taxonID	type	description	language	source
F0251E712260D304FC59F91EF3ED39CB.taxon	description	(Fig. 2)	en	Zulfiqar, Rizwana, Asghar, Hafiza Simab, Khalid, Abdul Nasir (2023): New species of genus Oxneriaria S. Y. Kondr. & Lőkös (lichenized Ascomycota, Megasporaceae) from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Cryptogamie, Mycologie 44 (8): 109-116, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2023v44a8, URL: https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/mycologie2023v44a8.pdf
F0251E712260D304FC59F91EF3ED39CB.taxon	diagnosis	Characterized by distinctly elongating / spreading marginal areoles, absence of prothallus, poriform-aspicilioid apothecial discs, larger ascospores (20 - 25 × 10 - 15 µm) and the presence of norstictic acid.	en	Zulfiqar, Rizwana, Asghar, Hafiza Simab, Khalid, Abdul Nasir (2023): New species of genus Oxneriaria S. Y. Kondr. & Lőkös (lichenized Ascomycota, Megasporaceae) from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Cryptogamie, Mycologie 44 (8): 109-116, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2023v44a8, URL: https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/mycologie2023v44a8.pdf
F0251E712260D304FC59F91EF3ED39CB.taxon	materials_examined	HOLOTYPE. — Pakistan. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Kohistan, Dassu, on calcareous rocks, 841 m a. s. l., 35 ° 35 ’ N, 73 ° 37 ’ E, 12. VII. 2020, K. Habib & A. N. Khalid, KH- 63 (holo-, LAH [LAH 37898]; GenBank [OQ 249532]). PARATYPE. — Pakistan. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Swat, Miandam, on calcareous rocks, 1800 m a. s. l., 35 ° 41 ’ N, 72 ° 48 ’ E, 15. IX. 2021, M. Usman, RG- 15 - A (para-, LAH [LAH 37911]; GenBank [OQ 152021]).	en	Zulfiqar, Rizwana, Asghar, Hafiza Simab, Khalid, Abdul Nasir (2023): New species of genus Oxneriaria S. Y. Kondr. & Lőkös (lichenized Ascomycota, Megasporaceae) from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Cryptogamie, Mycologie 44 (8): 109-116, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2023v44a8, URL: https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/mycologie2023v44a8.pdf
F0251E712260D304FC59F91EF3ED39CB.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY. — The specific epithet ‘ immersa’ (Latin) refers to the immersed apothecial discs.	en	Zulfiqar, Rizwana, Asghar, Hafiza Simab, Khalid, Abdul Nasir (2023): New species of genus Oxneriaria S. Y. Kondr. & Lőkös (lichenized Ascomycota, Megasporaceae) from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Cryptogamie, Mycologie 44 (8): 109-116, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2023v44a8, URL: https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/mycologie2023v44a8.pdf
F0251E712260D304FC59F91EF3ED39CB.taxon	description	CHEMISTRY. — K + (yellow turning red), C –, KC –. TLC: norstictic acid.	en	Zulfiqar, Rizwana, Asghar, Hafiza Simab, Khalid, Abdul Nasir (2023): New species of genus Oxneriaria S. Y. Kondr. & Lőkös (lichenized Ascomycota, Megasporaceae) from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Cryptogamie, Mycologie 44 (8): 109-116, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2023v44a8, URL: https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/mycologie2023v44a8.pdf
F0251E712260D304FC59F91EF3ED39CB.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT AND ECOLOGY. — The holotype (LAH 37898) was found on calcareous rocks in a dry, temperate area, in an open situation, exposed to sun and rain. The temperature typically varies from – 8 to 28 ° C and the annual rainfall varies between 700 and 800 mm. The topography of the area has extreme variations in elevation. The type specimen was found at an elevation of 841 m a. s. l. whereas the paratype (LAH 37911) was found at an elevation of 1800 m a. s. l., in thick hilly forests of Miandam, Swat Valley, with mean maximum and minimum temperature of 30 ° C and – 2 ° C, respectively.	en	Zulfiqar, Rizwana, Asghar, Hafiza Simab, Khalid, Abdul Nasir (2023): New species of genus Oxneriaria S. Y. Kondr. & Lőkös (lichenized Ascomycota, Megasporaceae) from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Cryptogamie, Mycologie 44 (8): 109-116, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2023v44a8, URL: https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/mycologie2023v44a8.pdf
