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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: Secondary Thallus Morphology  –  Thallus Morphology: Thallus Size and Differentiation  –  Thallus Morphology: Outline  –  Thallus Morphology: Upper Thallus Surface  –  Thallus Morphology: Lower Thallus Surface  –  Functional Thallus Properties  –  Thallus Anatomy: Upper Cortex  –  Thallus Anatomy: Photobiont Layer  –  Thallus Anatomy: Medulla  –  Thallus Anatomy: Lower Cortex  –  Reproduction  –  Ascocarp Morphology: General Ascocarp Morphology  –  Ascocarp Morphology: Margin  –  Ascocarp Morphology: Disk  –  Ascocarp Anatomy: Exciple  –  Ascocarp Anatomy: Parathecium  –  Ascocarp Anatomy: General Amphithecium Anatomy  –  Ascocarp Anatomy: Epithecium  –  Ascocarp Anatomy: Hymenium  –  Ascocarp Anatomy: Interascal Hyphae  –  Ascocarp Anatomy: Hypothecium  –  Ascocarp Anatomy: Hypothecium Extension  –  Ascocarp Anatomy: Asci  –  Ascocarp Anatomy: Ascospores  –  Conidioma Morphology  –  Conidioma Anatomy: Pycnidia  –  Conidioma Anatomy: Conidiogeneous Cells  –  Conidioma Anatomy: Conidia  –  Chemistry: Secondary Metabolites  –  Chemistry: Spot Tests  –  Chemistry: UV-Fluorescence  –  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     5. standard item
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2. Data set author(s) [mandatory] [mandatory character] () ()


3. Data set reviewer(s)     2. Aptroot A.     15. Elix J. A.     16. Esslinger T.     28. Kainz C.     41. Mattsson J.-E.     45. Nash T.H.     53. Randlane T.     66. Thell A.     70. Verdon D.
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4. Data set revision status [mandatory character]     1. not revised     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]     2. species     3. subspecies     4. variety     5. form  None selected () ()


9. Currently accepted name


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


12. Synonyms


13. Family name [mandatory] [mandatory character]     91. Parmeliaceae Zenker (1827)  None selected () ()


14. Suborder name     5. Lecanorineae  None selected () ()


15. Order name     9. Lecanorales  None selected () ()



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


23. Hemisphere distribution     1. Northern hemispheric     2. Southern hemispheric
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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     15. temperate
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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] [mandatory character]     1. Australia     2. Austria     3. Bolivia     4. Chile     5. Ecuador     6. Estonia     7. Germany     8. Germany, Bavaria     9. Germany, Hamburg     10. Great Britain     11. Guianas     12. Iberic Peninsula     13. Italy     14. Japan     15. Mexico     16. Morocco     17. New Guinea     18. New Zealand     19. Peru     20. Sonoran Desert     21. Sweden and Norway     22. Thailand     23. Tunisia     24. Turkey     25. Ukraine     26. United States and Canada (continental)     27. Venezuela
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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)     5. epiphyllous (on living leaves)     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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50. Substrate     5. bark     6. non-calciferous rock
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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


67. Host plant or phorophyte species [list]     1. Chamaecyparis spp.     2. Juniperus spp.     3. Pinus contorta     4. Pinus ponderosa     5. Pinus pumila     6. Pseudotsuga menziesii
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Lichen Photobionts   back to top


79. Primary photobiont presence     1. absent     2. present
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80. Primary photobiont kind    ()  2. chlorococcal ()


86. Primary photobiont genus    ()  46. Trebouxia ()


87. Primary photobiont family    ()  27. Trebouxiaceae ()


88. Primary photobiont order    ()  15. Trebouxiales ()



Thallus Morphology: General Morphology   back to top


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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106. Thallus secondary subdivision     1. entire     2. subdivided
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107. Thallus ramification pattern     1. isotomic-dichotomous     2. anisotomic-dichotomous     5. irregular
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108. Crustose growth organization     1. leprose     2. granular     6. placodioid     7. squamulose     8. subfruticose (minutely fruticose, dactyliform)     9. filamentose
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109. Crustose growth structure    ()  2. subsquamulose ()


