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Issue: Vol. 694 No. 3: 24 Mar. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-03-24
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.694.3.9
Page range: 295-300
Abstract views: 102
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Two new species of the lichen genus Strangospora (Lecanoromycetes: Strangosporaceae) from India

Lichenology Laboratory, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh - 226 001, India; Department of Botany, University of Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir -180 006, India
Lichenology Laboratory, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh - 226 001, India
Lichenology Laboratory, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh - 226 001, India
Lichenology Laboratory, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh - 226 001, India
Department of Botany, University of Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir -180 006, India
biodiversity taxonomy multispored lichenized fungi western Himalaya Lichens

Abstract

Strangospora himalayana and S. submoriformis are described as new species from India. Both the species have thin, greyish thallus, poorly developed exciple, K–, N– epithecium and simple, hyaline, globose ascospores. Further, Strangospora himalayana has a minutely arachnoid thallus, hyaline to pale brown epithecium and ascospores of size 1–2.5 μm, while S. submoriformis has a granular thallus, olivaceous epithecium and ascospores measuring 2.5–3 μm. This is the first report of the genus Strangospora from India, collected from north-western Himalaya. A detailed description, illustrations, habitat and ecology, comparisons with similar members along with a world key to all accepted species of Strangospora are provided.

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How to Cite

Kumar, V., Ingle, K.K., Upreti, D.K., Nayaka, S. & Sharma, Y.P. (2025) Two new species of the lichen genus Strangospora (Lecanoromycetes: Strangosporaceae) from India. Phytotaxa 694: 295–300. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.694.3.9