Melanohalea nilgirica

Short description: Species of lichen

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)

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

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.

Wikidata ☰ Q17387269 entry

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