111. Crustose growth continuity     1. continuous throughout     2. dispersed along the periphery, continuous in the centre     3. dispersed throughout and distinctly seperate
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112. Foliose growth organization     1. lobed     2. umbilicate
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114. Foliose lobe outline     1. elongate     2. lunate     3. linear     4. flabellate
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116. Foliose lobe orientation     1. horizontal     2. ascending     3. imbricate
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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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119. Fruticose growth organization     1. erect     4. subpendulous     5. pendulous
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120. Fruticose branch shape     1. cylindrical     2. tapered     3. irregular
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121. Fruticose branch structure     1. terete     2. subterete     3. applanate (moderately flattened)     4. compressed (strongly flattened)     5. alate     6. striate     7. ridged
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122. Fruticose branch flattening     1. bifacial     2. unifacial     3. pseudobifacial
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123. Fruticose branch segmentation     1. not segmented     2. segmented
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132. Thallus parts width [numerical]

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mm wide



Thallus Morphology: Secondary Thallus Morphology   back to top


148. Trunk structural integrity     1. intact (not cracked)     2. cracked (longitudinally split)
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149. Trunk colour     1. black     2. grey     3. blue     4. green     6. brown     7. red     8. white     9. dark grey (= greyish black, blackish grey)     10. dark yellow (= yellowish black, blackish yellow)     11. dark red (= blackish red, reddish black)     12. grey-blue (= bluish grey, greyish blue)     13. grey-green (= greyish green, greenish gray)     14. pale green (= greenish white, whitish green)     15. grey-brown (= greyish brown, brownish grey)     16. grey-red (= greyish red, reddish grey)     17. pale grey (= greyish white, whitish grey)     18. dark blue (= blackish blue, bluish black)     19. brownish blue (= bluish brown)     20. pale blue (= whitish blue, bluish white)     21. dark green (= blackish green, greenish black)     22. bluish green (= greenish blue; incl. aeruginose, turquoise)     23. brownish green (= greenish brown, incl. olive, olivaceous)     24. yellow     25. grey-yellow (= greyish yellow, yellowish grey)     26. greenish yellow (= yellowish green, incl. lime green)     27. brownish yellow (= yellowish brown)     29. pale yellow (= whitish yellow, yellowish white, incl. lemon, citrine)     30. dark brown (= brownish black, blackish brown)     31. brownish red (= reddish brown)     32. pale brown (= brownish white, whitish brown)     33. bluish red (= reddish blue, incl. violet, purple)     34. orange (= reddish yellow, yellowish red)     35. pale red (= reddish white, whitish red, incl. pink, rosé)
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150. Trunk brightness [categorical]     1. pale     2. concolourous     3. darkened
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Thallus Morphology: Thallus Size and Differentiation   back to top


152. Overall thallus diameter [numerical]

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cm in diameter


153. Overall thallus length [numerical]

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cm long


154. Thallus joints main branch {basal} constriction     1. basally not constricted     2. basally constricted
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158. Thallus apex curvature     1. not curved     2. irregular     3. curved upwards     4. curved downwards
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159. Thallus apex outline     1. rounded     2. truncate
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Thallus Morphology: Outline   back to top


