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Except for L. psuedistera and D. tenuis all the other biatorine to lecidine, brownish to black margin; K+ species were found growing on the bark of various trees. purple epihymenium, absence of algal cells in exciple; The species L. psuedistera and D. tenuis not only have 8-spored asci; hyaline, polaribilocular, elongate to saxicolous habitat, but also have squamulose to lobate ellipsoidal, 12.0–14.0×8.0–9.5 µm ascospores and with thallus. anthraquinons as lichen substance. 1. Biatorella conspersa (Fée) Vain. (Biatorellaceae) The species is known from the tropical regions of the Image 1A. world and in India it was earlier reported from Madhya Specimen examined: 2348 (YVUH), 25.vi.2012, Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. elevation 328m, on bark, 8km from Diguvamitta on the way to GBM, Vankamanu Gundla, Kurnool District, 4. Dimelaena tenuis (Müll. Arg.) H. Mayrhofer & Andhra Pradesh, coll. A. Madhusudhana Reddy. Wipple (Physciaceae) Image 1D. This crustose, corticolous species is characterized by Specimen examined: 2178 (YVUH), 15.vii.12, on greenish-yellow to yellow or yellowish-orange, granular rock, backside of Javakaladinnae, Gorantla, Anantapur sorediate thallus; sessile 0.3–0.6 mm diameter, biatorine District, Andhra Pradesh, coll. A. Madhusudhana Reddy. apothecia, yellow pruinose disc; multispored asci with This effigurate, squamulose species, found growing hyaline rounded to globose, 1–3×0.5–2.5 µm spores. tightly on rock and characterized by yellowish-green to The species is known from Australia, Nepal and in greenish-brown central part and greenish to yellowish India it was earlier reported from Manipur. or brownish marginal area, rhizines lacking; innate to sessile, rounded to irregular, 0.3–0.7 mm in diameter, 2. Caloplaca bassiae (Willd. ex Ach.) Zahlbr. biatorine to lecanorine apothecia, dark brown to (Teloschistaceae) Image 1B. brown black disc; 8-spored asci; brown, 1 septate, 9.0– Specimen examined: 2009 (YVUH), 12.vi.2012, on 11.0×4.0–7.0 µm ascospores and with gyrophoric acid as bark, Horsley hills, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh, lichen substance. coll. A. Madhusudhana Reddy, Anjali Devi B. & Sanjeeva The species is known from North America and in Nayaka. India it was earlier reported from Madhya Pradesh. This crustose, corticolous, greenish-yellow to yellowish-orange species is characterized by numerous 5. Lecanora chlarotera Nyl. (Lecanoraceae) Image yellowish-orange, simple to coralloid branched 1E. isidia; rare, scattered, sessile, 0.3–0.8 mm diameter, Specimens examined: 1806/B (YVUH), 13.vi.2012, on biatorine apothecia with orange to brownish-orange bark, on the backside of the arch, Shilathoranam, Chittoor disc, sometimes isidiate, paler margin; K+ purple District, Andhra Pradesh, coll. A. Madhusudhana Reddy epihymenium; 8-spored asci with 10–15×4–8 µm spores & Sanjeeva Nayaka; 1822 (YVUH), 13.vi.2012, elevation and with parietin as lichen substance. 746.5m, on bark, Japali Anjneya Swami Temple, coll. A. The species is known from tropical America and Madhusudhana Reddy & Sanjeeva Nayaka. Nepal. In India, it was earlier reported from Andaman This crustose, corticolous species characterized & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, by greenish-grey to grey, verruculose to verrucose Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, thallus; numerous, 0.2–0.9 mm in diameter, lecanorine Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu apothecia, pale orange to orange brown or reddish brown and Uttar Pradesh. disc; large crystals and algal cells in exciple, yellowish to brownish epihymenium dissolving in K; 8-spored asci; 3. Caloplaca poliotera (Nyl.) Stein (Teloschistaceae) simple to ellipsoidal, 11.0–15.0×8.0–10.0 µm ascospores Image 1C. and with atranorin, zeorin as lichen substance. Specimen examined: 1850/A (YVUH), 13.vi.2012, The species is widely distributed in Asia, Europe and elevation 746.5m, on bark, Japali Anjneya Swami America. In India it was earlier reported from Jammu Temple, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh, coll. A. & Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Manipur, Nagaland, Madhusudhana Reddy & Sanjeeva Nayaka. Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and West Bengal. This crustose, saxicolous species is characterized by greenish-grey to grey, rimose areolate thallus with 6. Lecanora helva Stizenb. (Lecanoraceae) Image 1F. black prothallus; numerous, rounded, sessile apothecia Speciemen examined: 1896 (YVUH), 12.vi.2012, on of size 0.2–0.5 mm in diameter, mostly present at the bark, Horsley hills, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh, centre of the thallus; yellowish to reddish-brown disc, coll. A. Madhusudhana Reddy, Sanjeeva Nayaka & B.

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Image 1. A - Biatorella conspersa (2348); B - Caloplaca bassiae (2009); C - Caloplaca poliotera (1850/A); D - Dimelaena tenuis (2178); E - Lecanora chlarotera (1822); F - Lecanora helva (1896). Scale bars: A, B, C, D, F = 0.5mm, E = 1mm.

