Ten New Additions to the Lichenicolous Fungi of India

The current study reports ten lichenicolous fungi as new distributional record for India: Arthonia pepei Etayo and Pérez-Ortega, Cladophialophora parmeliae (Etayo and Diederich) Diederich and Unter., Didymocyrtis melanelixiae (Brackel) Diederich, R.C. Harris and Etayo, Nesolechia thallicola (A. Massal.) Rehm, Ovicuculispora parmeliae (Berk. and M.A. Curtis) Etayo, Pyrenidium aggregatum Knudsen and Kocoruk., Sclerococcum pseudosipmanii Zhurb. and Diederich, Spirographa parmotrematis Flakus, Etayo and Miądl., Steinia geophana (Nyl.) Stein and Zwackhiomyces macrosporus Alstrup and Olech. Further, Arthonia pepei , Nesolechia thallicola , Pyrenidium aggregatum , Spirographa parmotrematis , Steinia geophana and Zwackhiomyces macrosporus have also extended their host range .