F0251E712260D304FC59F91EF3ED39CB.taxon	description	MYCOBANK. — MB 849311. DESCRIPTION Thallus crustose-areolate, well-defined, up to 4 cm across, pruinose, 200 - 400 µm thick in section. Areoles: rounded to irregular, plane to convex, 0.3 - 1 mm in diameter, marginally elongated / spreading giving a lobate view, up to 1.5 mm long. Prothallus: absent. Color: dark grey when dry, greenish grey when wet. Upper cortex: dark brown, 10 - 15 µm thick, cells rounded, 5 - 9 µm in diameter. Algal layer: 40 - 70 µm thick, photobiont chlorococcoid, 9 - 12 µm in diameter. Medulla: 200 - 250 µm thick, white, hyphae hyaline, 3 - 4 µm wide. Apothecia: poriform-aspicilioid, 1 - 3 per areole. Disc: black, smooth, shiny, epruinose, plane to concave, 0.1 - 0.7 mm in diameter. Margins: indistinct. Epihymenium: brown, 10 - 15 µm tall. Hymenium: hyaline, 90 - 100 µm tall. Hypothecium: hyaline, 50 - 70 µm tall. Asci: hyaline, clavate, 90 - 130 × 15 - 20 µm. Ascospores: hyaline, subglobose to ellipsoid, 20 - 25 × 10 - 15 µm.	en	Zulfiqar, Rizwana, Asghar, Hafiza Simab, Khalid, Abdul Nasir (2023): New species of genus Oxneriaria S. Y. Kondr. & Lőkös (lichenized Ascomycota, Megasporaceae) from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Cryptogamie, Mycologie 44 (8): 109-116, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2023v44a8, URL: https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/mycologie2023v44a8.pdf
F0251E712260D304FC59F91EF3ED39CB.taxon	discussion	NOTES Morphologically Oxneriaria immersa H. S. Asghar, R. Zulfiqar & Khalid, sp. nov. resembles O. virginea (Hue) S. Y. Kondr. & Lőkös but differs in having poriform-aspicilioid apothecial discs (vs poriform or slightly protruding), larger ascospores 20 - 25 × 10 - 15 µm (vs smaller, 14 - 22 × 9 - 12 µm) and a different chemistry, i. e., the presence of norstictic acid (vs no substance detected or once only with stictic acid) (Nordin et al. 2011; Halıcı et al. 2018). Oxneriaria immersa H. S. Asghar, R. Zulfiqar & Khalid, sp. nov. is also morphologically close to O. kohistaniensis but differs in having a crustose-areolate thallus (vs verrucoseareolate), elongating / radiating marginal areoles (vs non radiating), a smaller hymenium 90 - 100 µm (vs 100 - 150 µm), sub-moniliform (vs simple) paraphyses and larger ascospores 20 - 25 × 10 - 15 µm (vs smaller, 15 - 20 × 9 - 12 µm) (Zulfiqar et al. 2023). From Oxneriaria permutata (Zahlbr.) S. Y. Kondr. & Lőkös the new taxon differs in having an absence of prothallus (vs presence), a slightly taller hypothecium 50 - 70 µm (vs 40 - 50 µm), larger ascospores 20 - 25 × 10 - 15 µm (vs smaller, 15 - 22 × 9 - 12 µm), large conidia 15 - 35 µm (vs 16 - 18 µm) and a different chemistry, presence of norstictic acid (vs no substance detected) (Nimis 2016). Another, phylogenetically, related taxon is Oxneriaria iqbalii, which has similar thallus coloration and nearly identical size of the ascospores but the new taxon differs in having elongating / radiating marginal areoles (vs non radiating), a smaller hymenium 90 - 100 µm (vs 130 - 160 µm) and the presence of norstictic acid (vs no substance detected) (Zulfiqar et al. 2023). See also Appendix 1.	en	Zulfiqar, Rizwana, Asghar, Hafiza Simab, Khalid, Abdul Nasir (2023): New species of genus Oxneriaria S. Y. Kondr. & Lőkös (lichenized Ascomycota, Megasporaceae) from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Cryptogamie, Mycologie 44 (8): 109-116, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2023v44a8, URL: https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/mycologie2023v44a8.pdf
