identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
71421CAC6E6B58CCAA4E6633AF8C417E.text	71421CAC6E6B58CCAA4E6633AF8C417E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Acarospora carbonacea J. X. Wang, F. H. Liang & L. Hu 2026	<div><p>Acarospora carbonacea J. X. Wang, F. H. Liang &amp; L. Hu sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 2</p><p>Type.</p><p>China • Gansu Province: Jiuquan City, Aksay Kazakh Autonomous County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=94.265&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=39.32722" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 94.265/lat 39.32722)">Dangjin Mountain pass</a>, 39°19'38"N, 94°15'54"E, alt. 3719 m, on calcareous rock, 5 Aug. 2022, L. Hu et al. 20222137 (SDNU, holotype) .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Similar to Sarcogyne plicata (Knudsen and Kocourková 2011) but differs by its round apothcia (vs. lirellate apothecia), disc with carbonized epihymenial accretions (vs. without carbonized epihymenial accretions), lower hymenium 60–90 μm (vs. 100–140 μm), hymenial gel IKI + red or blue turning red (vs. IKI + blue), and only occurs on the calcareous rocks in arid and high-altitude areas, rather than on granite in drainages, washes and flood plains.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>Its name derives from the characteristic carbonization of its apothecia.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Thallus endolithic, algal cells 6–10 μm wide, scattered clusters in the substrate, sometimes developing white epilithic ecorticate thallus. Apothecia lecideine, round to irregular, 0.2–1 mm wide, 0.2–0.4 mm thick, usually contiguous, small apothecia usually emerging from mycelial base, sometimes compound with two hymenia, disc black usually round or irregular with carbonized epihymenial accretions, sometimes forming one umbo, slightly lower than margin. Margin segmented, usually in short linear sections at joints, 50–100 μm wide. Parathecium 40–70 μm wide, outer layer carbonized, 20–40 μm wide, inner layer hyaline, 20–30 μm wide. Hymenium 60–90 μm tall, epihymenium reddish brown, 15–25 μm tall, paraphyses 1–2 μm wide, apices expanded up to 4 μm wide in brown caps, hymenial gel IKI + red or blue turning red, hemiamyloid. Asci clavate, 60–80 × 20–25 μm, ascospores several hundred per ascus, ellipsoid, 4–5 × 2–3 μm, usually with two oil drops. Subhymenium 40–50 μm tall, IKI + blue to dark blue, euamyloid. Hypothecium indistinct to 10 μm thick. Pycnidia not observed. Not producing secondary metabolites.</p><p>Habitat and distribution.</p><p>This new species is currently known only from Jiuquan city in Gansu Province, and occurs on calcareous rocks in arid regions at an elevation of 3719 m.</p><p>Additional specimens examined.</p><p>China • Gansu Province: Jiuquan City, Aksay Kazakh Autonomous County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=94.265&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=39.32722" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 94.265/lat 39.32722)">Dangjin Mountain pass</a>, 39°19'38"N, 94°15'54"E, alt. 3719 m, on calcareous rock, 5 Aug. 2022, L. Hu et al. 20222137, 20222151 (SDNU) .</p><p>Note.</p><p>This species is similar to Acarospora brodoana in having carbonized accretions on the disc surface, but is distinguished by a white thallus with epilithic and ecorticate, smaller apothecia 0.2–1 mm (vs. 1–1.5 mm), lower hymenium 60–90 μm (vs. 150–170 μm), and the absence of a black hypothecium (vs. black hypothecium) (Knudsen et al. 2016). Acarospora carbonacea is also similar to A. profusa, but the latter differs in having thinner ascus 100–90 × 10–12 μm (vs. 60–80 × 20–25 μm), smaller ascospores 1–1.5 × 1 μm (vs. 4–5 × 2–3 μm), and producing low amounts of norstictic acid (vs. producing no secondary metabolites) (Knudsen et al. 2025 a).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/71421CAC6E6B58CCAA4E6633AF8C417E	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.		Pensoft via Plazi	Liang, Fu Hui;Wang, Jia Xin;Ai, Min;Jiang, Wei;Zhou, Shu Nuo;Zhao, Zun Tian;Wang, Xin Yu;Hu, Ling	Liang, Fu Hui, Wang, Jia Xin, Ai, Min, Jiang, Wei, Zhou, Shu Nuo, Zhao, Zun Tian, Wang, Xin Yu, Hu, Ling (2026): Four new species of Acarosporaceae (Acarosporales, Lecanoromycetes) with carbonized epihymenial accretions from China. MycoKeys 133: 367-385, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.133.196437
