Biology:Rusavskia indica

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Rusavskia indica
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Teloschistales
Family: Teloschistaceae
Genus: Rusavskia
Species:
R. indica
Binomial name
Rusavskia indica
S.Y.Kondr. & Upreti (2017)

Rusavskia indica is a species of both corticolous (bark-dwelling) and saxicolous (rock-dwelling) lichen in the family Teloschistaceae.[1] Found in India, it was formally described as a new species in 2017 by lichenologists Sergey Kondratyuk and Dalip Kumar Upreti. The type specimens were collected in Jammu-Kashmir.[2]

The lichen has short and narrow lobes and funnel-like isidia that sometimes break off and leave bare spots on the substrate. If rhizines are present, they are simple (i.e., unbranched).[2] In addition to the type locality, Rusavskia indica has been recorded from the Andaman Islands, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand. It is one of six Rusavskia species known to occur in India.[3]

References

  1. "Rusavskia indica S.Y. Kondr. & Upreti". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/4TQT3. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kondratyuk, S.Y.; Lőkös, L.; Halda, J.P.; Roux, C.; Upreti, D.K.; Schumm, F.; Mishra, G.K.; Nayaka, S. et al. (2017). "New and noteworthy lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi 6". Acta Botanica Hungarica 59 (1–2): 137–260 [197]. doi:10.1556/034.59.2017.1-2.7. http://real.mtak.hu/50371/1/034.59.2017.1-2.7.pdf. 
  3. Mishra, G.K.; Upreti, D.K.; Nayaka, S.; Thell, A.; Kärnefelt, I.; Lőkös, L.; Hur, J.-S.; Sinha, G.P. et al. (2020). "Current taxonomy of the lichen family Teloschistaceae from India with descriptions of new species". Acta Botanica Hungaricae 62 (3–4): 309–391. doi:10.1556/034.62.2020.3-4.5. 

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