Vegetos
(An International Journal of Plant Research & Biotechnology)
New additional records of lichenized fungi to Indian lichen biota
Islary Pungbili, Thakur Monika, Kumar Vishal, Biswas Suparna, Mishra Gaurav Kumar, Nayaka Sanjeeva, Joseph Siljo, Daimari Rebecca
Research Articles | Published: 30 September, 2024
First Page: 2035
Last Page: 2040
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Keywords: Assam, Himalaya, Indo-Burma, Lichenized fungi, Morpho-taxonomy
Abstract
The present study reports 12 lichen taxa from India for the first time. The species are—Agonimia bryophilopsis, Aptrootia elatior, Astrothelium rubrocrystallinum, Bathelium carolinianum, Fulvophyton desertorum, Graphis emersa, Malmidea bacidinoides, M. gyalectoides, Myriotrema classicum, Porina ahlesiana, Pyrenula albothallina, and Trypethelium xanthoplatystomum, collected from Ultapani forest range under Manas Biosphere Reserve, Assam. All the species have been illustrated with detailed taxonomic descriptions.
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Department of Botany, Kokrajhar Government College, Kokrajhar, India