Usnea baileyi (Stirt.) Zahlbr, a new record for Karnataka, India

Swati Joshi; Sanjeeva Nayaka; Manan Azad; Harshita Bhawsar; Vinayaka KS; J. P.N. Mishra

doi:10.21756/cab.v4i1.3

Swati Joshi School of Life Sciences, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar-382020, Gujarat, India
Sanjeeva Nayaka Lichenology Laboratory, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow-226001, India
Manan Azad Department of Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, 700 W. Olney Rd., Norfolk-23507, Virginia
Harshita Bhawsar School of Life Sciences, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar-382020, Gujarat, India
Vinayaka KS Departments of Botany, Sri Venkataramana College, Vidyagiri, Bantwal-574211, Karnataka, India
J. P.N. Mishra School of Life Sciences, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar-382020, Gujarat, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21756/cab.v4i1.3

Keywords: Hollow central axis, New report, Parmeliaceae, Pigmented medulla. Usena baileyi, Western Ghats.

Abstract

Usnea baileyi (Stirt.) Zahlbr, a new record for Karnataka, India, is described. This is characterized by the corticolous thallus with isidia, hollow central axis and red pigmented medulla.