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Go to: Data maintenance  –  Nomenclature: Taxonomic Hierarchy  –  Nomenclature: Type Information  –  Nomenclature: Taxonomic Literature  –  Biogeography  –  Ecology  –  Host or Phorophyte Taxonomy  –  Lichen Photobionts  –  Thallus Morphology: General Morphology  –  Thallus Morphology: Outline  –  Thallus Morphology: Upper Thallus Surface  –  Thallus Morphology: Lower Thallus Surface  –  Thallus Anatomy: Upper Cortex  –  Thallus Anatomy: Medulla  –  Reproduction  –  Ascocarp Morphology: General Ascocarp Morphology  –  Ascocarp Morphology: Wall  –  Ascocarp Morphology: Margin  –  Ascocarp Morphology: Disk  –  Ascocarp Anatomy: Exciple  –  Ascocarp Anatomy: General Amphithecium Anatomy  –  Ascocarp Anatomy: Amphithecial Cortex  –  Ascocarp Anatomy: Periphyses  –  Ascocarp Anatomy: Episamma  –  Ascocarp Anatomy: Epithecium  –  Ascocarp Anatomy: Hymenium  –  Ascocarp Anatomy: Interascal Hyphae  –  Ascocarp Anatomy: Subhymenium  –  Ascocarp Anatomy: Hypothecium  –  Ascocarp Anatomy: Asci  –  Ascocarp Anatomy: Ascospores  –  Conidioma Morphology  –  Conidioma Anatomy: Pycnidia  –  Conidioma Anatomy: Conidia  –  Chemistry: Secondary Metabolites  –  Chemistry: Spot Tests  –  Index of all items of the project

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Data maintenance   back to top

1. Data set source [mandatory] [mandatory character]     1. authentic     2. compiled     3. template     4. checklist item     5. standard item
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2. Data set author(s) [mandatory] [mandatory character]     18. Egea J. M. & Torrente P.     60. Triebel D.  None selected () ()

3. Data set reviewer(s)     13. Egea J.M. & Torrente P.     58. Scholz P.     69. Triebel D.
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4. Data set revision status [mandatory character]     2. revised  None selected () ()

5. Data set publication permission [mandatory character]     1. no     2. yes  None selected () ()

6. Data set publication date


Nomenclature: Taxonomic Hierarchy   back to top

7. Current taxonomic status     1. accepted     2. basionymous
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8. Taxonomic rank [mandatory] [mandatory character]     1. genus     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] () ()

14. Suborder name () ()

15. Order name () ()


Nomenclature: Type Information   back to top

16. Basionym


17. Type


19. Protologue


20. Type specimen label data



Nomenclature: Taxonomic Literature   back to top

21. Taxonomic notes


22. Taxonomic literature


Biogeography   back to top

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] [mandatory character]     2. Austria     10. Great Britain     12. Iberic Peninsula     13. Italy     17. New Guinea     20. Sonoran Desert     26. United States and Canada (continental)
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Ecology   back to top

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

44. Lifestyle [mandatory] [mandatory character]     4. lichenized (= parasitic and / or mutual symbiotic with photobionts)     5. lichenicolous (= parasitic on lichens)
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45. Substrate preference [mandatory character]     1. terricolous (on soil)     2. bryophytic (on bryophytes)     3. lignicolous (on wood)     4. corticolous (on bark)
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46. Thallus-substrate interaction     1. endosubstratic     3. episubstratic
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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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53. Rock substrate mineral content     1. non-calciferous (lacking calcites)     2. calciferous (containing calcites)
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Host or Phorophyte Taxonomy   back to top

71. Host fungus or lichen species


Lichen Photobionts   back to top

79. Primary photobiont presence     1. absent     2. present
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80. Primary photobiont kind     1. cyanobacterial     2. chlorococcal     3. trentepohlioid
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86. Primary photobiont genus    ()  47. Trentepohlia ()

87. Primary photobiont family    ()  28. Trentepohliaceae ()

88. Primary photobiont order    ()  16. Trentepohliales ()

91. Secondary photobiont presence    ()  1. absent ()


Thallus Morphology: General Morphology   back to top

104. Thallus growth form [mandatory character]     1. indistinct     2. crustose
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105. Thallus primary subdivision    ()  1. continuous ()

108. Crustose growth organization     1. leprose     2. granular     3. rimose     5. areolate (primarily areolate)
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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: Outline   back to top

168. Primal thallus persistence     1. disappearing     2. persistent
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169. Primal thallus development     1. vestigial     2. pronounced
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Thallus Morphology: Upper Thallus Surface   back to top

172. Upper surface colour     2. white     3. pale grey (= greyish white, whitish grey)     4. grey     9. grey-red (= greyish red, reddish grey)     10. brownish red (= reddish brown)     13. green     15. grey-green (= greyish green, greenish gray)     16. brownish green (= greenish brown, incl. olive, olivaceous)     24. yellow     26. grey-yellow (= greyish yellow, yellowish grey)     27. brownish yellow (= yellowish brown)     32. grey-brown (= greyish brown, brownish grey)
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176. Upper surface roughness     1. smooth     2. rough
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177. Upper surface texture    ()  2. pulverulaceous ()

178. Upper surface special structures: presence     1. absent     2. present:
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196. Upper surface pruina: presence     1. epruinose     2. pruinose
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198. Upper surface pruina: colour     4. greenish     5. yellowish     7. reddish     8. whitish
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201. Upper surface pseudocyphellae: presence    ()  1. absent ()

218. Upper surface cilia: presence    ()  1. eciliate ()

225. Upper surface hairs: presence     1. absent     2. present
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230. Upper surface isidia: presence    ()  1. absent ()

