taxonID	type	description	language	source
4A63303F927E4B4AB5A4D874FBF4F8FF.taxon	description	MycoBank: MB 859024	en	Noor, Atika, Saba, Malka, Akram, Wajahat, Ullah, Mohsin, Asif, Muhammad (2025): Two novel species of Lecanora genus (Ascomycota, Lecanoraceae) from Western Himalaya, Pakistan. Phytotaxa 722 (3): 247-259, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4
4A63303F927E4B4AB5A4D874FBF4F8FF.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — In honor of (the late) Prof. Dr. Sultan Ahmad, a renowned mycologist in Pakistan.	en	Noor, Atika, Saba, Malka, Akram, Wajahat, Ullah, Mohsin, Asif, Muhammad (2025): Two novel species of Lecanora genus (Ascomycota, Lecanoraceae) from Western Himalaya, Pakistan. Phytotaxa 722 (3): 247-259, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4
4A63303F927E4B4AB5A4D874FBF4F8FF.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: — Differs from Lecanora pseudargentata due to its dark grey to greyish green, rough, pruinose, esorediate thallus having light brown, sessile apothecia.	en	Noor, Atika, Saba, Malka, Akram, Wajahat, Ullah, Mohsin, Asif, Muhammad (2025): Two novel species of Lecanora genus (Ascomycota, Lecanoraceae) from Western Himalaya, Pakistan. Phytotaxa 722 (3): 247-259, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4
4A63303F927E4B4AB5A4D874FBF4F8FF.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype: — PAKISTAN. Punjab province, Murree district; 33 ° 90 ’ 70 ” N, 73 ° 39 ′ 43 ″ E; alt. 2291 m elev., on bark, 15 April 2024, Atika Noor, AN- 06. GenBank accession: ITS = PV 606632.	en	Noor, Atika, Saba, Malka, Akram, Wajahat, Ullah, Mohsin, Asif, Muhammad (2025): Two novel species of Lecanora genus (Ascomycota, Lecanoraceae) from Western Himalaya, Pakistan. Phytotaxa 722 (3): 247-259, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4
4A63303F927E4B4AB5A4D874FBF4F8FF.taxon	description	Description: — Thallus: Corticolous, upto 2.5 cm diameter, cracked, rimose to areolate or verruculose, prothallus: not visible, thin, opaque, ecorticate, surface: Dark grey to grayish green, rough, pruinose, esorediate, prothallus absent, Apothecia: Sessile, 0.3 – 0.5 mm in diameter, lecanorine type, lecanorine light brown to dark brown in colour, disc: round to oval, plane, epruinose, verrucose, margins: light olive to whitish grey in colour, thick persistent, entire, verruculose, Amphithecium: present having abundant algal cells, disappear with 10 % KOH, Amphithecium: present, with numerous algal cells, with large crystals insoluble in K, corticate; cortex: present, hyaline, distinct, basally thickened, gelatinous or interspersed, 20 µm thick laterally, 60 µm thick basally, Parathecium: hyaline, containing crystals soluble in KOH. Epihymenium: upto 18 µm, with light brown pigments dissolving in KOH, hymenium: hyaline, clear; paraphyses: thickened (up to 7 µm wide) apically, not pigmented; subhymenium: hyaline, 15 – 20 µm thick; hypothecium: hyaline, with oil droplets asci: clavate, 8 - spored, 12 – 18 µm wide and 55 – 75 µm in length, ascospores: hyaline, simple, ellipsoid, small, 04 – 06 µm wide, 08 – 12 µm in length; wall less than 1 µm thick Pycnidia: absent conidia: filiform, Spot tests: K + greenish, C-, KC + Discoloration.	en	Noor, Atika, Saba, Malka, Akram, Wajahat, Ullah, Mohsin, Asif, Muhammad (2025): Two novel species of Lecanora genus (Ascomycota, Lecanoraceae) from Western Himalaya, Pakistan. Phytotaxa 722 (3): 247-259, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4
