''Rusavskia indica'' is a species of both
corticolous (bark-dwelling) and
saxicolous (rock-dwelling)
lichen
A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.[Teloschistaceae
The Teloschistaceae are a large family of mostly lichen-forming fungi belonging to the class Lecanoromycetes in the division Ascomycota. The family, estimated to contain over 1800 species, was extensively revised in 2013, including the creation o ...]
.
Found in India, it was
formally described as a new species in 2017 by
lichenologists Sergey Kondratyuk
Sergey Yakovlevich Kondratyuk ( uk, Сергій Якович Кондратюк) (born 17 May 1959) is a Ukrainian botanist specialising in lichenology. His research deals with the taxonomy, floristics, ecology and geography of lichens and lic ...
and
. The
type specimens
In biology, a type is a particular specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally attached. In other words, a type is an example that serves to anchor or centralizes t ...
were collected in
Jammu-Kashmir.
The lichen has short and narrow and funnel-like
isidia that sometimes break off and leave bare spots on the . If
rhizines are present, they are (i.e., unbranched).
In addition to the
type locality, ''Rusavskia indica'' has been recorded from the
Andaman Islands
The Andaman Islands () are an archipelago in the northeastern Indian Ocean about southwest off the coasts of Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Region. Together with the Nicobar Islands to their south, the Andamans serve as a maritime boundary between th ...
,
Himachal Pradesh, and
Uttarakhand. It is one of six ''
Rusavskia
''Rusavskia'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. It has 12 species. It is a member of the subfamily Xanthorioideae. The thallus of ''Rusavskia'' is characterized by its foliose lichen, foliose (leaf-like) structu ...
'' species known to occur in India.
References
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Teloschistales
Lichen species
Lichens described in 2017
Lichens of India
Taxa named by Sergey Kondratyuk
Taxa named by Dalip Kumar Upreti