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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]     6. Bowler P. A.     30. Kashiwadani H.     42. Nash T.H.  None selected () ()

3. Data set reviewer(s)    ()  59. Schramm R. & Nash T.H. ()

4. Data set revision status [mandatory character]     2. revised  None selected () ()

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

Nomenclature: Taxonomic Hierarchy  

7. Current taxonomic status     1. accepted     2. basionymous
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8. Taxonomic rank [mandatory] [mandatory character]     2. species  None selected () ()

11. Genus name [mandatory] [mandatory character]     637. Ramalina  None selected () ()

12. Synonyms

13. Family name [mandatory] [mandatory character]     111. Ramalinaceae Ag. (1821)  None selected () ()

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

Nomenclature: Type Information  

17. Type



Nomenclature: Taxonomic Literature  

21. Taxonomic notes


22. Taxonomic literature

Biogeography  

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
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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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38. Checklist records [mandatory] [mandatory character]     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]    ()  5. lichenicolous (= parasitic on lichens) ()

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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53. Rock substrate mineral content     1. non-calciferous (lacking calcites)     2. calciferous (containing calcites)
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Host or Phorophyte Taxonomy  

71. Host fungus or lichen species

Thallus Morphology: General Morphology  

104. Thallus growth form [mandatory character]     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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108. Crustose growth organization     2. granular     8. subfruticose (minutely fruticose, dactyliform)
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109. Crustose growth structure     1. bullate     2. subsquamulose
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112. Foliose growth organization    ()  1. lobed ()

113. Foliose lobe widening     1. widening     2. parallel
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116. Foliose lobe orientation     1. horizontal     2. ascending     3. imbricate
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117. Foliose lobe front    ()  1. angular ()

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)     4. compressed (strongly flattened)     5. alate     6. striate     7. ridged
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123. Fruticose branch segmentation     1. not segmented     2. segmented
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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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130. Thallus parts length [numerical]

131. Thallus parts width [categorical]     1. narrow     2. wide
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132. Thallus parts width [numerical]

133. Thallus parts thickness [categorical]     1. thin     2. thick
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134. Thallus parts thickness [numerical]

Thallus Morphology: Thallus Size and Differentiation  

151. Overall thallus diameter [categorical]     1. very small     2. small     3. medium-sized     4. large     5. very large
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153. Overall thallus length [numerical]

154. Thallus joints main branch {basal} constriction     1. basally not constricted     2. basally constricted
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155. Thallus joints secondary branch {basal} constriction     1. basally not constricted     2. basally constricted
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157. Thallus apex width [numerical]

Thallus Morphology: Outline  

164. Thallus margin structure     1. entire     2. sulcate     3. dentate     4. laciniate     5. cucculate     6. undulate     7. isidiate     8. phyllidiate     9. crenulate     10. dissected     11. lobulate
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165. Thallus margin orientation     1. down-turned     2. levelled     3. up-turned
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Thallus Morphology: Upper Thallus Surface  

171. Upper surface aspect     1. verrucose     2. verruculose
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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)     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)     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)     28. greenish yellow (= yellowish green, incl. lime green)     29. dark yellow (= yellowish black, blackish yellow)     31. pale brown (= brownish white, whitish brown)     34. orange (= reddish yellow, yellowish red)
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173. Upper surface convolution    ()  1. convoluted ()

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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178. Upper surface special structures: presence     1. absent     2. present:
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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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183. Upper surface fissures: location     1. central     2. peripheral
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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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185. Upper surface fissures: position     1. on tubercles     2. on wrinkles     3. on folds     4. within pseudocyphellae     5. between wrinkles
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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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190. Upper surface folds: orientation     1. without particular orientation     2. longitudinally orientated     3. transversally orientated
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193. Upper surface patches: presence     1. absent     2. present
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195. Upper surface patches: outline     1. punctiform     2. orbicular     3. linear
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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     5. yellowish     8. whitish
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218. Upper surface cilia: presence     1. eciliate     2. ciliate
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220. Upper surface cilia: position     2. apical     6. marginal
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222. Upper surface cilia: length [numerical]