4A63303F927E4B4AB5A4D874FBF4F8FF.taxon	biology_ecology	Habitat: — corticulous, verruculose, on branches, truncks and twigs of Pinus roxburgii (Sarg.).	en	Noor, Atika, Saba, Malka, Akram, Wajahat, Ullah, Mohsin, Asif, Muhammad (2025): Two novel species of Lecanora genus (Ascomycota, Lecanoraceae) from Western Himalaya, Pakistan. Phytotaxa 722 (3): 247-259, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4
4A63303F927E4B4AB5A4D874FBF4F8FF.taxon	distribution	Known geographical distribution: — So far, known only from the type locality, Murree district, Punjab, Pakistan.	en	Noor, Atika, Saba, Malka, Akram, Wajahat, Ullah, Mohsin, Asif, Muhammad (2025): Two novel species of Lecanora genus (Ascomycota, Lecanoraceae) from Western Himalaya, Pakistan. Phytotaxa 722 (3): 247-259, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4
4A63303F927E4B4AB5A4D874FBF4F8FF.taxon	materials_examined	Additional material examined: — PAKISTAN. Punjab province, Murree district, near spring water: 33 ° 90 ’ 70 ” N, 73 ° 39 ′ 43 ″ E; alt. 2291 m elev., 15 April 2024, Atika Noor, AN 07, GenBank accession: ITS = PV 606633.	en	Noor, Atika, Saba, Malka, Akram, Wajahat, Ullah, Mohsin, Asif, Muhammad (2025): Two novel species of Lecanora genus (Ascomycota, Lecanoraceae) from Western Himalaya, Pakistan. Phytotaxa 722 (3): 247-259, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4
4A63303F927E4B4AB5A4D874FBF4F8FF.taxon	discussion	Notes: Lecanora ahmadii sp. nov. is morphologically allied to L. pseudargentata, L. paramarea, and L. chlarotera, but is distinguished by its dark grey to greyish green, rough, pruinose, esorediate thallus, egranulose epihymenium, and K ⁺ greenish, C ⁻, KC ⁺ chemical reactions. The species lacks pycnidia, bears filiform conidia, and develops round to oval, sessile apothecia. Phylogenetically it falls in a sister clade to L. pseudargentata.	en	Noor, Atika, Saba, Malka, Akram, Wajahat, Ullah, Mohsin, Asif, Muhammad (2025): Two novel species of Lecanora genus (Ascomycota, Lecanoraceae) from Western Himalaya, Pakistan. Phytotaxa 722 (3): 247-259, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4
4A63303F92784B4EB5A4DB9EFEBAFCC0.taxon	description	MycoBank: MB 859025	en	Noor, Atika, Saba, Malka, Akram, Wajahat, Ullah, Mohsin, Asif, Muhammad (2025): Two novel species of Lecanora genus (Ascomycota, Lecanoraceae) from Western Himalaya, Pakistan. Phytotaxa 722 (3): 247-259, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4
4A63303F92784B4EB5A4DB9EFEBAFCC0.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — The specific epithet “ haripurensis ” refers to the Haripur district of Himalaya range from where the type specimen was collected.	en	Noor, Atika, Saba, Malka, Akram, Wajahat, Ullah, Mohsin, Asif, Muhammad (2025): Two novel species of Lecanora genus (Ascomycota, Lecanoraceae) from Western Himalaya, Pakistan. Phytotaxa 722 (3): 247-259, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4
4A63303F92784B4EB5A4DB9EFEBAFCC0.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: — Differs from Lecanora epibryon due to its light greyish white to rough white thallus, lecanorine, black irregular apothecia, thick brown parathecium and distinct amphithecium.	en	Noor, Atika, Saba, Malka, Akram, Wajahat, Ullah, Mohsin, Asif, Muhammad (2025): Two novel species of Lecanora genus (Ascomycota, Lecanoraceae) from Western Himalaya, Pakistan. Phytotaxa 722 (3): 247-259, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4
4A63303F92784B4EB5A4DB9EFEBAFCC0.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype: –– PAKISTAN. Khyber-pahtunkhwa province, Haripur district; 34 ° 04 ’ 03 ” N, 72 ° 85 ′ 15 ″ E; alt. 691 m elev., on bark, 23 March 2024, Atika Noor, AN- 32. GenBank accession: ITS = PV 578769 & PV 578770.	en	Noor, Atika, Saba, Malka, Akram, Wajahat, Ullah, Mohsin, Asif, Muhammad (2025): Two novel species of Lecanora genus (Ascomycota, Lecanoraceae) from Western Himalaya, Pakistan. Phytotaxa 722 (3): 247-259, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4
