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Go to: Data maintenance  –  Nomenclature: Taxonomic Hierarchy  –  Nomenclature: Type Information  –  Nomenclature: Taxonomic Literature  –  Biogeography  –  Ecology  –  Host or Phorophyte Taxonomy  –  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: 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: Lower Amphithecium  –  Ascocarp Anatomy: Amphithecial Cortex  –  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: Conidiophores  –  Conidioma Anatomy: Conidia  –  Chemistry: Secondary Metabolites  –  Chemistry: Spot Tests  –  Chemistry: UV-Fluorescence  –  (Return to the index of all items of the project)


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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)     23. Helms G.     40. Marbach B.     45. Nash T.H.     61. Sheard J.
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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]     99. Physciaceae Zahlbr. (1898)  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 ()


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     7. Germany     10. Great Britain     11. Guianas     13. Italy     15. Mexico     17. New Guinea     18. New Zealand     20. Sonoran Desert     21. Sweden and Norway     22. Thailand     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)     6. saxicolous (on rock)
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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


72. Host fungus or lichen genus     6. Aspicilia     17. Dimelaena     24. Lecanora     55. Rhizocarpon
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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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107. Thallus ramification pattern     1. isotomic-dichotomous     4. subdichotomous     5. irregular
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108. Crustose growth organization     1. leprose     2. granular     3. rimose     5. areolate (primarily areolate)     6. placodioid     7. squamulose     8. subfruticose (minutely fruticose, dactyliform)
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109. Crustose growth structure    ()  2. subsquamulose ()


110. Crustose growth aggregation    ()  2. scattered (dispersed) ()


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 ()


113. Foliose lobe widening     1. widening     2. parallel
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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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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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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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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   back to top


151. Overall thallus diameter [categorical]     1. very small     2. small     3. medium-sized     4. large
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152. Overall thallus diameter [numerical]

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cm in diameter


156. Thallus apex width [categorical]     1. not distinctly broader than average     2. distinctly broader than average
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158. Thallus apex curvature     1. not curved     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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161. Thallus perimeter zonation     1. simple     2. zonate     3. lobed     5. fimbriate
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162. Thallus perimeter delimitation     1. indistinct     2. distinct
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164. Thallus margin structure     3. dentate     4. laciniate     8. phyllidiate     11. lobulate     13. crenate
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165. Thallus margin orientation     1. down-turned     2. levelled     3. up-turned
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166. Thallus margin brightness [categorical]     1. paled     2. concolourous     3. darkened
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167. Primal thallus differentiation     1. peripheral (forming a prothallus)     2. extending (forming a hypothallus)
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168. Primal thallus persistence     1. disappearing     2. persistent
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170. Primal thallus colour     1. black     2. grey     6. brown     8. white
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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     6. black     8. pale red (= reddish white, whitish red, incl. pink, rosé)     9. grey-red (= greyish red, reddish grey)     10. brownish red (= reddish brown)     15. grey-green (= greyish green, greenish gray)     16. brownish green (= greenish brown, incl. olive, olivaceous)     21. grey-blue (= bluish grey, greyish blue)     24. yellow     26. grey-yellow (= greyish yellow, yellowish grey)     27. brownish yellow (= yellowish brown)     30. brown     31. pale brown (= brownish white, whitish brown)     32. grey-brown (= greyish brown, brownish grey)     33. dark brown (= brownish black, blackish brown)
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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
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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
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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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198. Upper surface pruina: colour     2. greyish     4. greenish     8. whitish
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199. Upper surface pruina: distribution     1. continuous     2. patchy
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200. Upper surface pruina: location     1. central     3. peripheral
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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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208. Upper surface pseudocyphellae: location     1. central     2. laminal     3. peripheral
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210. Upper surface pseudocyphellae: position     1. submarginal     2. marginal
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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
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225. Upper surface hairs: presence     1. absent     2. present
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227. Upper surface hairs: location     2. apical     3. laminal     4. interspersed     5. marginal
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228. Upper surface hairs position    ()  1. on thallus lobes or branches ()


