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Sarcogyne saphyniana is a species of lichen-forming fungus in the family Acarosporaceae. It is a small, pale brown, rock-dwelling (saxicolous) crustose lichen known from mountainous areas of Xinjiang in northwestern China. The species was described in 2016 and is distinguished by the unusual structure of its algal layer, in which bands of fungal tissue divide the algae into distinct clumps.

Filsoniana lhasanensis is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Teloschistaceae. It is found in Tibet, where it grows on rocks at altitudes between 4,200 and 4,432 m (13,780 and 14,541 ft). This species is defined by its reduced, vivid orange appearance and unique, aggregated reproductive structures.

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Pyrenodesmia tianshanensis is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) crustose lichen in the family Teloschistaceae. It forms a yellowish-brown crust broken into many small, raised patches, each typically bearing a single dark brown to black fruiting body. The species was originally described in 2011 under the name Caloplaca tianshanensis and was transferred to Pyrenodesmia in 2020. It is known only from limestone in the Tian Shan Mountains of Xinjiang in northwestern China.

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