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Anjali Devi. Antarctica and in India it was earlier reported from This crustose, corticolous species characterized by Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, greenish-grey to grey, smooth to verruculose thallus; Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand. crowded, round, 0.2–1.0 mm in diameter, lecanorine apothecia; pale yellow to brownish-yellow or orange 9. Pertusaria melastomella Nyl. (Pertusariaceae) disc; large crystals and algal cells in exciple; yellowish to Image 2I. brownish epihymenium dissolving in K; 8-spored asci; Specimen examined: 2009 (YVUH), 12.vi.2012, on simple, colourless, 8.0–11.0×5.0–7.0 µm ascospores and bark, Horsley hills, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh, atranorin as lichen substance. coll. A. Madhusudhana Reddy, Sanjeeva Nayaka & B. The species is distributed in Africa, Australasia, Pacific Anjali Devi. regions, South America and Thailand. In India it was This crustose, corticolous species characterized earlier reported from Assam, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, by whitish grey or greenish-grey, verrucose thallus; Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. perithecioid apothecia, 1–2 per verrucae; verrucae not constricted at base, 0.3–0.4 mm high, 0.6–0.8 mm 7. Lecanora interjecta Müll. Arg. (Lecanoraceae) wide; 6–8 spored asci; large, ellipsoidal, double walled, Image 2G. smooth, 59.0–87.0×24.0–34.0 µm ascospores. Specimens examined: 1817, 1818, 1824, 1839 The species is known from Sri Lanka and In India it (YVUH), 13.vi.2012, elevation 746.5m, on bark, Japali was earlier reported from Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Anjaneya Swami Temple, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Pradesh, coll. A. Madhusudhana Reddy & Sanjeeva Nayaka. 10. Porina tetracerae (Afz.) Müll. Arg. (Porinaceae) This crustose, corticolous species characterized Image 2J. by greenish-grey, verruculose to verrucose thallus; Specimen examined: 1826 (YVUH), 13.vi.2012, numerous, sessile, lecanorine, 0.2–1.0 mm in diameter, elevation 746.5m, on bark, starting point on the left side apothecia, pale brown to orange brown disc; large of rocky zone, Japali, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh, crystals and algal cells in exciple; yellowish to pale brown coll. A. Madhusudhana Reddy & Sanjeeva Nayaka. epihymenium dissolving in K; 8-spored asci; hyaline, This crustose, corticolous species characterized by ellipsoidal, 9.0–13.0×4.0–7.0 µm ascospores and with greenish-brown to brown thallus; solitary, semiglobose atranorin, usnic acid as lichen substances. to globular perithecia; punctiform, pale brown The species is distributed in Africa, Australia, Atlantic ostioles; slightly yellowish peridium, yellowish to Islands, Chile, Europe and New Zealand. In India it was brown involucrellum; 6-spored asci; hyaline, fusiform, earlier reported from Arunachal Pradesh and Himachal transversely 1–7 septate, 34.0–44.0x6.0–8.0 µm Pradesh. ascospores. The species is distributed in Brazil, Ecuador, French 8. Lecanora pseudistera Nyl. (Lecanoraceae) Image Guiana, Mexico and Peru. In India it was earlier recorded 2H. from Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Specimens examined: 2136, 2139, 2143, 2159 Goa, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Nagaland, Orissa, (YVUH), 15.vii.2012, on rock, Javakaladinnae, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. Gorantla, Ananthapur District, Andhra Pradesh, coll. A. Madhusudhana Reddy; 1485, 2175 (YVUH), 14.i.2012, on References rock, backside of Javakaladinnae, coll. A. Madhsudhana Awasthi, D.D. (1991). A Key to the Microlichens of India, Nepal and Reddy. Sri Lanka. Bibliotheca Lichenologica, J. Cramer, Berlin, Stuttgart 40: This crustose, saxicolous species characterized ii+337pp. by whitish-grey to grey, areolate to subsquamulose Joshi, Y. (2008). Morphotaxonomic studies on lichen family Teloschistaceae from India. PhD Thesis. University of Kumaun. thallus; 0.5–1.0 mm in diameter, lecanorine apothecia; Nainital, India, 293pp. yellowish-orange to reddish-brown disc; small crystals Lumbsch, H.T. & S.M. Huhndorf (2010). Outline of Ascomycota - 2009. Myconet 14: 1–64; http://dx.doi.org/10.3158/1557.1 and algal cells in exciple; yellowish to orange brown Mayrhofer, H., M. Matzer, A. Wippel & J.A. Elix (1996). Genus epihymenium dissolving in K; 8-spored asci; hyaline, Dimelaena (Lichenized Ascomycetes, Physciaceae) in the Southern ellipsoidal, 8.0–11.0×5.0–7.0 µm ascospores and with Hemisphere. Mycotaxon 58: 293–311. Nayaka, S. (2005). Revisionary studies on lichen genus Lecanora sensu atranorin, 2-O-methylperlatolic acid as lichen substance. lato in India. PhD. Thesis. Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, The species is known from all continents except Faizabad, India, 241pp.

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Image 2. G - Lecanora interjecta (1817); H - Lecanora pseudistera (2175); I - Pertusaria melastomella (2009); J - Porina tetracerae (1826). Scale bars: G = 0.2mm, H, J = 0.5mm, I = 1mm.

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