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Thallus crustose, areolate-placodioid, up to 
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wide. Color: yellowish green to yellowish white when dry, no change when wet. Upper cortex: 2 - layered, outer greyish, 10‒20 μm thick, inner hyaline, 20‒30 μm thick, cells rounded, 5‒8 μm in diameter. Algal layer: continuous, even, 60‒80 μm thick, photobiont chlorococcoid, cells globose, 9‒13 μm in diameter. Medulla: 90‒120 μm thick, hyphae hyaline, 3‒4 μm wide. Apothecia: frequent, lecanorine, 1‒3 per areole. Disc: round, black, pruinose, plane to concave, 
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in diameter. Margins: thick, persistent, concolorous to thallus. Epihymenium: brown, 10‒15 μm tall. Hymenium: hyaline, 40‒50 μm tall. Hypothecium: hyaline, 60‒70 μm tall. Paraphyses: septate, branched, capitate, 1‒2 μm wide apically. Asci: hyaline, clavate, 40‒50 × 15‒20 μm. Ascospores: brown, 1 - septate, 9‒12 × 5‒8 μm.
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crustose-placodioid thallus 
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For phylogenetic analysis, sequences of the genus 
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were retrieved from GenBank based on their similarity to our sequences and those used in a study on the phylogeny of 
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. Due to the limited availability of 
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In our analysis, the newly generated sequences of 
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), receiving strong support (90 % ML), thus confirming their identification as 
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, which also forms a distinct clade with high bootstrap support (83 % ML).
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<paragraph id="BAE75C634E671AD797979B98A7FE2494">
<label id="80A4D412E1001EBB190DCE1C42626D06">Figure 2.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4F2B8CBA83AFD3568EEC9CAE405020EB">
Molecular phylogenetic analysis of 
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<emphasis id="BD8A5AAA028C32FD4D0FEFD30D91DF9C" italics="true">Dimelaena</emphasis>
spp.
</taxonomicName>
by maximum likelihood (ML) method based on nrITS sequences. Bootstrap values&gt; 50 % based on 1000 replicates for ML are shown above the branches and novel sequences generated during in this study are in bold.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E2LAC" type="notes">
<paragraph id="CD171B98B780ED70C944587B579F70C5">
<heading id="B945CAFCCD61FA4BAE20D0A736C0E81B" reason="title">Notes.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="01D7104D072E1C8A1C023B162B4D6D21">
<taxonomicName id="62C38CE6AA5A6F8D2BD7A77B84D19A67" class="Lecanoromycetes" family="Caliciaceae" genus="Dimelaena" kingdom="Fungi" order="Caliciales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="altissima">
<emphasis id="67728FA22511DF28545F69230862F869" italics="true">Dimelaena altissima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is distinguished by its yellowish-green, epruinose crustose thallus with flat marginal lobes, along with irregularly rounded, innate apothecia that have indistinct margins (
<bibRefCitation id="BC037EF0B2E893E20F7E06274F15F6AF" DOI="10.11646/phytotaxa.574.4.1" author="Ai" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Ai" refId="B3" refString="Ai M, Zhong Q, Scheidegger C, Wang L, Wang X (2022) Revision of Dimelaena Norman (Caliciaceae, Ascomycota) species containing usnic acid reveals a new species and a new combination from China. Phytotaxa 574 (4): 259-272. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.574.4.1" year="2022">Ai et al. 2022</bibRefCitation>
). The morphological comparison confirms the identity of the Pakistani taxon as 
<taxonomicName id="DA725C29097D075350CE60EB771DEECD" class="Lecanoromycetes" family="Caliciaceae" genus="Dimelaena" kingdom="Fungi" order="Caliciales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="altissima">
<emphasis id="53D8AE222880F718E8A7CD2843413F48" italics="true">D. altissima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as it shares same morpho-anatomical characteristics with 
<taxonomicName id="656A8ADC67E3258AA6A166A935541E23" class="Lecanoromycetes" family="Caliciaceae" genus="Dimelaena" kingdom="Fungi" order="Caliciales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="altissima">
<emphasis id="5BFD02A6F22D6DEE53E38439D83251EF" italics="true">D. altissima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
described from 
<collectingCountry id="A8456E92A6FF18D8D86DCC8CA50F9215" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
, such as a crustose thallus with radiate-plicate margins and lecanorine immersed apothecia (
<bibRefCitation id="C7623B2C567EAB85EF61D9AD53217393" DOI="10.11646/phytotaxa.574.4.1" author="Ai" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Ai" refId="B3" refString="Ai M, Zhong Q, Scheidegger C, Wang L, Wang X (2022) Revision of Dimelaena Norman (Caliciaceae, Ascomycota) species containing usnic acid reveals a new species and a new combination from China. Phytotaxa 574 (4): 259-272. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.574.4.1" year="2022">Ai et al. 2022</bibRefCitation>
). It is morphologically and phylogenetically closely related to 
<taxonomicName id="DF88A5FE63F5A7A90357A35A938499B5" class="Lecanoromycetes" family="Caliciaceae" genus="Dimelaena" kingdom="Fungi" order="Caliciales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="oreina">
