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Ten New Additions to the Lichenicolous Fungi of India

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The current study reports ten lichenicolous fungi as new distributional record for India: Arthonia pepei Etayo and Pérez-Ortega, Cladophialophora parmeliae (Etayo and Diederich) Diederich and Unter., Didymocyrtis melanelixiae (Brackel) Diederich, R.C. Harris and Etayo, Nesolechia thallicola (A. Massal.) Rehm, Ovicuculispora parmeliae (Berk. and M.A. Curtis) Etayo, Pyrenidium aggregatum Knudsen and Kocoruk., Sclerococcum pseudosipmanii Zhurb. and Diederich, Spirographa parmotrematis Flakus, Etayo and Miądl., Steinia geophana (Nyl.) Stein and Zwackhiomyces macrosporus Alstrup and Olech. Further, Arthonia pepei, Nesolechia thallicola, Pyrenidium aggregatum, Spirographa parmotrematis, Steinia geophana and Zwackhiomyces macrosporus have also extended their host range.

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The authors are grateful to Director, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow for providing essential laboratory facilities under the project OLP 101. Authors are also thankful to all the researchers for submitting their samples in the LWG herbarium of CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow. One of the authors SJ is thankful to Director, KSCSTE-Kerala Forest Research Institute for providing the facilities (CSIR-NBRI manuscript number CSIR-NBRI_MS/2023/04/06).

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Author SS thank Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) New Delhi for providing financial assistance in the form of Senior Research Fellowship (SRF). SJ thanks the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi for financial assistance under INSPIRE Faculty Scheme IFA 18-LSPA 124.

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  1. Lichenology Laboratory, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Uttar Pradesh, 226001, Lucknow, India

    Shweta Sharma & Sanjeeva Nayaka

  2. Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Uttar Pradesh, 201002, Ghaziabad, India

    Shweta Sharma & Sanjeeva Nayaka

  3. Forest Botany Department, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation Division, KSCSTE-Kerala Forest Research Institute, 680653, Peechi, Kerala, Thrissur, India

    Siljo Joseph

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Shweta Sharma, Joseph, S. & Nayaka, S. Ten New Additions to the Lichenicolous Fungi of India. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 50, 1201–1210 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359023602185

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