New records or otherwise interesting species of Teloschistaceae (lichenized fungi)
from India

Sanjeeva Nayaka; Sergii Y. Kondratyuk; Gaurav K. Mishra; Dalip K. Upreti

doi:10.21756/cba.v0i.8611

Sanjeeva Nayaka Lichenology Laboratory, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow – 226001, India
Sergii Y. Kondratyuk M.Y. Kholodny Institute of Botany, Tereshchenkivska Str. 2, Kiev – 01004, Ukaraine
Gaurav K. Mishra Lichenology Laboratory, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow – 226001, India
Dalip K. Upreti Lichenology Laboratory, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow – 226001, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21756/cba.v0i.8611

Keywords: Lichenized fungi, morphology, biodiversity, South Asia, herbarium LWG

Abstract

The taxonomy of the family Teloschistaceae is undergoing tremendous changes in recent times. India has rich diversity of Teloschistaceae with over 100 taxa. The huge specimen collections of Teloschistaceae housed at LWG are revisited and three species, Oxneria huculica, Variospora flavescens and Zeroviella esfahanensis are reported as new records for India. The paper also discuss some interesting observation on Golubkovaea trachyphylla, Seirophora contortuplicata, Massjukiella candelaria and M. polycarpa.

New records or otherwise interesting species of Teloschistaceae (lichenized fungi) from India

Abstract