9A15C6EF086056A7B8EC29CA2BC98340.text	9A15C6EF086056A7B8EC29CA2BC98340.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Acarospora rorida F. H. Liang & L. Hu 2026	<div><p>Acarospora rorida F. H. Liang &amp; L. Hu sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 3</p><p>Type.</p><p>China • Shandong Province: Yantai City, Muping District, Kunyu Mountain Nature Reserve, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=121.76&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=37.251667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 121.76/lat 37.251667)">Taiboding, on the path leading down the mountain</a>, 37°15'06"N, 121°45'36"E, alt. 752 m, on silicious rock, 22 Nov. 2024, R. T. Li et al. 20242399 (SDNU, holotype) .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Similar to Acarospora brodoana (Knudsen et al. 2016) but differs in having smaller compound apothecia (0.25–1 mm vs. 1–1.5 mm), lower hymenium (50–125 μm vs. 150–175 μm), hypothecium hyaline (vs. black), and occurrence in humid areas at an altitude lower than 800 m (vs. at elevations above 1400 m).</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The specific epithet refers to the moist habitat where this species was found.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Thallus endolithic. Algal layer scattered in the rock beneath the base of the apothecia or not observed, discontinuous and dispersed, algal cells globose, 8–15 μm in diam. Apothecia immersed or superficial on substrate, often dispersed, sometimes continuous, round or irregular, 0.25–1 mm in diam. Disc black, with carbonized epihymenial accretions, sometimes knobby, epruinose, rough, matt or glossy, uneven, initially flat and below margin, but then usually becoming convex and higher than the margin. Margin carbonized, usually forming a series of often irregular marginal segments. Parathecium 25–50 μm thick, with black carbonized outer layer, brown inner layer, widths variable. Hymenium 50–125 μm high, hyaline, epihymenium reddish – brown, 10–25 μm thick, with dark brown to black carbonized accretions up to 50 μm thick on the disc surface, paraphyses narrow, often 1–2 μm wide, rarely more than 2.5 μm wide, septate, infrequently branching in lower half, becoming shorter in upper third, sometimes constricted at septa, apices sometimes expanded or unexpanded in darker brown to black pigment caps, hymenium gel IKI + usually immediately reddish orange, rarely light blue turning reddish orange, hemiamyloid. Asci clavate, 50–100 × 12–20 μm, ascospores mostly over 100 per ascus. Ascospores simple, hyaline, narrowly ellipsoid to ellipsoid, 3–4 × 1–2 μm, without oil drop. Subhymenium indistinct. Hypothecium hyaline, indistinct to 15 μm thick. Pycnidia not observed. Not producing secondary metabolites.</p><p>Habitat and distribution.</p><p>Acarospora rorida is currently known only from Shandong and Jiangsu provinces in eastern China. This new species occurs on siliceous rock at low altitudes in humid habitats, with the two collection sites separated by approximately 685 km.</p><p>Additional specimens examined.</p><p>China • Shandong Province: Yantai City, Muping District, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=121.693054&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=37.2925" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 121.693054/lat 37.2925)">Kunyu Mountain Nature Reserve, the sixth parvial field, Longxu Bridge</a>, 37°17'33"N, 121°41'35"E, alt. 154 m, on silicious rock, 25 Nov. 2024, L. L. Zhang et al. 20242080 (SDNU) ; • Yantai City, Muping District, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=121.75083&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=37.293888" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 121.75083/lat 37.293888)">Kunyu Mountain Nature Reserve, the fifth parvial field, Huaquan Road</a>, 37°17'38"N, 121°45'03"E, alt. 162 m, on silicious rock, 23 Nov. 2024, L. L. Zhang et al. 20242194 (SDNU) ; • <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=121.75972&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=37.251667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 121.75972/lat 37.251667)">Taiboding, on the path leading down the mountain</a>, 37°15'06"N, 121°45'35"E, alt. 752 m, on silicious rock, 22 Nov. 2024, R. T. Li et al. 20242399 (SDNU) . Jiangsu Province: Changzhou City, Liyang City, No. 96, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=119.15723&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=31.493055" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 119.15723/lat 31.493055)">Tianmu Lake Avenue, near Jinding Zen Temple</a>, 31°29'35"N, 119°09'26"E, alt. 119 m, on siliceous rock, 2024, L. L. Zhang et al. 20250315 (SDNU) .