identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
920987B6E300FFC895AD59AEFF1CD2CC.text	920987B6E300FFC895AD59AEFF1CD2CC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Phaeophyscia kaghanensis Niazi, Nadeem, Afshan & Khalid 2023	<div><p>Phaeophyscia kaghanensis Niazi, Nadeem, Afshan &amp; Khalid, sp. nov.</p> <p>(Fig. 2)</p> <p>The taxon is characterized by its greyish white to grey thallus, absence of asexual diaspores or cortical hairs, flat to slightly concave lobes, white medulla, black lower surface, large, Physcia-type ascospores of 24-30× 12-17 µm, and absence of secondary substances.</p> <p>HOLOTYPE. — Pakistan. Azad Jammu and Kashmir, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=73.583336&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=34.6" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 73.583336/lat 34.6)">Garhi Dupatta</a>, 34°36’N, 73°35’E, 817 m alt., on tree bark, 2.X.2021, N. S. Afshan &amp; A. R. Niazi, CKR-22 (holo-, LAH [LAH37615]; GenBank[OP933723]).</p> <p>ADDITIONAL SPECIMEN EXAMINED. — Pakistan. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kaghan Valley, Sharan, 34°30’N, 73°18’E, 2500 m alt., on tree bark, 22.VIII.2022, N. S. Afshan &amp; A. R. Niazi, KA-17 (LAH [LAH 37616]; GenBank[OP 933724]).</p> <p>ETYMOLOGY. — The specific epithet ‘kaghanensis’ (Latin) refers to the type locality of Kaghan Valley.</p> <p>CHEMISTRY. — Thallus K-, C-, KC-, P-; no lichen substance detected by TLC.</p> <p>HABITAT AND DISTRIBUTION. — The known collections of the new species are from moist temperate, coniferous forest in the Himalaya in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The specimens were found on siliceous rock. The forest is dominated by species such as Pinus roxburghii Sarg., Pyrus pashia L., Quercus oblongata D.Don and Q. glauca Thunb. The maximum daily temperature of the region varies around 30-32°C during the summer, the average winter temperature is 4°C, and there is moderate rainfall.</p> <p>MYCOBANK. — MB846997.</p> <p>DESCRIPTION</p> <p>Thallus</p> <p>Foliose, epiphloeodal, greyish white to grey, remaining unchanged when wet, loosely attached to substratum, 3-5 cm in diam., more or less circular in outline.</p> <p>Lobes</p> <p>Densely, dichotomously or irregularly branched, without pruina, lobe tips greyish-white, flat to slightly concave, imbricate, usually upturned near the tips, 0.8-2.5 mm wide.</p> <p>Soralia and isidia</p> <p>Absent.</p> <p>Upper surface</p> <p>Dark brown, paraplectenchymatous, 20-25 µm thick.</p> <p>Algal layer</p> <p>30-35 µm thick.</p> <p>Photobiont cells</p> <p>Globose, 10-15 µm in diam.</p> <p>Medulla</p> <p>White.</p> <p>Lower surface</p> <p>Black, usually becoming pale to dark grey towards lobe tips, not rhizinate.</p> <p>Rhizines</p> <p>Absent.</p> <p>Lower cortex</p> <p>Paraplectenchymatous, dark brown, 28-35 µm thick.</p> <p>Apothecia</p> <p>Frequent, usually present, 2.5-4 mm in diam., stipitate, lacking cortical hairs, epruinose.</p> <p>Disc</p> <p>Chocolate brown to black, dull, epruinose, flat to strongly convex.</p> <p>Margins</p> <p>Prominent, creamy to pale white.</p> <p>Epihymenium</p> <p>Light brown to brownish orange, 13-17 µm.</p> <p>Hymenium</p> <p>Hyaline, 90-110 µm.</p> <p>Hypothecium</p> <p>Hyaline, 25-35 µm.</p> <p>Ascus</p> <p>Cylindrical to clavate, 70-83 × 22-28 µm.</p> <p>Ascospores</p> <p>Dark brown, ellipsoid, Physcia - type, 24-30× 12-17µm.</p> <p>Paraphyses</p> <p>Hyaline, branched and anastomosing, 2-3 µm thick, wider at the apex, 4-5 µm thick.</p> <p>Pycnidia</p> <p>Not found.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/920987B6E300FFC895AD59AEFF1CD2CC	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	Niazi, Abdul Rehman;Afshan, Najam-ul-Sehar;Naseer, Arooj;Nadeem, Muhammad;Iftikhar, Fatima;Fayyaz, Iram;Ashraf, Asma;Imtiaz, Sawera;Fatima, Shahzadi Qamar;Khalid, Abdul Nasir	Niazi, Abdul Rehman, Afshan, Najam-ul-Sehar, Naseer, Arooj, Nadeem, Muhammad, Iftikhar, Fatima, Fayyaz, Iram, Ashraf, Asma, Imtiaz, Sawera, Fatima, Shahzadi Qamar, Khalid, Abdul Nasir (2023): A new species and a new record of the genus Phaeophyscia Moberg (Lecanorales, Physciaceae) from Pakistan supported by phenotypic and molecular phylogenetic analyses. Cryptogamie, Mycologie 20 (4): 51-59, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2023v44a4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4878.3.2
