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A new species and new records of Pyrenula (Pyrenulaceae) from India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 November 2009

T. A. M. Jagadeesh RAM
Affiliation:
Botanical Survey of India, Central Circle, Allahabad—211002, India.
G. P. SINHA*
Affiliation:
Botanical Survey of India, Central Circle, Allahabad—211002, India.

Abstract

A new lichen species, Pyrenula darjeelingensis (Pyrenulaceae), is described from the Eastern Himalayan region of India. It is characterized by having 5-septate to submuriform ascospores with papillate apices and the terminal lumina mostly not separated from the exospore by an endospore layer. Six additional species of Pyrenula are reported for the first time from India: P. acutalis R. C. Harris, P. dermatodes (Borrer) Schaer., P. mastophoroides (Nyl.) Zahlbr., P. mucosa (Vain.) R. C. Harris, P. subelliptica (Tuck.) R. C. Harris and P. thelemorpha Tuck.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 2009

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