Abstract

An Enumeration of Lichenized Fungi from Sikandra Dhar Region of District Mandi, Himachal Pradesh

Author(s): Monika Thakur*and Hem Chander

Floristic studies have been initiated to explore diversity of lichenized fungi in Sikandra dhar region of district Mandi, Himachal Pradesh (India). Sikandra dhar region is situated in Shivalik hills zone of North-West Himalaya. A total of three hundred specimens of lichenized fungi were collected from Sikandra dhar region. During the morpho-chemotaxonomic investigations, a total of twenty five species of lichens (Aspicilia calcarea(L.) Körb., Brianaria bauschiana(Körb.) S. Ekman & M. Svenss., Candelaria concolor(Dicks.) Arnold, Canoparmelia pustulescens(Kurok.) Elix,Chrysothrix candelaris (L.) J.R. Laundon, C. chlorina (Ach.) J.R. Laundon, Cladonia coniocraea(Flörke) Spreng, Dermatocarpon vellereumZschacke, Heterodermia pseudospeciosa(Kurok.) W.L. Culb, Hyperphyscia syncolla(Tuck. ex Nyl.) Kalb, Hypotrachyna masonhaleiPatw. & Prabhu, Lecanora chlaroteraNyl., Parmotrema austrosinense(Zahlbr.) Hale, P.ravum(Krog & Swinscow) Sérus, P. tinctorum(Despr. ex Nyl.) Hale, Phaeophyscia ciliata (Hoffm.) Moberg, P. hispidula(Ach.) Essl, Physcia crispaNyl, P. integrataNyl, P.semipinnata(Leers ex J.F. Gmel.) Moberg, Punctelia neutralis(Hale) Krog, P. subrudecta(Nyl.) Krog, Pyxine asiaticaVain, P.isidiophora(Müll. Arg.) Imshaug and P. subcinerea Stirt), belonging to fifteen genera (viz. Aspicilia A.Massal, BrianariaS. Ekman & M. Svenss, CandelariaA. Massal, Canoparmelia Elix & Hale, Chrysothrix Mont, CladoniaP. Browne,DermatocarponEschw,HeterodermiaTrevis, Hyperphyscia Müll. Arg,Hypotrachyna (Vain.) Hale,LecanoraAch, Parmotrema A. Massal, Phaeophyscia Moberg,PuncteliaKrog, PyxineFr.) of ten families (viz. Caliciaceae, Candelariaceae, Chrysotrichaceae, Cladoniaceae, Lecanoraceae, Megasporaceae, Parmeliaceae, Physciaceae, Psoraceae, Verrucariaceae) of lichenized fungi have been identified. Parmeliaceae and Physciaceae are the dominant families with six species each followed by Caliciaceae with three species. All thesetaxa have been rec-orded for the first time from Sikandra dhar region and deposited in CPUH ((The herbarium, Department of Bio-Sciences, Career Point University Hamirpur).

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