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
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234. Upper surface isidia: arrangement     1. isolated     2. clustered
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235. Upper surface isidia: shape     1. globular     3. pustular     5. cylindrical     6. clavate     7. spathulate
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237. Upper surface isidia: ramification     1. not branched     2. branched
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238. Upper surface isidia: ramification pattern     1. sparse     2. coralloid     3. moderate
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240. Upper surface isidiomorphs: presence    ()  2. present ()


252. Upper surface soralia: presence     1. absent     2. present
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255. Upper surface soralia: colour     2. white     3. pale grey (= greyish white, whitish grey)     4. grey     10. brownish red (= reddish brown)     14. pale green (= greenish white, whitish green)     16. brownish green (= greenish brown, incl. olive, olivaceous)     20. pale blue (= whitish blue, bluish white)     24. yellow     25. pale yellow (= whitish yellow, yellowish white, incl. lemon, citrine)     26. grey-yellow (= greyish yellow, yellowish grey)     27. brownish yellow (= yellowish brown)     30. brown     32. grey-brown (= greyish brown, brownish grey)
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256. Upper surface soralia: location     1. central     2. laminal     3. subperipheral     4. peripheral
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257. Upper surface soralia: position     1. apical     2. subapical     3. lateral
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258. Upper surface soralia: origin    ()  3. tubercular (eroding from the tip of tubercles, warts) ()


259. Upper surface soralia: shape     1. semicapitate     2. capitate     3. hooded (helmet-shaped)     4. spathulate     5. labriform     6. maculiform     7. ear-shaped
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260. Upper surface soralia: outline     1. erose (diffuse, unspecific)     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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264. Upper surface soralia: differentiation     1. not confluent     2. confluent (but not fusing)     3. fusing
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268. Upper surface soralia: development {from isidia}    ()  2. isidiate ()


269. Upper surface soredia: diameter [categorical]     1. grainy (coarse)     2. farinose (fine)
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276. Upper surface blastidia: presence     1. absent     2. present
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277. Upper surface schizidia: presence     1. absent     2. present
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278. Upper surface lobules: presence     1. absent     2. present
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Thallus Morphology: Lower Thallus Surface   back to top


281. Lower surface presence     1. absent     2. present
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282. Lower surface overall colour     2. white     3. pale grey (= greyish white, whitish grey)     4. grey     6. black     10. brownish red (= reddish brown)     14. pale green (= greenish white, whitish green)     15. grey-green (= greyish green, greenish gray)     21. grey-blue (= bluish grey, greyish blue)     24. yellow     25. pale yellow (= whitish yellow, yellowish white, incl. lemon, citrine)     26. grey-yellow (= greyish yellow, yellowish grey)     27. brownish yellow (= yellowish brown)     30. brown     31. pale brown (= brownish white, whitish brown)
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283. Lower surface central colour     2. white     4. grey     6. black     30. brown
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284. Lower surface peripheral colour     1. black     2. grey     6. brown     8. white     28. pale brown (= brownish white, whitish brown)
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285. Lower surface attachment extent     2. loosely attached     3. firmly attached
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286. Lower surface attachment kind     1. by the whole lower surface     2. by holdfasts     3. lacking
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296. Lower surface wrinkles: presence     1. absent     2. present
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297. Lower surface wrinkles: location     1. central     2. peripheral
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300. Lower surface rhizines: presence     1. absent     2. present (rhizinate)
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301. Lower surface rhizines: location     1. central     3. peripheral
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302. Lower surface rhizines: abundance     1. sparse     2. moderately abundant     3. abundant
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307. Lower surface rhizines: colour     2. white     3. pale grey (= greyish white, whitish grey)     4. grey     6. black     30. brown     31. pale brown (= brownish white, whitish brown)
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309. Lower surface rhizines: projections     1. absent     2. present
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310. Lower surface rhizines: ramification