@Article{taiwania2025703474,
AUTHOR = {Yogesh Joshi, Sunita Bisht, Pooja Bansal, Shimmi Meena},
TITLE = {The lichenicolous genus Polycoccum Saut. ex Körb. from India},
JOURNAL = {Taiwania},
VOLUME = {70},
YEAR = {2025},
ISSUE = {3},
PAGES = {474-479},
URL = {https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/2098},
ABSTRACT = {Polycoccum rinodinae var. galligenum, the third taxon associated with the lichen genus Rinodina is described as a new variety to science from alpine regions of Uttarakhand, India. The new variety is primarily characterised by small, gall-like deformations on the thallus of its host, 8-spored asci, with 1-septate, hyaline to brown, uniseriately or irregularly arranged verruculose ascospores. Additionally, three other Polycoccum species are reported for the first time in India, expanding their known geographical distributions. These are: Polycoccum nigrosporum colonizing thallus of Buellia aethalea, P. rubellianae colonising thallus of Neobrownliella cinnabarina and P. rinodinae var. rinodinae colonising thallus of saxicolous species of Rinodina.},
DOI = {10.6165/tai.2025.70.474}
}