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- neotropical genera -
1a Perithecia present---2
1b Apothecia present, or fruitbodies absent---6
5a Photobiont green---Agonimia
5b Photobiont blue-green---Psoroglaena
7a Algae blue-green---8
7b Algae green---13
16a Squamules with an upper and lower cortex comprised of a thin layer of cubic
cells---Eschatogonia
16b Squamule cortex otherwise, lower cortex usually absent---17
23a (19) On soil---24
23b Epiphytic, occasionally on rock---29
23c On rock---37
26a Ascospores simple---27
26b Ascospores transversely septate; apothecia lecideine---Toninia (s.l.)
27a Apothecia lecanorine---Psoroma
27b Apothecia lecideine---28
32a Thallus thin, corticate with a thin layer of cubic cells on both sides---
Eschatogonia
32b Thallus without such cortex---33
33a Ascospores simple---34
33b Ascospores transversely septate---36
35a Apothecia lecanorine---Psoroma
35b Apothecia biatorine---"Biatora" s.l.
36a Ascospores acicular---Bacidiopsora
36b Ascospores fusiform to bacillar---Psorella
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