160. Thallus perimeter outline     1. irregular     2. orbicular
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164. Thallus margin structure     1. entire     12. sinuate     13. crenate
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170. Primal thallus colour     1. black     2. grey     3. blue     4. green     5. yellow     6. brown     7. red     8. white     9. dark gray (= greyish black, blackish grey)     10. dark green (= blackish green, greenish black)     11. dark yellow (= yellowish black, blackish yellow)     12. dark brown (= brownish black, blackish brown)     13. dark red (= blackish red, reddish black)     14. grey-blue (= bluish grey, greyish blue)     15. grey-green (= greyish green, greenish gray)     16. grey-yellow (= greyish yellow, yellowish grey)     17. grey-brown (= greyish brown, brownish grey)     18. grey-red (= greyish red, reddish grey)     19. dark blue (= blackish blue, bluish black)     20. brownish blue (= bluish brown)     21. pale blue (= whitish blue, bluish white)     22. bluish green (= greenish blue; incl.aeruginose, turquoise)     23. brownish green (= greenish brown, incl. olive, olivaceous)     24. greenish yellow (= yellowish green, incl. lime green)     25. brownish yellow (= yellowish brown)     26. pale yellow (= whitish yellow, yellowish white, incl. lemon, citrine)     27. brownish red (= reddish brown)     28. pale brown (= brownish white, whitish brown)     29. violet (= purple, bluish red, reddish blue)     30. orange (= reddish yellow, yellowish red)     31. pale grey (= greyish white, whitish grey)     32. pale green (= greenish white, whitish green)     33. pale red (= reddish white, whitish red, incl. pink, rosé)
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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     5. dark gray (= greyish black, blackish grey)     6. black     7. red     8. pale red (= reddish white, whitish red, incl. pink, rosé)     9. grey-red (= greyish red, reddish grey)     10. brownish red (= reddish brown)     11. bluish red (= reddish blue, incl. violet, purple)     12. dark red (= blackish red, reddish black)     13. green     14. pale green (= greenish white, whitish green)     15. grey-green (= greyish green, greenish gray)     16. brownish green (= greenish brown, incl. olive, olivaceous)     17. bluish green (= greenish blue; incl. aeruginose, turquoise)     18. dark green (= blackish green, greenish black)     19. blue     20. pale blue (= whitish blue, bluish white)     21. grey-blue (= bluish grey, greyish blue)     22. brownish blue (= bluish brown)     23. dark blue (= blackish blue, bluish black)     24. yellow     25. pale yellow (= whitish yellow, yellowish white, incl. lemon, citrine)     26. grey-yellow (= greyish yellow, yellowish grey)     27. brownish yellow (= yellowish brown)     28. greenish yellow (= yellowish green, incl. lime green)     29. dark yellow (= yellowish black, blackish yellow)     30. brown     31. pale brown (= brownish white, whitish brown)     32. grey-brown (= greyish brown, brownish grey)     33. dark brown (= brownish black, blackish brown)     34. orange (= reddish yellow, yellowish red)
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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     2. pulverulaceous     3. byssoid     4. erose
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179. Upper surface fissures: presence     1. absent     2. present
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180. Upper surface fissures: arrangement     1. single     2. reticulate
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181. Upper surface fissures: development     1. sparingly developed     2. strongly developed
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182. Upper surface fissures: extrusions     1. absent     2. present
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184. Upper surface fissures: orientation     1. longitudinal     2. transverse     3. without predominant orientation     4. both transverse and longitudinal
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186. Upper surface pits: presence     1. absent     2. present
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189. Upper surface folds: presence     1. absent     2. present
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191. Upper surface maculae: presence     1. absent     2. present
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192. Upper surface maculae: outline     1. punctiform     2. orbicular     3. linear     4. irregular     5. reticulate
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193. Upper surface patches: presence     1. absent     2. present
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196. Upper surface pruina: presence     1. epruinose     2. pruinose
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197. Upper surface pruina: abundance     1. scarce     2. abundant
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199. Upper surface pruina: distribution     1. continuous     2. patchy
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201. Upper surface pseudocyphellae: presence     1. absent     2. present
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204. Upper surface pseudocyphellae: arrangement     1. isolated     2. reticulate
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206. Upper surface pseudocyphellae: distribution     1. distributed all over the surface     2. distributed locally on the surface
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207. Upper surface pseudocyphellae: exposure     1. sunken     2. plane     3. prominent
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208. Upper surface pseudocyphellae: location     1. central     2. laminal     3. peripheral
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209. Upper surface pseudocyphellae: outline     1. punctiform     2. orbicular     3. linear     4. irregular     5. reticulate
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210. Upper surface pseudocyphellae: position     1. submarginal     2. marginal
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211. Upper surface pseudocyphellae: prominence     1. not prominent     3. on tubercles (warts)     4. on wrinkles     5. on folds     6. on undulations     7. on papillae
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213. Upper surface wrinkles: presence     1. absent     2. present
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218. Upper surface cilia: presence     1. eciliate     2. ciliate
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219. Upper surface cilia: kind     1. spinulous     2. slender     3. bulbate
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220. Upper surface cilia: position     1. basal     2. apical     3. laminal     4. forming a fringe     5. interspersed     6. marginal     7. in axils     8. among isidia     9. on tubercles     B. on lobules
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225. Upper surface hairs: presence     1. absent     2. present
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227. Upper surface hairs: location     1. basal     2. apical     3. laminal     4. interspersed     5. marginal
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228. Upper surface hairs position     1. on thallus lobes or branches     2. among isidia     3. on tubercles     4. on lobules     5. in axils
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230. Upper surface isidia: presence     1. absent     2. present
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231. Upper surface isidia: location     1. central     2. laminal     3. peripheral
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232. Upper surface isidia: position {across the surface}     1. marginal     2. submarginal     3. apical
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233. Upper surface isidia: position {on other structures}     1. on tubercles (warts)     2. on wrinkles