New records of lichenized fungi in the family Trypetheliaceae from Andaman Islands, India

Abstract

Trypetheliaceae is a family of lichenized fungi in the phylum Ascomycota and it comprises seventeen genera with most of the species being found in neotropical regions in addition to countries in the Paleotropics such as India. Recent exploration of filamentous ascomycetous fungi from Andaman Islands, India, revealed two new records of lichenized fungi in the family Trypetheliaceae. These are Marcelaria benguelensis new to Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Viridothelium solomonense new to India. These fungi are illustrated with photomicrographs and are compared with closely related species in this paper.