New record of an usneoied lichen Usnea hirta (L.) Weber ex F.H.Wigg. from India

Authors

  • K.S. Vinayaka Department of Botany, Shri Venkataraman Swamy College, Vidyagiri, Bantwala, Dakshina Kannad, Karnataka 574211, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0088-5630
  • Archana R. Mesta Department of Botany, Sahyadri Science College, Shimoga, Karnataka 577201, India.
  • N. Rajeshwari Department of Botany, Sahyadri Science College, Shimoga, Karnataka 577201, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.8303.15.2.22764-22766

Keywords:

Usnea, Western Ghats, corticolous, fruticose

Abstract

The present communication is reports a new record of Usnea hirta (L.) Weber ex F.H.Wigg. of family Parmeliaceae collected from the Western Ghats of Karnataka. Usnea hirta differs from already known U. ghattensis in having norstictic acid, a fatty acid murolic group and presence of isidia in thallus.

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