A new species of Heterodermia (Ascomycota, Physciaceae) from India, along with a new record and range extension of lichenized fungi in India Author Joshi, Yogesh Author Chandra, Krishna Author Tripathi, Manish text Phytotaxa 2014 2014-05-19 170 1 49 52 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.170.1.7 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.170.1.7 1179-3163 5138937 Flavopunctelia borrerioides Kurok.(1999: 26) Diagnostic characters: —The Indian specimens are sterile, but can be readily identified by their greenish-gray, pseudocyphellate and sorediate upper surface, laminal, orbicular soralia, and the presence of usnic and lecanoric acids. Distribution and Ecology: —Pantropical, recorded from Mexico , Peru ( Kurokawa 1999 ), and China ( Thell et al. 2005 ). In India it was previously thought to be restricted to the Western Himalaya ( Divakar & Upreti 2005 ). Remarks: — Flavopunctelia flaventior (Stirton) Hale (1984: 682) , a similar species, differs in having marginal, linear soralia. Specimen examined:— INDIA . Uttarakhand : Almora district , Syahi Devi forest , alt. ca. 1900 m , on Rhododendron tree, 04 October 2013 , Y . Joshi et al. 199 ( ALM ) .