F0251E712265D309FEFBFA54F5BA3A28.taxon	description	(Fig. 3)	en	Zulfiqar, Rizwana, Asghar, Hafiza Simab, Khalid, Abdul Nasir (2023): New species of genus Oxneriaria S. Y. Kondr. & Lőkös (lichenized Ascomycota, Megasporaceae) from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Cryptogamie, Mycologie 44 (8): 109-116, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2023v44a8, URL: https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/mycologie2023v44a8.pdf
F0251E712265D309FEFBFA54F5BA3A28.taxon	diagnosis	Characterized by distinctly lecanorine apothecial discs, taller hymenium and hypothecium (190 - 230, 100 - 160 µm) respectively and smaller ascospores (15 - 21 × 9 - 13 µm).	en	Zulfiqar, Rizwana, Asghar, Hafiza Simab, Khalid, Abdul Nasir (2023): New species of genus Oxneriaria S. Y. Kondr. & Lőkös (lichenized Ascomycota, Megasporaceae) from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Cryptogamie, Mycologie 44 (8): 109-116, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2023v44a8, URL: https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/mycologie2023v44a8.pdf
F0251E712265D309FEFBFA54F5BA3A28.taxon	materials_examined	HOLOTYPE. — Pakistan. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Kohistan, Dassu, on calcareous rocks, 841 m a. s. l., 35 ° 35 ’ N, 73 ° 37 ’ E, 12. VII. 2020, K. Habib & A. N. Khalid, KH- 72 (holo-, LAH [LAH 37900]; GenBank [OQ 249530]). PARATYPE. — Pakistan. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kohistan, Razika Seo Valley, on calcareous rocks, 1067 m a. s. l., 35 ° 26 ’ N, 73 ° 27 ’ E, 9. IX. 2020, K. Habib & A. N. Khalid, KH- 70 (para-, LAH [LAH 37899]; GenBank [OQ 249531]).	en	Zulfiqar, Rizwana, Asghar, Hafiza Simab, Khalid, Abdul Nasir (2023): New species of genus Oxneriaria S. Y. Kondr. & Lőkös (lichenized Ascomycota, Megasporaceae) from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Cryptogamie, Mycologie 44 (8): 109-116, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2023v44a8, URL: https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/mycologie2023v44a8.pdf
F0251E712265D309FEFBFA54F5BA3A28.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY. — The specific epithet ‘ insignis’ (Latin) refers to the distinct lecanorine apothecial discs.	en	Zulfiqar, Rizwana, Asghar, Hafiza Simab, Khalid, Abdul Nasir (2023): New species of genus Oxneriaria S. Y. Kondr. & Lőkös (lichenized Ascomycota, Megasporaceae) from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Cryptogamie, Mycologie 44 (8): 109-116, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2023v44a8, URL: https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/mycologie2023v44a8.pdf
F0251E712265D309FEFBFA54F5BA3A28.taxon	description	CHEMISTRY. — Thallus, K + (yellowish green), C –, KC –; Medulla, K + (yellow), C –, KC –. TLC: cryptostictic acid.	en	Zulfiqar, Rizwana, Asghar, Hafiza Simab, Khalid, Abdul Nasir (2023): New species of genus Oxneriaria S. Y. Kondr. & Lőkös (lichenized Ascomycota, Megasporaceae) from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Cryptogamie, Mycologie 44 (8): 109-116, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2023v44a8, URL: https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/mycologie2023v44a8.pdf
F0251E712265D309FEFBFA54F5BA3A28.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT AND ECOLOGY. — The holotype (LAH 37900) was found on calcareous rocks, in a dry, temperate area, in an open situation exposed to sun and rain. The temperature typically varies from – 8 to 28 ° C with an annual rainfall varying between 700 and 800 mm. The topography of the area has extreme variations in elevation. This species was found at an elevation of 841 m a. s. l. The paratype (LAH 37899) was found at an elevation of 1067 m a. s. l, having the same habitat as the holotype.	en	Zulfiqar, Rizwana, Asghar, Hafiza Simab, Khalid, Abdul Nasir (2023): New species of genus Oxneriaria S. Y. Kondr. & Lőkös (lichenized Ascomycota, Megasporaceae) from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Cryptogamie, Mycologie 44 (8): 109-116, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2023v44a8, URL: https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/mycologie2023v44a8.pdf
