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6b. Upper surface grey, not pruinose, soredia o<strong>the</strong>rwise............................................... 7<br />

7a. Soredia marginal, sometimes isidioid.................................................... P. sorediosa<br />

7b. Soredia laminal ...................................................................................... P. erumpens<br />

8a. Soredia laminal ........................................................................................................ 9<br />

8b. Soredia marginal .................................................................................................... 10<br />

9a. Soralia crateriform, corticolous .............................................................. P. poncinsii<br />

9b. Soralia capitate, saxicolous...............................................................P. alboplumbea<br />

10a. Upper surface not pruinose ..................................................................P. tribacoides<br />

10b. Upper surface haevily pruinose ............................................................. P. dimidiata<br />

Physma Key:<br />

1a. Thallus with apo<strong>the</strong>cia ........................................................................... P. byrsaeum<br />

1b. Thallus with pseudoisidia ............................................................P. pseudoisidiatum<br />

Polychidium Key:<br />

1a. Algae Nos<strong>to</strong>c (with globose cells in chains)..........................................P. muscicola<br />

1b. Algae Scy<strong>to</strong>nema (with cylindrical cells in chains)................................................. 2<br />

2a. Cortex cells me<strong>and</strong>ering, jig-saw-shaped; thallus shiny........................P. stipitatum<br />

2b. Cortex cells ra<strong>the</strong>r regular, ultimate thallus branches dull ................. P. dendriscum<br />

Pseudocyphellaria Key (modified after Galloway, D.J. 1994. Studies in Pseudocyphellaria<br />

IV. Paleotropical species (excluding Australia). Bulletin <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> British Museum (Natural<br />

His<strong>to</strong>ry), Botany 24: 115-159.):<br />

1a. Pho<strong>to</strong>biont green ...................................................................................................... 2<br />

1b. Pho<strong>to</strong>biont blue-green (Nos<strong>to</strong>c in chains).............................................................. 10<br />

2a. Medulla yellow ........................................................................................................ 3<br />

2b. Medulla white (note: pseudocyphellae or soredia could be yellow)........................ 6<br />

3a. Without soredia, isidia or phyllidia......................................................... P. clathrata<br />

3b. Sorediate, isidiate or phyllidiate .............................................................................. 4<br />

4a. Isidiate <strong>to</strong> phyllidiate only ................................................................... P. pickeringii<br />

4b. Sorediate (isidia may also be present) ..................................................................... 5<br />

5a. Soredia partly linear.................................................................................... P. aurata<br />

5b. Soredia formed on punctiform isidia .................................................... P. poculifera<br />

6a. Pseudocyphellae yellow....................................................................... P. carpoloma<br />

6b. Pseudocyphellae white............................................................................................. 7<br />

7a. Pseudocyphellae present on upper <strong>and</strong> lower surface.........................P. reineckiana

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