<emphasis id="216A698373E0AA2ABFE8791A46E7A42C" italics="true">D. oreina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but differs from it by lacking well-defined apothecial margins and convex marginal lobes (
<bibRefCitation id="8002215021A36AB79B81743BA06BF500" DOI="10.11646/phytotaxa.574.4.1" author="Ai" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Ai" refId="B3" refString="Ai M, Zhong Q, Scheidegger C, Wang L, Wang X (2022) Revision of Dimelaena Norman (Caliciaceae, Ascomycota) species containing usnic acid reveals a new species and a new combination from China. Phytotaxa 574 (4): 259-272. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.574.4.1" year="2022">Ai et al. 2022</bibRefCitation>
). It is the first report of 
<taxonomicName id="53DA7141E5EA845451742C231EB2CA52" class="Lecanoromycetes" family="Caliciaceae" genus="Dimelaena" kingdom="Fungi" order="Caliciales" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="altissima">
<emphasis id="823A1DC1FF24FABE318B7BDB78B5503A" italics="true">D. altissima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from 
<collectingCountry id="70C2C5B7E7D1CB68DEBDAA494BB23B52" name="Pakistan">Pakistan</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EEOAC" type="habitat">
<paragraph id="B5EC642C4D74F806E79398D29A8274AE">
<heading id="B1158902B6132798002153900294E768" reason="title">Habitat and ecology</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F17089CC537B654A2E5A68D193A68517">
. The collections (KH- 602 &amp; KH- 608) were found in dry temperate climate, in an open situation exposed to sun and rain, at an altitude of 
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a. s. l., temperature typically varies from - 8 ° C to 28 ° C, with annual rainfall varying between 
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. Whereas the other collection (BST- 03) was found at an elevation above 
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, on rock, in a temperate climate with minimum and maximum temperatures of - 8 ° C and 35 ° C, respectively. The region is characterized by hilly topography, with annual rainfall varying between 90 and 
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and heavy snowfall during the winter months.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EJOAC" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="06B7393D6CC80A4AAB3DD5C964519A73">
<heading id="4073172A3E68042B0F0362EA96CE6851" reason="title">Distribution.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8DADACCA4532D5C679E81B54EFBB888C">
This species was previously documented from 
<collectingCountry id="D7ECABAEC1ADEFCD90A9A4B300782085" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="0C0A0EF37FF6DEC7470852A23CE9789C" DOI="10.11646/phytotaxa.574.4.1" author="Ai" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Ai" refId="B3" refString="Ai M, Zhong Q, Scheidegger C, Wang L, Wang X (2022) Revision of Dimelaena Norman (Caliciaceae, Ascomycota) species containing usnic acid reveals a new species and a new combination from China. Phytotaxa 574 (4): 259-272. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.574.4.1" year="2022">Ai et al. 2022</bibRefCitation>
) and is now recorded from 
<collectingCountry id="83A8EE4FDFC8E148A38D5A526384B473" name="Pakistan">Pakistan</collectingCountry>
for the first time.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ETOAC" type="material">
<paragraph id="65DC710B36277C73A3651A1B4175693D">
<heading id="D1C60C61EB4D51A824E146D613703277" reason="title">Materials examined.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="392839F8697B6145316914188EF46EF2">
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<collectingCountry id="2C155194194810E17EAF9E68BEF006FE" name="Pakistan">Pakistan</collectingCountry>
∙ 
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, 
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, 
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; 
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, 
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</named-content>
; alt. 
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a. s. l.
</elevation>
; 
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</date>
; 
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&amp; 
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leg.; 
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; KH- 602 &amp; KH- 608, ITS GenBank accession numbers 
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and 
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</materialsCitation>
. 
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∙ 
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, 
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, 
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; 
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, 
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; alt. 
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<elevation id="0423565DE88D06E096C6AA841C1A7D4E" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.173" unit="m" value="4173.0">4,173 m</elevation>
</quantity>
a. s. l.; 
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</date>
; 
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, 
<collectorName id="8529CEDFB6A5AC5A268EF890EFD411C9">M. Usman</collectorName>
&amp; 
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leg.; 
<collectedFrom id="15EA0CE87A07F14B602F246A15334212">on rocks; in moist temperate forest</collectedFrom>
; BST- 03, ITS GenBank accession number 
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.
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