Acarospora contigua (Acarosporaceae, Ascomycetes), a Lichenized Fungus new to India

  • Satish Mohabe Lichenology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Yogi Vemana University, Vemanapuram, Kadapa-516005, Andhra Pradesh, India
  • Gangadhar Pandava Lichenology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Yogi Vemana University, Vemanapuram, Kadapa-516005, Andhra Pradesh, India
  • Anjali Devi B. Lichenology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Yogi Vemana University, Vemanapuram, Kadapa-516005, Andhra Pradesh, India
  • A. Madhusudhana Reddy Lichenology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Yogi Vemana University, Vemanapuram, Kadapa-516005, Andhra Pradesh, India
DOI https://doi.org/10.21756/cab.v5i1.1

Abstract

Acarospora contigua H. Magn., is reported here as new record to India collected from Eastern Ghats of India. It is characterized by bright greenish-yellow, squamulose, non-effigurate, non-placodioid thallus and immersed, indistinctly marginate apothecia, multi-spored asci and simple, ellipsoid to oblong ascospores. All other Indian species within the genus Acarospora has temperate distribution while A. contigua grows in tropical conditions between altitude ranges of 500–1000m. Including A. contigua a total of 14 species of Acarospora are known from India and key for their identification is provided.

Keywords: Acarospora, Acarospora-type ascus, Andhra Pradesh, Eastern Ghats.

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Mohabe, S., Pandava, G., B., A., & Reddy, A. (2021). Acarospora contigua (Acarosporaceae, Ascomycetes), a Lichenized Fungus new to India. Cryptogam Biodiversity and Assessment, 5(01), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.21756/cab.v5i1.1
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