New species and new records of lichen genus Anisomeridium (Müll. Arg.) M. Choisy (Monoblastiaceae) from India

Authors

  • Gaurav K. Mishra Lichenology Laboratory, Plant Diversity Systematics and Herbarium Division, CSIR – National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226 001, India https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0854-9447
  • Akhilesh Kumar Maurya Lichenology Laboratory, Plant Diversity, Systematics and Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow-226 001, Uttar Pradesh, India https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4180-4227
  • Sanjeeva Nayaka AcSIR- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh - 201 002, India https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6541-2362
  • Dalip K. Upreti Lichenology Laboratory, Plant Diversity, Systematics and Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow-226001, Uttar Pradesh, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5513-1759

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.3146

Keywords:

Pyrenocarpous, taxonomy, biodiversity, lichenized fungi, India

Abstract

A new species Anisomeridium subphaeospermum is described and illustrated in the present article from Uttar Pradesh, India. It is characterized by a UV- (Negative) thallus, 8-spored asci, biseriate, brown, transversally 1-septate and broadly elliptical ascospores. Additionally, 6 species namely A. adnexum, A. americanum, A. quaternarium, A. subnectendum, A. tuckerae and A. uniseriale are reported as new records for Indian lichen biota along with a key of 26 species of the genus currently known from India.

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06-08-2024 — Updated on 11-08-2024

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Mishra GK, Maurya AK, Nayaka S, Upreti DK. New species and new records of lichen genus Anisomeridium (Müll. Arg.) M. Choisy (Monoblastiaceae) from India. Plant Sci. Today [Internet]. 2024 Aug. 11 [cited 2024 Nov. 4];11(3). Available from: https://horizonepublishing.com/journals/index.php/PST/article/view/3146

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