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Normandina pulchella Normandina pulchella Scale bars (A-C). A) Fertile specimen of ; B) Section through perithecia, C) Mature ascospores. : A = 5 mm, B = 50 µm, C = 25 µm.
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... In addition to this, Biju et al. (2015) rediscovered two endemic and little-known species of Pyxine from the Western Ghats of Kerala after a gap of five decades. Joshi et al. (2016Joshi et al. ( , 2018 recorded the occurrence of Normandina pulchella (Borrer) Nyl. and Crocynia gossypina (Sw.) A. Massal. from Kerala, while added eight Lepraria and three Leprocaulon species as new to Kerala. ...
... At present, the state of Kerala represents a total of 810 species of lichens which were compiled through various publications and contributions (Vohra et al. 1982;Patwardhan 1983;Kumar 2000;Easa 2003;Sequiera 2003Sequiera , 2007Singh and Sinha 2010;Biju et al. 2010Biju et al. , 2014aBiju et al. , b, 2021Pandit et al. 2012;Joshi et al. 2016Joshi et al. , 2018Zachariah et al. 2018, 2019, Purushothaman et al. 2021. Thus, the floristic account of lichens available from the montane forests of Kerala will be helpful for the identification of the different lichen taxa, assessment of biological resources, and baseline for monitoring which in turn creates awareness among the students, common people, forest officials and authorities regarding the importance of lichens and actions to be taken to conserve their diversity. ...
The present paper deals with 11 new records of lichens under 7 genera and 6 families, for the state of Kerala in India. The species are Bacidia personata, Chrysothrix chlorina, Cryptothecia candida, Cryptothecia emergens, Cryptothecia nilghiriensis, Letrouitia aureola, Ochrolechia africana, Pertusaria coronata, P. quassiae, P. subdepressa, and Phyllopsora manipurensis. Brief descriptions of these taxa were provided to facilitate their identification.
... In addition to this, Biju et al. (2015) rediscovered two endemic and little-known species of Pyxine from the Western Ghats of Kerala after a gap of five decades. Joshi et al. (2016Joshi et al. ( , 2018 recorded the occurrence of Normandina pulchella (Borrer) Nyl. and Crocynia gossypina (Sw.) A. Massal. from Kerala while Bajpai et al. (2018) added eight Lepraria and three Leprocaulon species, new to Kerala. ...
In the present paper, seven lichen species belonging to families Arthoniaceae, Caliciaceae, Monoblastiaceae, Physciaceae, Pilocarpaceae and Trypetheliaceae are described. Cryptothecia dissimilis Makhija & Patw., Anisomeridium ubianum (Vain.) R.C. Harris, Phaeophyscia constipata (Norrl. & Nyl.) Moberg, Schadonia indica Upreti & Nayaka, and Astrothelium meristosporum (Mont. & Bosch) Aptroot & Lücking are new records to Peninsular India while, Buellia inornata (Stirt.) Nyl. and Cryptothecia polymorpha Makhija & Patw., are new records for Kerala.
