identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
344C87CD1624FFD4FE00E9B1FAD5FBDE.text	344C87CD1624FFD4FE00E9B1FAD5FBDE.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lecaimmeria pakistanica K. Habib, R. Zulfiqar & Khalid 2022	<div><p>Lecaimmeria pakistanica K.Habib, R.Zulfiqar &amp; Khalid sp. nov.</p> <p>MB844738</p> <p>Fig. 2</p> <p>Diagnosis</p> <p>Distinguished from all the known species of the genus by having large ascospores (20–32 × 10–16 μm), and relatively taller hymenium. All the other species of the genus have ascospore dimensions in the range of 14–22 × 5–14 μm. Also separated from other species of the genus by ITS nrDNA sequence data.</p> <p>Etymology</p> <p>The specific epithet ʻ pakistanica ʼ refers to country in which the new species was discovered.</p> <p>Material examined</p> <p>Holotype PAKISTAN • <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=73.53333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=34.383335" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 73.53333/lat 34.383335)">Azad Jammu and Kashmir</a>, Muzaffarabad, Peer Chinasi; 34°23′ N, 73°32′ E; alt. 2924 m; on rocks; 9Aug. 2018; T. Saifullah and K. Habib leg.; PC-21; LAH [LAH-36674]; GenBank no.: MW508503.</p> <p>Paratype PAKISTAN • <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=73.53333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=34.383335" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 73.53333/lat 34.383335)">Azad Jammu and Kashmir</a>, Muzaffarabad, Peer Chinasi; 34°23′ N, 73°32′ E; alt. 2700 m, on rocks; 22 Jul. 2019; T. Saifullah and K. Habib leg.; PC-22; LAH [LAH-36675]; GenBank no.: MW508504.</p> <p>Description</p> <p>Thallus crustose, areolate, up to 6 cm wide, in section 200–280 μm thick, upper surface yellow-brown to brown, no change when wet. Areoles separate, flat to weakly convex, irregular to angular, slightly pruinose near margin, glossy, adnate, without fissures, marginal areoles slightly larger, up to 1.5 mm across, up to 0.6 mm thick, rarely with whitish margins. Prothallus visible between areoles, blackish. Cortex two layered, ca 40–60 μm thick, paraplectenchymatous, cells 8–12 μm in diam., upper layer paler brown, 10–16 μm thick, lower layer hyaline, 30–40 μm thick, epinecral layer distinct, up to 20 μm high. Algal layer 80–120 μm thick, chlorococcoid, cells globose to subglobose, 10–20 μm in diam. Medulla: hyphae white, 15–30 μm thick, corresponding with areole, IKI+ blue.</p> <p>Apothecia crypto-lecanorine, frequent at center of thallus, 1–4 per areole, immersed, sometimes not completely surrounded by the areole. Disc contiguous to separate, flat to concave, reddish brown, rounded at first becoming irregular, sometimes surrounded by a white rim, up to 0.8 mm diam., thinly to rarely pruinose, margin pruinose. Proper exciple thin, poorly differentiated, reduced, hyaline, 10–25 μm thick. Hymenium hyaline, 130–160 μm tall including the epihymenium, which is pale brown to brown, 10– 15 μm thick, epinecral layer 3–7 μm thick; paraphyses apically branched, anastomosing, 1–2 μm wide, apically slight swollen, apices 2.5–3.5 μm wide. Hypothecium 60–100 μm tall, light grayish brown, containing algal cell in the lower part. Asci Porpidia - type, clavate, 80–130 × 25–45 μm, amyloid wall 4–6 μm thick, 8-spored; ascospores hyaline, ellipsoid to broadly ellipsoid, mature with germ tube, 20–32 × 10–16 μm. Spot tests cortex and medulla K-, C-, KC-; medulla IKI+ blue; TLC none detected.</p> <p>Ecology</p> <p>Growing on sun-exposed rocks in a dense forest at an altitude of 2900 m. Topography is mountainous in Himalayan region. Dominant tree species are Pinus roxburghii Sarg., Pinus wallichiana A.B.Jacks., Cedrus deodara (Roxb.) G.Don, Picea smithiana (Wall.) Boiss, Abies pindrow Royle. Maximum and minimum temperature of 32°C and -8°C, respectively. Annual rainfall varying between 1000–1500 mm.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/344C87CD1624FFD4FE00E9B1FAD5FBDE	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Habib, Kamran;Zulfiqar, Rizwana;Khalid, Abdul Nasir	Habib, Kamran, Zulfiqar, Rizwana, Khalid, Abdul Nasir (2022): Lecaimmeria pakistanica, a new lichen from Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 834: 94-101, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.834.1901, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.834.1901