</p><p>Note.</p><p>The new species is characterized by compound apothecia with margins forming a series of irregular marginal segments, occurring at low altitudes in humid habitats. Acarospora rorida are morphologically similar to Sarcogyne cyclocarpa and A. subfuscescens . Acarospora rorida differs from S. cyclocarpa in having bigger ascus 50–100 × 12–20 µm (vs. 40–60 × 15–20 µm), smaller ascospores 3–4 × 1–2 µm (vs. (3.5 –) 4–5 (– 6) × (1 –) 2 (– 2.5) µm), indistinct subhymenium (vs. 40–80 µm), and growing on siliceous rocks (vs. on strongly calcareous rock) (Knudsen and Kocourková 2009; Knudsen et al. 2023 b). Acarospora rorida differs from A. subfuscescens in having smaller apothecia 0.25–1 mm in diam (vs. 1–3 mm), lower hymenium 50–125 µm (vs. (80 –) 100–140 (– 180) µm), and not being parasitic on other lichens (vs. parasitic on other lichens) (Knudsen and Kocourková 2008). Furthermore, this new species with verrucose margin is similar to Sarcogyne clavus but differs especially in not having a dark brown hypothecium (Knudsen and Standley 2007). The segmented margin with irregular marginal segments of this species is similar to S. hypophaea, but that species has smooth segments usually at angles to each other (Knudsen et al. 2013). In addition, S. paradoxa, described from Mojave Desert in California, which we collected in northwestern China, also produces carbonized hymenial accretions. But S. paradoxa differs from this new species by its reddish-brown carbonized accretions (vs. black), hymenial gel euamyloid, IKI + blue (vs. IKI + usually immediately reddish orange, rarely light blue turning reddish orange), and smaller ascospores (3 –) 4–4.5 (– 7) × 2–3 µm (vs. 3–4 × 1–2 μm) (Knudsen and Kocourková 2020).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9A15C6EF086056A7B8EC29CA2BC98340	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.		Pensoft via Plazi	Liang, Fu Hui;Wang, Jia Xin;Ai, Min;Jiang, Wei;Zhou, Shu Nuo;Zhao, Zun Tian;Wang, Xin Yu;Hu, Ling	Liang, Fu Hui, Wang, Jia Xin, Ai, Min, Jiang, Wei, Zhou, Shu Nuo, Zhao, Zun Tian, Wang, Xin Yu, Hu, Ling (2026): Four new species of Acarosporaceae (Acarosporales, Lecanoromycetes) with carbonized epihymenial accretions from China. MycoKeys 133: 367-385, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.133.196437
C359D92DD6645E739840D0DBD665A8DA.text	C359D92DD6645E739840D0DBD665A8DA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sarcogyne knudsenii J. X. Wang, F. H. Liang & L. Hu 2026	<div><p>Sarcogyne knudsenii J. X. Wang, F. H. Liang &amp; L. Hu sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 4</p><p>Type.</p><p>China • Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region: Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, Aksay Kazakh Autonomous County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=74.98472&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=38.10694" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 74.98472/lat 38.10694)">Pamir Plateau Tourist Area</a>, 38°06'25"N, 74°59'05"E, 3544 m, on calcareous rock, 25 Jun. 2022, X. Y. Wang et al. XY 22-675 (KUN, holotype) .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Similar to the calciphyte Sarcogyne pusilla (Knudsen and Kocourková 2008) in its endolithic thallus and carbonized apothecia, but differs in having lower hymenium 50–100 μm (vs. 100–125 μm), larger ascospores 6–7 × 3–4 μm (vs. 4–5 × 2–3 μm), and is not parasitic on other lichen species.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>This species is named in honor of the Czech lichenologist Kerry Knudsen, in recognition of his important contributions to the taxonomic and phylogenetic studies of the family Acarosporaceae in California and the southwestern United States.