F0251E712265D309FEFBFA54F5BA3A28.taxon	description	MYCOBANK. — MB 849310. DESCRIPTION Thallus crustose-areolate, up to 3 cm across, dull, section in thallus 250 - 350 µm thick. Areoles: rounded to irregular, plane to convex, 0.3 - 0.8 mm in diameter, more or less distinctly elongated at the margins, up to 1 mm long, 0.5 mm wide. Color: whitish grey with brownish tinge when dry, greenish grey when wet. Upper cortex: paraplectenchymatous, 10 - 15 µm thick, cells rounded, 7 - 9 µm in diameter. Algal layer: 70 - 90 µm thick, continuous, even, photobiont chlorococcoid, 6 - 9 µm in diameter. Medulla: 150 - 250 µm thick, white, hyphae hyaline, 3 - 4 µm wide. Apothecia: lecanorine, confluent, usually one per areole. Disc: black, plane to weakly concave, pruinose, 0.5 - 1 mm in diameter. Margins: thick, persistent, concolorous with thallus. Epihymenium: brown, 10 - 15 µm tall. Hymenium: hyaline, 190 - 230 µm tall. Hypothecium: hyaline, 100 - 160 µm tall. Thalline exciple: 80 - 100 µm thick. Proper exciple: indistinct. Asci: 8 - spored, hyaline, clavate, 85 - 115 × 30 - 40 µm. Ascospores: broadly ellipsoid to ovoid, hyaline, 15 - 21 × 9 - 13 µm.	en	Zulfiqar, Rizwana, Asghar, Hafiza Simab, Khalid, Abdul Nasir (2023): New species of genus Oxneriaria S. Y. Kondr. & Lőkös (lichenized Ascomycota, Megasporaceae) from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Cryptogamie, Mycologie 44 (8): 109-116, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2023v44a8, URL: https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/mycologie2023v44a8.pdf
F0251E712265D309FEFBFA54F5BA3A28.taxon	discussion	NOTES From the phylogenetically related Oxneriaria immersa H. S. Asghar, R. Zulfiqar & Khalid, sp. nov., O. insignis R. Zulfiqar & Khalid, sp. nov. differs in having lecanorine apothecial discs (vs poriform-aspicilioid), a taller hymenium and hypothecium 190 - 230 µm, 100 - 160 µm (vs 90 - 100 µm, 50 - 70 µm), respectively, simple paraphyses (vs sub-moniliform) and smaller ascospores 15 - 21 × 9 - 13 µm (vs 20 - 25 × 10 - 15 µm) (Appendix 1). Phylogenetically, O. insignis R. Zulfiqar & Khalid, sp. nov. also makes a distinct branch from O. immersa H. S. Asghar, R. Zulfiqar & Khalid, sp. nov., further reveals its novelty (Fig. 1). Oxneriaria insignis R. Zulfiqar & Khalid, sp. nov. also resembles O. supertegens (Arnold) S. Y. Kondr. & Lőkös but the new taxon differs in having distinctly lecanorine apothecial discs (vs lecanorine-aspicilioid), absence of prothallus (vs presence), a taller hymenium 190 - 230 µm (vs 115 - 140 µm), simple paraphyses (vs sub-moniliform), smaller ascospores 15 - 21 × 9 - 13 µm (vs 15 - 25 × 10 - 16 µm) and a different chemistry, cryptostictic acid (vs aspicilin) (Nimis 2016). From Oxneriaria iqbalii, the new taxon differs in having elongating / radiating marginal areoles (vs non radiating), lecanorine apothecial discs (vs aspicilioid), a taller hymenium and hypothecium 190 - 230 µm, 100 - 160 µm (vs 130 - 160 µm, 40 - 50 µm), respectively, smaller ascospores 15 - 21 × 9 - 13 µm (vs 20 - 26 × 10 - 14 µm) and a different chemistry, cryptostictic acid (vs no substance detected) (Zulfiqar et al. 2023).	en	Zulfiqar, Rizwana, Asghar, Hafiza Simab, Khalid, Abdul Nasir (2023): New species of genus Oxneriaria S. Y. Kondr. & Lőkös (lichenized Ascomycota, Megasporaceae) from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Cryptogamie, Mycologie 44 (8): 109-116, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2023v44a8, URL: https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/mycologie2023v44a8.pdf
