Byssoloma subdiscordans (Nyl.) P. James: Distributional range and its habitat preference in Indian subcontinent
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The present paper deals with the new distributional record of Byssoloma subdiscordans for Western Himalayan lichen flora and a new habitat record for Indian subcontinent. A note on its brief taxonomic description, distribution, ecology and occurrence in India is also provided. Previously the species was reported as corticolous and foliicolous from tropical and montane regions of India, viz. Eastern Himalaya and Western Ghats, but this is for the first time that authors have reported it as saxicolous in temperate regions of Western Himalaya, thus extending its habitat preference along with distributional range within Indian subcontinent.
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Byssoloma, Foliicolous, Indian subcontinent, Kumaun Himalaya, Lichenized fungi, New record, Saxicolous
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Awasthi, D.D. (1991). A key to the macrolichens of India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Bibliotheca Lichenologica, 40: 1-337.
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Divakar, P.K. and Upreti, D.K. (2005). Parmelioid lichens in India. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun, India.
Gauniyal, A.K. (2005). Morpho-Taxonomic Studies on Pyrenocarpous Lichens of India. PhD thesis, Dr. R.M.L. Avadh Univeristy, Faizabad.
Giavarini, V. and Sérusiaux, E. (2009). Byssoloma Trevisan. In: C.W. Smith, A. Aptroot, B.J. Coppins, A. Fletcher, O.L. Gilbert, P.W. James, P.A. Wolseley (Eds.) The lichen flora of Great Britain and Ireland. The Natural History Museum and The British Lichen Society, London pp. 239-240.
Hermansson, J. and Thor, G. (2004). Byssoloma subdiscordans and Usnea substerilis new to Sweden. Graphis Scripta, 15: 42-44.
Joshi, S. (2010). Diversity of lichens in Pindari and Milam regions of Kumaun Himalaya. PhD thesis, Kumaun University, Nainital.
Joshi, Y. (2008). Morhotaxonomic studies on lichen family Teloschistaceae from India. PhD thesis, Kumaun University, Nainital.
Kantvilas, G. and Jarman, S.J. (1993). The cryptogamic flora of an isolated rainforest fragment in Tasmania. Botanical Journal of the Linnaean Society, 111:211-228.
Kirk, P.M., Cannon, P.F., Minter, D.W. and Stalpers, J.A. (2008). Ainsworth & Bisby’s Dictionary of the Fungi. 10th edn. CABI Publication, U.K.
Lücking, R. (1992). Foliicolous lichens - a contribution to the knowledge of the lichen flora of Costa Rica, Central America. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia, 104:1-179.
Lücking, R. (2008). Foliicolous lichenized fungi. Flora Neotropica Monograph, 103:1-866.
Mishra, G.K. (2012). Distribution and ecology of lichens in Kumaun Himalaya, Uttarakhand. PhD thesis, Kumaun University, Nainital
Nayaka, S. (2004). Revisionary studies on lichen genus Lecanora sensu lato in India. PhD thesis, Dr. R.M.L. Avadh Univeristy, Faizabad.
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Pinokiyo, A. and Singh, K.P. (2004). Foliicolous lichen diversity in India. Phytotaxonomy, 4: 109-121.
Pinokiyo, A., Singh, K.P. and Singh, J.S. (2006). Leaf colonizing lichens: their diversity, ecology and future prospects. Current Science, 90: 509-518.
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Singh, K.P. and Sinha, G.P. (2010). Indian Lichens: An Annotated Checklist, Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata.
Sinha, G.P. and Jagadeesh Ram, T.A.M. (2011). Lichen diversity in Sikkim. In: S. Arrawatia, S. Tambe (Eds.) Biodiversity of Sikkim. Exploring and Conserving a Global Hotspot. Information and Public Relations Department, Government of Sikkim, Gangtok, pp 13-28.
Thor, G., Lücking, R. and Matsumoto, T. (2000). The foliicolous lichens of Japan. Symbolae botanicae Upsalienses. 32:1-72.
Upreti, D.K. and Chatterjee, S. (1999). Epiphytic lichens on Quercus and Pinus trees in the three forest stands in Pithoragarh district, Kumaun Himalayas, India. Tropical Ecology, 40: 41-49.
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Upreti, D.K., Nayaka, S. and Chatterjee, S. (2010). Lichen diversity of Uttarakhand Himalayas. In: P.L. Uniyal, B.P. Chamola, D.P. Semwal (Eds.) The plant wealth of Uttarakhand. Jagdamba Publishing Co., New Delhi, pp 79-195.
Upreti, D.K., Pant, V. and Divakar, P.K. (2001). Distribution of lichens in Askot-Sandev Botanical Hot Spot of Pithoragarh district, Uttar Pradesh. Phytotaxonomy, 1: 40-45.
Wirth, V. (1995). Die Flechten Baden-Württem-bergs. 2nd edn. Ulmer, Stuttgart.
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Byssoloma subdiscordans (Nyl.) P. James: Distributional range and its habitat preference in Indian subcontinent. (2013). Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 5(2), 375-377. https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v5i2.335
