Melanohalea nilgirica

Melanohalea nilgirica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Parmeliaceae
Genus:	Melanohalea
Species:	M. nilgirica
Binomial name
	Melanohalea nilgirica; Divakar & Upreti (2005)

Short description: Species of lichen

Melanohalea nilgirica is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Found in India, it was described as a new species in 2005 by lichenologists Pradeep Divakar and Dalip Kumar Upreti. The type was collected from the Nilgiri Hills in Tamil Nadu, at an elevation of 2,000 m (6,600 ft). Its thallus is about 6 cm (2.4 in) in diameter, with a reddish-brown to dark brown upper surface. It is characterized by flat, dot-like pseudocyphellae that are flush with the lobe surface, white capitate soralia, and presence of caperatic acid. This is the only known occurrence of this compound in the genus Melanohalea.^[1]

References

↑ Divakar, Pradeep K.; Upreti, Dalip K. (2005). "A new species in Melanohalea (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycotina) and new lichen records from India". The Lichenologist 37 (6): 511–517. doi:10.1017/S0024282905015215. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/231800031.

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[Divakar_&_Upreti_2005-1] Divakar, Pradeep K.; Upreti, Dalip K. (2005). "A new species in Melanohalea (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycotina) and new lichen records from India". The Lichenologist 37 (6): 511–517. doi:10.1017/S0024282905015215. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/231800031.

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Melanohalea nilgirica

Topic: Biology

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