Creating natural language item descriptions In most taxonomic
monographs, in addition to the information provided in
dichotomous or synoptic keys, each taxon is described in a
coherent text, which may look like the following example:
Stromata small, superficial, orbicular to elongate, at first
gray, later black, 1-3 x 1-2 mm and 0.5 mm high; perithecia
semiglobose, 0.5-0.6 mm in diam. with papillate ostiola; asci
cylindric, 80-90 x 7-11 µm; ascospores uniseriate, elliptical,
with obtuse ends, dark brown, often with large oil drop in
center, 15-18 x 5-8 µm; paraphyses present. The creation of
natural language descriptions from a descriptor project is a
relatively straightforward process. For each character present
in a given item, the natural language phrase for the character
(CharPhrase, if missing CharName can be used instead) is output
and the character state name is appended to it. In the case of
numeric characters, the numeric values and the optional Unit is
appended to the character phrase. If several ch