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Thallus epilithic, forming ecorticate, with scattered algal layer in the substrate or below the apothecia, occasionally absent, algal cells 6–12 μm wide. Apothecia 0.25–1 mm wide, 200 μm thick, rough and matt, immersed or superficial on rock, round to irregular, dispersed or contiguous, replicating by division. Disc black, rough, epruinose or light pruinose, concave, with carbonized accretions on surface and forming an umbo structure, sometimes disc lacking carbonized accretions. Margin carbonized, 250–300 μm thick, sometimes covering up disc, segmented, usually in long linear sections at joints, higher than the disc. Parathecium outer layer carbonized, 25–50 μm thick, inner layer light brown to hyaline, 25–75 μm thick. Hymenium 50–100 μm tall, epihymenium light brown, 10–25 μm tall, paraphyses thin, usually 1.5–2 μm wide, barely expended in dark pigment caps, hymenial gel IKI + blue, euamyloid. Asci clavate, 60–75 × 15–20 μm, ascospores more than 100 per ascus. Ascospores ellipsoid or broadly ellipsoid, 6–7 × 3–4 μm wide, simple and hyaline, without oil drops. Subhymenium hyaline, 25–50 μm thick, IKI + blue. Hypothecium 10–25 μm. Pycnidia not observed. Not producing secondary metabolites.</p><p>Habitat and distribution.</p><p>This new species is currently known only from the cold and arid Pamir Plateau in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and grows on calcareous rock.</p><p>Additional specimens examined.</p><p>China • Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region: Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, Aksay Kazakh Autonomous County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=74.98444&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=38.10694" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 74.98444/lat 38.10694)">Pamir Plateau Tourist Area</a>, 38°06'25"N, 74°59'04"E, alt. 3573 m, on calcareous rock, 25 Jun. 2022, L. S. Wang et al. 22-71601 (KUN) ; • Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, Aksay Kazakh Autonomous County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=74.98472&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=38.10694" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 74.98472/lat 38.10694)">Pamir Plateau Tourist Area</a>, 38°06'25"N, 74°59'05"E, 3544 m, on calcareous rock, 25 Jun. 2022, X. Y. Wang et al. XY 22-675 (KUN) .</p><p>Note.</p><p>This new species is morphologically similar to Acarospora austrooccidentalis, but A. austrooccidentalis differs in having higher hymenium (100 –) 120–150 μm (vs. 50–100 μm),, variable asci from 100 × 10–40 µm to 40 × 15 µm in same hymenium (vs. 60–75 × 15–20 µm), smaller ascospores (1.5 –) 4.0–4.6 (– 5.1) × (1.0 –) 2 (– 2.8) µm (vs. 6–7 × 3–4 µm), and usually occurs on non-calcareous rocks (vs. calcareous rocks), (Knudsen et al. 2025 a). Sarcogyne knudsenii is also similar to A. destructans in having segmented margin of apothecia, but differs in having a hemiamyloid hymenium (vs. euamyloid hymenium), a smaller ascospores (3 –) 4.5 (– 5) × (1 –) 1.5–2.5 µm (vs. 6–7 × 3–4 µm), not parasitizing on other lichens, and growing on calcareous rock (vs. growing on siliceous rock) (Knudsen et al. 2022).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C359D92DD6645E739840D0DBD665A8DA	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.		Pensoft via Plazi	Liang, Fu Hui;Wang, Jia Xin;Ai, Min;Jiang, Wei;Zhou, Shu Nuo;Zhao, Zun Tian;Wang, Xin Yu;Hu, Ling	Liang, Fu Hui, Wang, Jia Xin, Ai, Min, Jiang, Wei, Zhou, Shu Nuo, Zhao, Zun Tian, Wang, Xin Yu, Hu, Ling (2026): Four new species of Acarosporaceae (Acarosporales, Lecanoromycetes) with carbonized epihymenial accretions from China. MycoKeys 133: 367-385, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.133.196437
8F60F3973F3F59F6A285DA4CCC738924.text	8F60F3973F3F59F6A285DA4CCC738924.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sarcogyne xizangensis F. H. Liang & L. Hu 2026	<div><p>Sarcogyne xizangensis F. H. Liang &amp; L. Hu sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 5, 6</p><p>Type.</p><p>China • Xizang Autonomous Region: Nagarze County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=91.03861&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=28.735556" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 91.03861/lat 28.735556)">Yamdrok Yumtso scenic area</a>, 28°44'08"N, 91°02'19"E, alt. 4546 m, on siliceous rock, 9 Jun. 2025, Li. L. 20250906 - BH 118-2 A (KUN, holotype) .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Similar to Acarospora privigna (Kantvilas 1998; Knudsen et al. 2021 b), but differs in having lower hymenium (60–95 μm vs. 90–130 μm), wider paraphyses (2.5–4 μm vs. 1–1.5 μm), and ellipsoid to broadly ellipsoid ascospores (vs. bacilliform to narrowly ellipsoidal).