Dirina Indica
''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. Taxonomy The lichen was formally described as a new species in 2013 by Dalip Kumar Upreti and Sanjeeva Nayaka. The type specimen was collected from Pirotan Island in the Marine National Park ( Arabian Sea). The species epithet refers to India, the geographical region of its type locality. Description ''Dirina indica'' has a flat to slightly bumpy surface that is creamy white or whitish green in color and not covered in any powdery residue (). There are no soralia. The ascomata, which are the fruiting bodies of the lichen, are circular, , and have a diameter of up to 0.5 mm. They have a powdery white and a smooth margin. The ascospores are about 23–33 μm long and 4&n ...
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Dalip Kumar Upreti
Dalip Kumar Upreti (born 26 January 1958) is an Indian lichenologist.ENVIS Centre on Floral Diversity: Dr. D.K. Upreti
(accessed 30 March 2014) He served as Director and Chief Scientist at National Botanical Research Institute, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow during 1988 to 2017. Also he served as Head of Lichenology and herbarium division. Presently he is serving as CSIR-Emeritus Scientist in the same division.

Research

He started his career in 1978 at Lucknow University supervised by Dharani Dhar Awasthi, Father of Indian Lichenology. After earning his PhD, he worked as a Research Associate and in 1988, he joined CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute as Scientist-B and lead the Lichen Lab. He has superannuated from his service in January 2017. During ...
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