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2a. Thallus not lobed around <strong>the</strong> margin ...............................C. leptaleum var. biliosum<br />

2b. Thallus conspicuously lobed....................................................................C. rugosum<br />

3a. Thallus rough, not lobed around <strong>the</strong> margin............................................................ 4<br />

3b. Thallus smooth or with ridges, conspicuously lobed............................................... 7<br />

4a. Spores 4-celled, thallus pale brownish...................................................C. leptaleum<br />

4b. Spores many-celled, thallus brown <strong>to</strong> black ............................................................ 5<br />

5a. Apo<strong>the</strong>cia with thick layer <strong>of</strong> paraplectenchyma<strong>to</strong>us cells............... C. coilocarpum<br />

5b. Apo<strong>the</strong>cia without such a layer................................................................................ 6<br />

6a. Thallus dark brown <strong>to</strong> black, excipulum with thick-walled cells, spores mostly <<br />

100 μm .............................................................................................. C. papuanorum<br />

6b. Thallus medium brown, excipulum with thin-walled cells, spores <strong>of</strong>ten > 100 μm.<br />

................................................................................ C. fasciculare var. microcarpum<br />

7a. Thallus with ridges, sometimes fenestrate, spores acicular ........... C. actinoptychum<br />

7b. Thallus smooth, resembling a Lep<strong>to</strong>gium................................................................ 8<br />

8a. Spores submuriform....................................................................... C. subconveniens<br />

8b. Spores acicular....................................................................................C. chimbuense<br />

Degelia Key:<br />

1a. Thallus sorediate .................................................................................... D. sorediata<br />

1b. Thallus not sorediate....................................................................................D. minor<br />

Dictyonema Key:<br />

1a. Hyphae with clamps................................................................................................. 2<br />

1b. Hyphae without clamps............................................................................................ 3<br />

2a. Thallus crus<strong>to</strong>se, corticiod .....................................................................D. irpicinum<br />

2b. Thallus nearly foliose, stereoid.............................................................. D. ligulatum<br />

3a. Algal trichome uniseriate........................................................................D. sericeum<br />

3b. Algal trichome biseriate............................................................................. D. moorei<br />

Dirinaria Key:<br />

1a. Thallus with isidia or soredia................................................................................... 2<br />

1b. Thallus without vegetative propagules .................................................................... 5<br />

2a. Thallus with isidia............................................................................. D. papillulifera<br />

2b. Thallus with soredia................................................................................................. 3<br />

3a. Soredia pustular ...................................................................................... D. aegialita<br />

3b. Soredia rounded, regular.......................................................................................... 4

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