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Terricolous Lichens of India: An Introduction to Field Collection and Taxonomic Investigations

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Terricolous Lichens in India

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Indian lichenological studies have elucidated terricolous lichen genera in various enumerations and taxonomic records but have never taken them as a functional group. Poor understanding of terricolous lichens in India can be attributed to absence of proper curation of specimens, less understood habitat distribution of terricolous lichens and extreme sensitivity of soil lichens to zoo-anthropogenic pressure, making them the most vulnerable habitat subset among other functional groups (epiphytic and saxicolous). Here, we describe the various habitat differentiations found in Indian soil lichens along with proper curation of specimens and various taxonomic procedures needed for proper identification of terricolous lichen species in India. The taxonomically essential morphologic and anatomic features of terricolous lichens have also been described briefly.

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  1. Lichenology laboratory, Plant Diversity, Systematics and Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, 226001, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Himanshu Rai, Roshni Khare, Dalip Kumar Upreti & Sanjeeva Nayaka

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Rai, H., Khare, R., Upreti, D., Nayaka, S. (2014). Terricolous Lichens of India: An Introduction to Field Collection and Taxonomic Investigations. In: Rai, H., Upreti, D. (eds) Terricolous Lichens in India. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0360-3_1

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