224. Upper surface cilia: apical brightness [categorical]     1. bright tipped     2. evenly coloured     3. dark tipped
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230. Upper surface isidia: presence     1. absent     2. present
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234. Upper surface isidia: arrangement     1. isolated     2. clustered
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235. Upper surface isidia: shape     4. inflated     5. cylindrical     7. spathulate
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237. Upper surface isidia: ramification     1. not branched     2. branched
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243. Upper surface papillae: presence     1. absent     2. present
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244. Upper surface papillae: shape     1. minute (barely distinct)     2. subhemispherical     3. verrucose     4. cylindrical
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252. Upper surface soralia: presence     1. absent     2. present
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253. Upper surface soralia: diameter [categorical]     1. minute     2. broad
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254. Upper surface soralia: diameter [numerical]

255. Upper surface soralia: colour     3. pale grey (= greyish white, whitish grey)     8. pale red (= reddish white, whitish red, incl. pink, rosé)     14. pale green (= greenish white, whitish green)     16. brownish green (= greenish brown, incl. olive, olivaceous)     20. pale blue (= whitish blue, bluish white)     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)     31. pale brown (= brownish white, whitish brown)     34. orange (= reddish yellow, yellowish red)
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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     1. "ab initio" (literally: from the the beginning, i.e., directly forming on anywhere on thallus surface, breaking through the cortex)     2. papillar (forming at the tips of papillae, i.e., elongated, finger-like projections)     3. tubercular (eroding from the tip of tubercles, warts)     4. pustular (erupting from pustules)     5. nodular (developing on contorted, knot-like structures of branches of fruticose lichens)     6. rugular (originating on wrinkles)     7. on folds (forming on thallus folds)     8. fissural (forming from cracks or fissures)     9. undular (forming on thallus undulations)     10. along scars of fibrils
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259. Upper surface soralia: shape     1. semicapitate     2. capitate     3. hooded (helmet-shaped)     4. spathulate     6. maculiform
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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     1. concave     2. plane     3. prominent
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262. Upper surface soralia: excavation    ()  2. fully excavated ()

265. Upper surface soralia: arrangement     1. in isolated lines     2. reticulate fused
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266. Upper surface soralia: orientation     1. longitudinal     2. transversal
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268. Upper surface soralia: development {from isidia}     1. not isidiate     2. isidiate
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271. Upper surface tubercles: presence     1. absent     2. present
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272. Upper surface tubercles: size [categorical]     1. very small     2. small     3. large
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Thallus Anatomy: Upper Cortex  

329. Upper cortex: presence     1. absent     2. present
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330. Upper cortex type     1. phenocortical     2. eucortical
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332. Upper cortex height [numerical]

334. Upper cortex plectenchyma structure     1. prosoplectenchymatous     2. paraplectenchymatous
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335. Upper cortex paraplectenchyma type    ()  1. textura globularis ()

337. Upper cortex hyphal orientation    ()  2. anticlinal ()

338. Upper cortex layer layer differentiation     1. one     2. two
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339. Upper cortex hyphal cell structure    ()  1. chondroid ()

342. Upper cortex hyphal cell strands     1. conical hyphal cell strands penetrating the photobiont layer     2. irregular hyphal cell strands     3. without distinct strands of hyphae
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349. Upper cortex pigment location     1. in upper layer     2. in lower layer
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360. Upper cortex epicortex: presence     1. absent     2. present
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367. Upper cortex outer layer: structure     1. prosoplectenchymatous     2. paraplectenchymatous     3. scleroplectenchymatous
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371. Upper cortex inner layer: structure     1. prosoplectenchymatous     2. paraplectenchymatous     3. scleroplectenchymatous
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Thallus Anatomy: Photobiont Layer  

374. Photobiont layer: height [numerical]

376. Photobiont layer: compartmentalization     1. continuous     2. clustered     3. in vaulted chambers     4. scattered
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Thallus Anatomy: Medulla  

380. Medulla height [numerical]

384. Medulla density     1. compact     2. dense     3. loose     4. very loose, becoming hollow
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388. Medulla hyphal arrangement     1. forming several bundles     2. forming a compact mass
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389. Medulla hyphal orientation     1. predominantly along the lobe axis     2. without particular orientation in upper part, predominantly along the lobe axis in lower part     3. without particular orientation
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393. Medulla euamyloid reactivity     1. in Lugol's solution negative     2. in Lugol's solution positive
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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
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Reproduction  

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

421. Ascocarp location {on main thallus}     1. central     2. laminal     3. subperipheral     4. peripheral
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424. Ascocarp position {on primary thallus parts}     1. central     2. laminal     3. subperipheral     4. peripheral     5. subterminal     6. terminal
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429. Ascocarp attachment     1. adnate (semi-immersed)     2. sessile     3. substipitate     4. stipitate
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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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