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A preliminary survey of lichen diversity in the sub-alpine and alpine ecosystem of Kailash and its environs in upper Bhaderwah region of J&K state has revealed the occurrence of 17 species belonging to 11 families and 15 genera. Parmaliaceae has been recorded as the largest family with 4 species and 4 genera and is followed by Verrucariaceae and Cladoniaceae, each with 2 species and 1 genus. Foliose lichens are dominating the area and are represented by 8 species while crustose are represented by 4 species only. Both, corticolous and saxicolous lichen are represented by 8 species each while 1 species belonged to terricolous group of lichen.
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References
Ahti T. 2000. Cladoniaceae. Flora Neotropica Monograph 78. The New York Botanical Garden Press, New York, USA.
Awasthi D.D. 1988. A key to the macrolichens of India and Nepal. Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 65: 207–302.
Awasthi D.D. 1991. A key to the macrolichens of India, Nepal and Srilanka. Bibliotheca Lichenologica (Suppl.) 40: 1–337.
Awasthi D.D. 2000. Lichenology in Indian Subcontinent. Dehradun: Bishen Singh Mahendrapal Singh.
Awasthi D.D and Singh K.P. 1970. A note on lichens of Kashmir Curr. Sci. 39: 441-442.
Elix J.E. and Ernst-Russel K.D. 1993. A Catalogue of Standardized Thin Layer Chromatographic Data and Biosynthetic Relationships for Lichen Substances. 2nd edn. Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Hale M.E. 1974. The Biology of Lichens. 2nd edn. London:Edward Arnold, pp 303.
Hawksworth, D.L. and Hill D.J. 1984. The Lichen-forming Fungi. Glasgow: Blackie, pp 158.
Kumar,J., Khare,R., Rai,H., Upreti, D. K., Tayade, A., Hota1, S. , Chaurasia1, O. P. and Srivastava, R. B. 2012. Diversity of lichens along altitudinal and land use gradients in the Trans Himalayan cold desert of Ladakh. Nature and Science, 10 (4).
Nayaka, S. and Upreti, D.K. 2011. An Inventory of Lichens in Uttar Pradesh through Bibliographic Compilation. National Conference on Earth’s Living Treasure , Uttar Pradesh State Biodiversity Board.
Priyadarshini. 2006. Ecological and taxonomic studies of lichens of Kalidhar forest range, Jammu. MPhil Dissertation submitted to University of Jammu, Jammu.
Sheikh, M.A. 2009. Taxonomic and ecological studies on Lichens of some forest sites of Jammu and Kashmir. PhD Thesis submitted to the University of Jammu, Jammu.
Sheikh, M.A., Raina , A.K. and Upreti, D.K. 2009. Lichen flora of Surinsar- Mansar wildlife sanctuary, J&K. J. Appl. and Nat. Sci. 1(1): 79-81.
Sheikh, M.A., Raina , A.K. and Upreti, D.K. 2013. A preliminary observation of lichen flora in three districts of Jammu and Kashmir. International Journal of Current Research 5(4): 966-968.
Singh K.P. and Sinha G.P. 2010. Indian lichens: an annotated checklist. Govt. of India, Botanical Survey of India. Ministry of Environment and Forest, India, pp 571.
Sipman, H.J.M. and Aptroot, A. 2001 . Where are the missing lichens? Mycol. Res. 105: 1433-1439.
Upreti, D.K. 1988 . A new species of lichen genus Phylliscum from India. Curr. Sci., 57(6): 906-907.
Upreti, D.K. 1998 .Diversity of Lichens in India, In Perspectives in Environment (eds.Agarwal S.K., Kaushik J.P., Kaul K.K., and Jain A.K.),APH Publishing Corporation, New Delhi,pp 71-79.