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Lecanora subpraesistens is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) and crustose lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. Found in northern India, it was formally described as a new species in 2006 by Sanjeeva Nayaka, Dalip Kumar Upreti, and H. Thorsten Lumbsch. The type specimen was collected on the southeast side of Gulmarg (Jammu and Kashmir) at an altitude between 2,500 and 2,800 m (8,200 and 9,200 ft); here it was found growing on the bark of a tree trunk. It is only known to occur at the type locality. Characteristic features of the lichen include its pulicaris-type amphithecium,

Lecanora luteomarginata is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) and crustose lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. Found in India, it was formally described as a new species in 2006 by Sanjeeva Nayaka, Dalip Kumar Upreti, and H. Thorsten Lumbsch. The type specimen was collected in the trail from Gaurikund to Rambara in the valley of the Mandakini River (Chamoli district, Uttaranchal) at an elevation ranging from between 1,980 and 2,800 m (6,500 and 9,190 ft). It is only known from the type locality. Characteristics of the lichen include its thin, smooth thallus, dark brown apothecia with

Phyllopsora catervisorediata is a species of lichen-forming fungus in the family Ramalinaceae. It was described as new in 2011 by Gaurav Kumar Mishra, Dalip Kumar Upreti, and Sanjeeva Nayaka. It is known from its type locality in the Western Himalayas of India (Uttarakhand, Bageshwar district, on the route to Pindari Glacier), where it was found growing on bark in moist, humid forest at roughly 2,700–3,200 m elevation. The species epithet refers to the Latin caterva ('a group' or 'heap'), alluding to the way the soredia occur in clustered heaps. The thallus is squamulose (made of small,

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Phyllopsora himalayensis is a species of bark-dwelling lichen in the family Ramalinaceae. It was described as a new species in 2011 by Gaurav Kumar Mishra, Dalip Kumar Upreti, and Sanjeeva Nayaka. It occurs in temperate parts of the Himalayas in northern India (recorded from Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand), where it grows on the bark of rough-barked trees in moist, humid forest at about 1,500–3,140 m elevation. The species epithet refers to the Himalayas, the type locality. The thallus is squamulose (made of small, scale-like squamules) with a thin white prothallus. The squamules are

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Graphis neeladriensis is a species of lichen in the family Graphidaceae. Found in the Eastern Ghats mountain range of India and was formally described in 2016. The species epithet neeladriensis refers to the Neeladri range where the type specimen was discovered.

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Dirina indica is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Roccellaceae. It is found on the west coast of India (Gujarat), the southern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in Yemen, and on Socotra Island, where it grows on the bark of various trees and shrubs.

Cladonia lutescens is a species of fruticose lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. It occurs in high-altitude conditions of the Himalayas.

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