TABLE 1 in Solenopsora rhizomorpha (Catillariaceae): A new lichen species from India

TABLE 1. Table showing comparison of Solenopsora rhizomorpha with allied species. S. rhizomorpha (New Species)S. elixiana (Verdon & Rambold 1998)S. holophaea (Dobson 2018, Guttová & Nimis 2021, Cannon et al. 2022, Nimis 2024)S. marina (Guttová & Nimis 2021, Nimis 2024)ThallusSmall foliose, in irregular patches or rosette-forming, 1–1.5 cm wide. Lobes ca. 1–3 (–4) mm broad. Upper surface chalky white, smooth, continuous, slightly convex, covered by white pruinaSmall foliose, up to 4 cm wide, irregularly imbricately lobate. Lobes rotund or oblong with truncate apices, 1–2(2.5) mm broad. Upper surface greyish green to whitish green, with white-pruinose marginsSquamulose, squamules 1–3 mm wide, rounded, concave to flat, contiguous or imbricate, with entire to crenulate or flexuose, raised margins. Upper surface olive-green to olive-brown, epruinoseSquamulose, forming rosettes or irregular patches up to 5–6 cm in diam., outer squamules elongate, flexuose, folded; central parts of thallus crustose-areolate. Upper surface pale green to glaucous green, with white-pruinose marginsApotheciaApothecia ca. 0.5–1.7 mm diam., subsessile to shortly stipitateApothecia 0.2–0.4 mm diam., stipitateApothecia 0.5–1.5 mm diam., sessile to shortly stipitateApothecia to ca. 0.5(–1) mm diam., sessileAscosporesEllipsoid-elongate to slightly fusiform, 12–15 × 3–4 µmEllipsoid to narrow ellipsoid, with acute to acuminate apices, 10–17 × 3.5–5 µmEllipsoid-elongate to slightly fusiform, 11–24 × 4–6 μmNarrowly ellipsoid to fusiform, 9–16 × 3–3.5 μmChemistryCortex and Medulla K−, C−, KC−, P−, UV−. No chemicals detected by TLCK−, C−, KC+ fleetingly red, P−, UV−. Lobaric acid presentCortex and medulla K−, C−, KC−, P−, UV−. Terpenoids and unidentified substances presentMedulla K− C−, KC−, P−. Terpenoids and unidentified substances present