4A63303F92784B4EB5A4DB9EFEBAFCC0.taxon	description	Description: — Thallus: Corticolous, 1 to 2 cm diameter, rimose to continue, thin and tightly attached to the substrate, Thallus Outline: Indistinct, Upper surface: Light greyish white to rough white, epruinose, lacking soredia, prothallus; not visible, Upper Cortex: Gelatinized, Apothecia lecanorine, 0.5 - 1 mm diameter, numerous, slightly flexuose to oval, persistent, sessile, concolourous with the surrounding thallus, with a thin rim between disk and thallus margins, Disk: Plane to slightly excavate, dark brown to black, epruinose. Parathecium; exciple, thick, brownish black, Amphithecium Present; crystals small, abundant, dissolving in 10 % KOH; photobiont abundant. Amphithecial Cortex: present, indistinct, eucortical, 35 µm wide, widened at base, upto 150 µm wide at the base; inspersed with oil droplets, upper Hymenium; Brown, thickness 23 µm, 120 µm high, Hyphae; branched of 5 – 9 µm in thickness, Ascus: 30 – 45 µm wide, 90 – 110 µm length. Ascospores: Eight per ascus, ellipsoidal to slightly tapering ends, thin walled, 58 µm wide, 12 – 15 µm long, not ornamented. Pycnidia: absent, conidia not found, Spot tests: K-, C-, KC-.	en	Noor, Atika, Saba, Malka, Akram, Wajahat, Ullah, Mohsin, Asif, Muhammad (2025): Two novel species of Lecanora genus (Ascomycota, Lecanoraceae) from Western Himalaya, Pakistan. Phytotaxa 722 (3): 247-259, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4
4A63303F92784B4EB5A4DB9EFEBAFCC0.taxon	biology_ecology	Habitat: — corticulous, continuous rimose, on trunck of Acacia nilotica (L.).	en	Noor, Atika, Saba, Malka, Akram, Wajahat, Ullah, Mohsin, Asif, Muhammad (2025): Two novel species of Lecanora genus (Ascomycota, Lecanoraceae) from Western Himalaya, Pakistan. Phytotaxa 722 (3): 247-259, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4
4A63303F92784B4EB5A4DB9EFEBAFCC0.taxon	distribution	Known geographical distribution: — So far, known only from the type locality, Haripur district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.	en	Noor, Atika, Saba, Malka, Akram, Wajahat, Ullah, Mohsin, Asif, Muhammad (2025): Two novel species of Lecanora genus (Ascomycota, Lecanoraceae) from Western Himalaya, Pakistan. Phytotaxa 722 (3): 247-259, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4
4A63303F92784B4EB5A4DB9EFEBAFCC0.taxon	materials_examined	Additional material examined: — PAKISTAN. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Haripur district: 34 ° 04 ’ 03 ” N, 72 ° 85 ′ 15 ″ E; alt. 691 m elev., on bark, 12 August 2024, Atika Noor, AN- 33, AN- 31, AN- 01. GenBank accession: ITS = PV 624716, PV 624717.	en	Noor, Atika, Saba, Malka, Akram, Wajahat, Ullah, Mohsin, Asif, Muhammad (2025): Two novel species of Lecanora genus (Ascomycota, Lecanoraceae) from Western Himalaya, Pakistan. Phytotaxa 722 (3): 247-259, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4
4A63303F92784B4EB5A4DB9EFEBAFCC0.taxon	discussion	Notes: Lecanora haripurensis sp. nov. is distinguished by its light greyish white to rough white, esorediate thallus, black sessile apothecia, thick brown parathecium, and distinct amphithecium. It differs from L. epibryon, L. allophana, and L. impudens in apothecial morphology and by being entirely K ⁻, C ⁻, and KC ⁻, forming a sister clade to L. epibryon.	en	Noor, Atika, Saba, Malka, Akram, Wajahat, Ullah, Mohsin, Asif, Muhammad (2025): Two novel species of Lecanora genus (Ascomycota, Lecanoraceae) from Western Himalaya, Pakistan. Phytotaxa 722 (3): 247-259, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.722.3.4