</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The specific epithet is derived from the type locality, Xizang Autonomous Region (Tibet), where this species was collected.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Thallus endolithic, algae usually in clusters in substrate or at base of apothecium, algae cells 6–12 μm wide. Apothecia black, light shiny, 0.1–0.75 mm wide, 250–300 μm thick, dispersed or forming conspicuous clusters through replication, becoming compound apothecia, young apothecia usually round, without carbonized epihymenium accretions, and usually becoming rough with gobs of melanin build-up on the disc, but sometimes just smooth and only the margin carbonized. Disc dark reddish brown to black, red when wetted, epruinose, flat and below the margin, sometimes on an equal level with margin, rarely convex. Margin carbonized, 150 μm thick when young, 50 μm thick when mature, usually raised above the disc, partly knobby or crenulate, sometimes entire, not becoming segmented. Parathecium 20–60 μm thick, out layer black, 10–35 μm thick, inner brown, 10–25 μm thick. Hymenium 60–95 μm tall, epihymenium reddish – brown, 10–30 μm tall, occasionally with brown or black carbonized accretions, sometimes lack accretions, paraphyses 2.5–4 μm wide, infrequent branch, light expand to 5 μm wide in pigment caps, hymenial gel IKI + red or blue turning red, hemiamyloid. Asci 50–70 × 12–20 μm, hundreds of ascospores, 4–6 × 2–3 μm wide, ellipsoid to broadly ellipsoid, simple and hyaline, usually with two oil drops. Subhymenium 25–50 μm thick, IKI + blue. Hypothecium indistinct to 10 μm thick. Pycnidia not observed. Not producing secondary metabolites.</p><p>Habitat and distribution.</p><p>This species is only found in the high-altitude areas of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau in western China, growing on calcareous or siliceous rocks.</p><p>Additional specimens examined.</p><p>China • Xizang Autonomous Region: Nagarze County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=91.03861&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=28.735556" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 91.03861/lat 28.735556)">Yamdrok Yumtso scenic area</a>, 28°44'08"N, 91°02'19"E, alt. 4546 m, on siliceous rock, 9 Jun. 2025, Li. L. 20250906 - BH 118-2 A, 20250906 - BH 118-2 B (KUN) ; • Nagarze County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=90.88833&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=28.749166" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 90.88833/lat 28.749166)">Yamdrok Yumtso scenic area</a>, 28°44'57"N, 90°53'18"E, alt. 4545 m, on siliceous rock, 9 Jun. 2025, Li. L. 20250906 - BH 115-3 (KUN) ; • Nagarze County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=91.03861&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=28.735556" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 91.03861/lat 28.735556)">Yamdrok Yumtso scenic area</a>, 28°44'08"N, 91°02'19"E, alt. 4547 m, on calcareous rock, 9 Jun. 2025, Li. L. 20250906 - BH 118-5 (KUN) .</p><p>Note.</p><p>This new species has wider paraphyses 2.5–4 μm, which can easily distinguish from other Sarcogyne species. In addition, the new species has variable morphological characteristics. The specimen (20250906 - BH 118-2 A KUN) has obviously segmented margin, and discs with carbonized epihymenial acceretions, while the other specimens have entire and smooth margin, rarely becoming segmented, and discs usually observe no carbonized epihymenial accretions.</p><p>Sarcogyne xizangensis is similar to S. albothallina by its carbonized apothecia, but it differs from S. albothallina by endolithic thallus (vs. epilithic thallus), wider paraphyses 2.5–4 μm (vs. 1.5–2.5 μm), smaller ascospores 4–6 × 2–3 μm (vs. 6.0–7.5 × 3–4 μm), and not producing secondary metabolites (vs. producing 4 - O-methylhiascic acid) (Knudsen et al. 2016). Sarcogyne xizangensis differs from S. pakistanensis in wider paraphyses 2.5–4 μm (vs. 2–3 μm), larger ascospores 4–6 × 2–3 μm (vs. 3–4 × 1–2 μm), hymenial gel IKI + red or blue turning red (vs. IKI + dark blue), in not producing secondary metabolites (vs. 2 ' - O-demethylpsoromic acid, psoromic acid detected), and in producing carbonized epihymenial accretions (vs. without carbonized epihymenial accretions) (Fayyaz et al. 2023).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8F60F3973F3F59F6A285DA4CCC738924	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.		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