Circumscription of the genus Lepra, a recently resurrected genus to accommodate the “Variolaria”-group of Pertusaria sensu lato (Pertusariales, Ascomycota)

• Xinli Wei ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: weixl@im.ac.cn

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5470-9590

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• Imke Schmitt,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Department of Biological Sciences, Institute of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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• Brendan Hodkinson,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Squamules Unlimited, Henrico, VA, United States of America

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• Adam Flakus,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Lichenology, W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lubicz 46, Kraków, Poland

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• Martin Kukwa,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant Taxonomy and Nature Conservation, University of Gdańsk, WitaStwosza 59, Gdańsk, Poland

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• Pradeep K. Divakar,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Departamento de Biología Vegetal II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Plaza de Ramon y Cajal s/n, Madrid, Spain

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• Paul M. Kirika,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Botany Department, NationalMuseums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Jürgen Otte,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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• Anjuli Meiser,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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• H. Thorsten Lumbsch

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Science & Education, The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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