920987B6E304FFC79682581BFC4BD15E.text	920987B6E304FFC79682581BFC4BD15E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Phaeophyscia microspora Aptroot & Schumm	<div><p>Phaeophyscia microspora Aptroot &amp; Schumm</p> <p>(Fig. 3)</p> <p>Virtuelles Herbarium de Flechtengattungen Hyperphyscia, Paeophyscia, Physcia und Physconia: 193 (Schumm &amp; Aptroot 2019).</p> <p>SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — Pakistan. Margalla Hills, Islamabad, 1604 m alt., on tree bark, 33°41’35”N, 73°03’50”E, 09.IV.2019, A. Ashraf, K. Habib &amp; M. Usman, T5-02 (LAH[LAH37622]; GenBank[OQ024193]); Azad Jammu and Kashmir, District Bagh, 33.9259°N, 73.7810°E, 4734 m alt., on tree bark, 10.XI.2021, A. Naseer, B-04 (LAH[LAH37624]; GenBank[OQ073895]); Azad Jammu and Kashmir, District Bagh, 33°55’33.24”N, 73°46’51.6”E, 4734 m alt., on tree bark, 12.XI.2021, A. Naseer, B-05 (LAH[LAH37625]; GenBank[OQ073896]); Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kaghan Valley, Shogran, 34°64’N, 73°46’E, 2362 m alt., on bark, 24.VIII.2021, A. R. Niazi &amp; M. Nadeem, SN-1 (LAH [LAH37618]; GenBank[OP933725]); Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kaghan Valley, Siri Paya, 33°71’N, 78°08’E, 3000 m alt., on tree bark, 26.VIII.2022, A. R. Niazi &amp; M. Nadeem, BK-14 (LAH [LAH37617]; GenBank[OP933722]).</p> <p>CHEMISTRY. — Thallus K-, C-, KC-, P-; no lichen substance detected by TLC.</p> <p>HABITAT AND DISTRIBUTION. — Pakistani collections of this species are from humid to moist temperate, coniferous forest and scrub forest. The specimens were found on tree bark. The maximum daily temperature of the Himalaya region varies around 30-32°C during the summer, the average winter temperature is 4°C, while Margala Hills have an average maximum temperature of 34.3°C and minimum of 3.4°C with an average rainfall of 1200 mm per year.</p> <p>DESCRIPTION</p> <p>Thallus</p> <p>Foliose, epiphloeodal, rust grey to pale grey, remaining unchanged when wet, loosely attached to substratum, very variable in size, 2-4 cm in diam.</p> <p>Lobes</p> <p>Densely, dichotomously or irregularly branched, without pruina, lobe tips creamy white, flat to strongly convex, imbricate, usually upturned near the tips, 0.5-1.5 mm wide.</p> <p>Soralia and isidia</p> <p>Absent.</p> <p>Cortex</p> <p>Dark brown, paraplectenchymatous, 18-23 µm thick.</p> <p>Algal layer</p> <p>28-34 µm thick.</p> <p>Photobiont cells</p> <p>Globose, 8-13 µm in diam.</p> <p>Medulla</p> <p>White.</p> <p>Lower surface</p> <p>Black, usually becoming pale to dark grey towards lobe tips, rhizinate.</p> <p>Rhizines</p> <p>Dense, black, simple, 1.3-2.5 mm long.</p> <p>Lower cortex</p> <p>Paraplectenchymatous, dark brown, 18-30 µm thick.</p> <p>Apothecia</p> <p>Abundant, usually present, 1.5-3 mm in diam., stipitate to very shortly stipitate, the margin entire or becoming regularly crenate, with prominent cortical hairs, epruinose or slightly pruinose.</p> <p>Disc</p> <p>Charcoal black, shiny, flat to strongly concave or sometimes convex.</p> <p>Margins</p> <p>Prominent, creamy to pale white.</p> <p>Epihymenium</p> <p>Light brown to orange, 18-24 µm.</p> <p>Hymenium</p> <p>Hyaline to creamy, 70-90 µm.</p> <p>Hypothecium</p> <p>Creamy white, 22-28 µm.</p> <p>Ascus</p> <p>Cylindrical to clavate, 45-55 ×12-14 µm.</p> <p>Ascospores</p> <p>Dark brown, ellipsoid, Physcia - type, 16-20 ×7.5-9 µm.</p> <p>Paraphyses</p> <p>Hyaline, branched and anastomosing, 1.7-2.8µm thick, wider at the apex, 3-4 µm thick.</p> <p>Pycnidia</p> <p>Not found.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/920987B6E304FFC79682581BFC4BD15E	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	Niazi, Abdul Rehman;Afshan, Najam-ul-Sehar;Naseer, Arooj;Nadeem, Muhammad;Iftikhar, Fatima;Fayyaz, Iram;Ashraf, Asma;Imtiaz, Sawera;Fatima, Shahzadi Qamar;Khalid, Abdul Nasir	Niazi, Abdul Rehman, Afshan, Najam-ul-Sehar, Naseer, Arooj, Nadeem, Muhammad, Iftikhar, Fatima, Fayyaz, Iram, Ashraf, Asma, Imtiaz, Sawera, Fatima, Shahzadi Qamar, Khalid, Abdul Nasir (2023): A new species and a new record of the genus Phaeophyscia Moberg (Lecanorales, Physciaceae) from Pakistan supported by phenotypic and molecular phylogenetic analyses. Cryptogamie, Mycologie 20 (4): 51-59, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2023v44a4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4878.3.2
