Arrangement | Broken lines or patches; above hair lines | Patches; above hair lines | Continuous lines; above hair lines | Continuous or separated lines; between hair lines | Ccontinuous lines; - | Continuous lines; both sides of hair lines (abutting hair lines) |
Number in row between hair lines | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 - 3 | 2 | |
Location | Half immersed in the cuticle layer | On thallus surface | On thallus surface | On thallus surface | On thallus surface | On thallus surface |
Fertile zone | Alternate1 | Alternate1 | Alternate1 | Successive2 | - | Successive2 |
Indusium | Present | Present | Absent | Present | Absent | Present |
Reference | Allender and Kraft [40] | Womersley [41] | Levring [42] | Taylor [43] |