252. Upper surface soralia: presence     1. absent     2. present
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264. Upper surface soralia: differentiation     1. not confluent     2. confluent (but not fusing)
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275. Upper surface cephalodia: presence    ()  1. absent ()

278. Upper surface lobules: presence    ()  1. absent ()

279. Upper surface granules: presence    ()  1. absent ()

280. Upper surface thalloconidia: presence    ()  1. absent ()


Thallus Morphology: Lower Thallus Surface   back to top

286. Lower surface attachment kind    ()  1. by the whole lower surface ()

287. Lower surface special structures: presence     1. absent     2. present:
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288. Lower surface pseudocyphellae: presence    ()  1. absent ()

295. Lower surface cyphellae: presence    ()  1. absent ()

300. Lower surface rhizines: presence    ()  1. absent ()

319. Lower surface thalloconidia: presence    ()  1. absent ()

325. Lower surface cavernae: presence    ()  1. absent ()

326. Lower surface tomentum: presence    ()  1. absent ()


Thallus Anatomy: Upper Cortex   back to top

329. Upper cortex: presence     1. absent     2. present
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331. Upper cortex height [percentage]

Mean: Unit:
% of thallus width

332. Upper cortex height [numerical]
Min: Lower range: Mean: Upper range: Max: Unit:
µm high


Thallus Anatomy: Medulla   back to top

393. Medulla euamyloid reactivity     1. in Lugol's solution negative     2. in Lugol's solution positive
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394. Medulla hemiamyloid reactivity     1. not hemiamyloid     2. hemiamyloid
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395. Medulla iodine reaction intensity     1. weakly euamyloid     2. strongly euamyloid
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396. Medulla iodine reaction colour     1. I + blue     2. I + violet     3. I + red     4. I + reddish yellow
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Reproduction   back to top

414. Ascomata presence [mandatory] [mandatory character]     1. absent     2. present
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Ascocarp Morphology: General Ascocarp Morphology   back to top

418. Ascocarp structure [mandatory character]     1. apothecioid     2. perithecioid     3. cleistothecioid
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420. Ascocarp outline     1. orbicular     3. irregular     4. linear     5. stellate
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421. Ascocarp location {on main thallus}    ()  2. laminal ()

426. Ascocarp host dependency     1. host-independent     2. host-dependent
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427. Ascocarp location {on host}     5. within the ascocarp margin of the host     6. within the ascocarp disks of the host
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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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430. Ascocarp basis     1. not constricted (flat below)     2. slightly constricted (moderately conical at the base)     3. strongly constricted (strongly conical at the base)
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431. Ascocarp abundance [categorical]     1. sparse     2. moderately abundant     3. abundant
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436. Ascocarp ascostroma formation     2. pseudostromatic     3. stromatic
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438. {orbicular} ascocarp diameter [numerical]

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mm in diam.


Ascocarp Morphology: Wall   back to top

443. Ascocarp wall: carbonization     1. not carbonized     2. carbonized only in parts     3. carbonized around the ostiole, lacking a clypeus     4. with a carbonized black clypeus around the ostiole
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444. Ascocarp wall: fusion {of neighboured perithecia}     1. absent     2. present
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Ascocarp Morphology: Margin   back to top

448. Ascocarp margin: structure     4. crenulate     5. granulose
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449. Ascocarp margin: roughness    ()  1. smooth ()

451. Ascocarp margin: persistency     1. persistent     2. excluded
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452. Ascocarp margin: development     1. indistinct (thin)     2. distinct (moderately thickened)     3. prominent (thick)
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453. Ascocarp margin: colour     3. pale grey (= greyish white, whitish grey)     6. black     7. red     10. brownish red (= reddish brown)     13. green     24. yellow     27. brownish yellow (= yellowish brown)     30. brown     31. pale brown (= brownish white, whitish brown)
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457. Ascocarp margin: width [numerical]

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µm wide

458. Ascocarp margin: pruina abundance     1. epruinose     2. slightly pruinose     3. distinctly pruinose
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462. Ascocarp margin: surface structures presence     1. absent     2. present
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468. Ascocarp margin: external filaments presence     1. absent     2. present
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Ascocarp Morphology: Disk   back to top

487. Ascocarp disk: curvature     1. urceolate (strongly concave)     2. excavate (concave)     3. plane (expanded)     4. weakly convex     5. strongly convex
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488. Ascocarp disk: colour     6. black     8. pale red (= reddish white, whitish red, incl. pink, rosé)     30. brown     31. pale brown (= brownish white, whitish brown)
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489. Ascocarp disk: exposure     1. not exposed     3. fully exposed
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491. Ascocarp disk: pruina presence     1. absent     2. present
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492. Ascocarp disk: pruina abundance     1. scarce     2. abundant
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493. Ascocarp disk: pruina colour     1. white     2. yellow greenish     3. green     4. yellow     5. red     6. brownish red (= reddish brown)     7. pale grey (= whitish grey, greyish white)
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Ascocarp Anatomy: Exciple   back to top

497. Ascocarp excipulum: plectenchyma structure    ()  2. paraplectenchymatous ()

498. Ascocarp excipulum: hyphal orientation     1. parallel (radiating outwards)     2. net-like (intricately interwoven, with no predominant orientation)     3. not easily discerned (strongly gelatinized or carbonized)
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504. Ascocarp excipulum: pigment carbonization     1. biatorine (not carbonized)     2. lecideine (carbonized)
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505. Ascocarp excipulum: layer pigmentation     2. white     4. grey     6. black     10. brownish red (= reddish brown)     13. green     16. brownish green (= greenish brown, incl. olive, olivaceous)     27. brownish yellow (= yellowish brown)     30. brown     31. pale brown (= brownish white, whitish brown)
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