symbiotic with photobionts) ()

45. Substrate preference [mandatory character] 1. terricolous (on soil) 6. saxicolous (on rock)
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47. Habitat insolation 1. sun-exposed 2. partially shaded 3. fully shaded
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53. Rock substrate mineral content 1. non-calciferous (lacking calcites) 2. calciferous (containing calcites)
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Lichen Photobionts

80. Primary photobiont kind () 1. cyanobacterial ()

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

88. Primary photobiont order () 5. Chroococcales ()

Thallus Morphology: General Morphology

104. Thallus growth form [mandatory character] 2. crustose 3. foliose
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105. Thallus primary subdivision 1. continuous 2. divided
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108. Crustose growth organization 6. placodioid 7. squamulose
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109. Crustose growth structure () 2. subsquamulose ()

112. Foliose growth organization () 2. umbilicate ()

114. Foliose lobe outline () 1. elongate ()

117. Foliose lobe front 1. angular 2. rounded
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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)
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122. Fruticose branch flattening 1. bifacial 2. unifacial
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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

Thallus Morphology: Outline

160. Thallus perimeter outline 1. irregular 2. orbicular
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161. Thallus perimeter zonation 1. simple 3. lobed
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164. Thallus margin structure 1. entire 3. dentate 4. laciniate 9. crenulate 10. dissected 11. lobulate 13. crenate
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Thallus Morphology: Upper Thallus Surface

172. Upper surface colour 6. black 10. brownish red (= reddish brown) 16. brownish green (= greenish brown, incl. olive, olivaceous) 27. brownish yellow (= yellowish 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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191. Upper surface maculae: presence 1. absent 2. present
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252. Upper surface soralia: presence 1. absent 2. present
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255. Upper surface soralia: colour 15. grey-green (= greyish green, greenish gray) 17. bluish green (= greenish blue; incl. aeruginose, turquoise) 18. dark gray (= greyish black, blackish grey) 21. grey-blue (= bluish grey, greyish blue) 22. brownish blue (= bluish brown)
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256. Upper surface soralia: location 2. laminal 3. subperipheral 4. peripheral
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258. Upper surface soralia: origin () 3. tubercular (eroding from the tip of tubercles, warts) ()

259. Upper surface soralia: shape 5. labriform 6. maculiform
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260. Upper surface soralia: outline 2. punctiform 3. irregular ("effigurate") 4. linear
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261. Upper surface soralia: elevation () 3. prominent ()

262. Upper surface soralia: excavation 1. slightly excavated 2. fully excavated
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269. Upper surface soredia: diameter [categorical] 1. grainy (coarse) 2. farinose (fine)
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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 6. black 16. brownish green (= greenish brown, incl. olive, olivaceous) 27. brownish yellow (= yellowish brown)
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Thallus Anatomy: Upper Cortex

329. Upper cortex: presence 1. absent 2. present
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332. Upper cortex height [numerical]

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					µm high

371. Upper cortex inner layer: structure 1. prosoplectenchymatous 2. paraplectenchymatous
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Thallus Anatomy: Medulla

383. Medulla colour 2. white 14. pale green (= greenish white, whitish green) 20. pale blue (= whitish blue, bluish white)
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384. Medulla density 1. compact 2. dense 3. loose
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Thallus Anatomy: Lower Cortex

401. Lower cortex plectenchyma structure 1. paraplectenchymatous 2. prosoplectenchymatous
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404. Lower cortex hyphal orientation 1. anticlinal 2. periclinal
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409. Lower cortex extent 1. restricted to the thallus edge 2. covering most of the thallus lower surface
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Ascocarp Morphology: General Ascocarp Morphology

424. Ascocarp position {on primary thallus parts} 1. central 2. laminal 3. subperipheral 4. peripheral
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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
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432. Ascocarp abundance [numerical]

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					per thallus

437. Ascocarp size [categorical] 1. small 2. large
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438. {orbicular} ascocarp diameter [numerical]

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					mm in diam.

Ascocarp Morphology: Margin

448. Ascocarp margin: structure () 4. crenulate ()

449. Ascocarp margin: roughness () 1. smooth ()

452. Ascocarp margin: development 1. indistinct (thin) 2. distinct (moderately thickened) 3. prominent (thick)
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463. Ascocarp margin: soredia 1. absent 2. present (sorediate)
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Ascocarp Morphology: Disk

488. Ascocarp disk: colour 7. red 10. brownish red (= reddish brown)
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489. Ascocarp disk: exposure 1. not exposed 2. partly exposed 3. fully exposed
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Ascocarp Anatomy: Epithecium

629. Epithecium height [numerical]

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					µm high

639. Epithecial hyphae apical cell pigmentation {in H2O} 24. yellow 25. pale yellow (= whitish yellow, yellowish white, incl. lemon, citrine) 27. brownish yellow (= yellowish brown) 30. brown
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642. Epithecial hyphae apical cell: pigment reactivity () 2. 10% KOH + ()

Ascocarp Anatomy: Hymenium

653. Hymenium height [numerical]

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					µm high

654. Hymenium pigmentation {in H2O} 25. pale yellow (= whitish yellow, yellowish white, incl. lemon, citrine) 27. brownish yellow (= yellowish brown) 28. greenish yellow (= yellowish green, incl. lime green) 34. orange (= reddish yellow, yellowish red)
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667. Hymenium euamyloid reaction 1. Lugol’s negative 2. Lugol’s positive
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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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Ascocarp Anatomy: Ascospores

784. Ascospore number [categorical] 5. 16-32 per ascus 6. more than 32 per ascus
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785. Ascospore number [numerical]

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					per ascus

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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Conidioma Morphology

816. Conidiomata presence [mandatory character] 1. absent 2. present
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818. Conidiomata abundance 1. sparse 2. moderately abundant 3. strongly abundant
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Conidioma Anatomy: Conidia

873. Conidium shape 3. oval 11. bacilliform 16. fusiform
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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: Spot Tests

927. Upper surface K reactivity () 1. – (negative) ()

928. Upper surface C reactivity () 1. – ()

930. Upper surface KC reactivity () 1. – ()

931. Upper surface PD reactivity () 1. – ()

937. Medulla K reactivity () 1. – ()

938. Medulla C reactivity () 1. – ()

940. Medulla KC reactivity () 1. – ()

941. Medulla PD reactivity () 1. – ()

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