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 Anisomeridium polypori (Ellis & Everh.) M.E. Barr (1996: 76) Diagnostic characters: —Thallus inconspicuous, pale greenish-grey, perithecia subconical to ± globose, with scarcely differentiated involucrellum, ascospores3-septate, clavate-fusiform, 14–20 × 4.5–5.0 μm. Distribution and Ecology:— Cosmopolitan; known from Europe,Africa,America, Australia (including Tasmania ) and Asia ( Coppins et al. 2009 ). Aptroot (1999) mentioned it as a broad niched species colonizing bark, dead wood, dead hepatics, dead polypores and rocks. We report it here as new to India , where it is found growing on plastic sheets in the Central Himalaya. Remarks:— Morphologically it is similar to A. biforme (Borrer) Harris (1978: 207) , but differs in having 3- septate ascospores, whereas they remain 1-septate in A. biforme . Specimen examined:— INDIA . Uttarakhand : Almora district , Kosi Katarmal, G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development , on plastic sheet, 25 August 2013 , Y. Joshi et al. s.n. ( ALM ) .