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The paper deals with 29 species of the foliicolous lichens from the Palni and Nilgiri Hills in peninsular India. Two genera—Tapellaria andByssolecania and 17 species are reported from India for the first time. Short descriptions and/or diagnostic characters are provided for each.
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Communicated by C. V. Subramanian,f.a.sc.
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Awasthi, D.D., Singh, K.P. Foliicolous lichens from the Palni and Nilgiri Hills, India. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 76, 117–132 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03050653
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03050653