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Data Set Maintenance: Data set standard item. Data set author(s): Nash T.H. (00-01-31). Data set reviewer(s): Nash T.H.

Nomenclature: Current taxonomic status: accepted. Taxonomic rank: species. Hypotrachyna. Synonyms: Parmelia dactylifera; Parmeliaceae Zenker (1827); Lecanorineae; Lecanorales.

Biogeography: Neotropical; submontane and montane. Continent: Northern America and Southern America. Checklist records: Bolivia, Mexico, and Sonoran Desert.

Thallus: Foliose, lobed; branches bifacial. Thallus Size and Differentiation: 3-6-9 cm in diameter. Upper Surface: Grey, glossy (shiny), smooth; not fissurate; not foveate; not convoluted; immaculate; without patches; epruinose; not pseudocyphellate; not wrinkled; eciliate; without hairs; not isidate; without isidiomorphs; not papillate, not pustulate; not sorediate; not tuberculate; not lobulate. Lower Surface: Attached by holdfasts.

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