Rusavskia indica is a species of both corticolous (bark-dwelling) and saxicolous (rock-dwelling) lichen in the family Teloschistaceae.[1] Found in India, it was formally described as a new species in 2017 by lichenologists Sergey Kondratyuk and Dalip Kumar Upreti. The type specimens were collected in Jammu-Kashmir.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Teloschistales |
| Family: | Teloschistaceae |
| Genus: | Rusavskia |
| Species: | R. indica
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| Binomial name | |
| Rusavskia indica S.Y.Kondr. & Upreti (2017)
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The lichen has short and narrow lobes and funnel-like isidia that sometimes break off and leave bare spots on the substrate. If rhizines are present, they are simple (i.e., unbranched).[2] In addition to the type locality, Rusavskia indica has been recorded from the Andaman Islands, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand. It is one of six Rusavskia species known to occur in India.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Rusavskia indica S.Y. Kondr. & Upreti". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ a b Kondratyuk, S.Y.; Lőkös, L.; Halda, J.P.; Roux, C.; Upreti, D.K.; Schumm, F.; Mishra, G.K.; Nayaka, S.; Farkas, E.; Park, J.S.; Lee, B.G.; Liu, D.; Woo, J.-J.; Hur, J.-S. (2017). "New and noteworthy lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi 6" (PDF). Acta Botanica Hungarica. 59 (1–2): 137–260 [197]. doi:10.1556/034.59.2017.1-2.7.
- ^ Mishra, G.K.; Upreti, D.K.; Nayaka, S.; Thell, A.; Kärnefelt, I.; Lőkös, L.; Hur, J.-S.; Sinha, G.P.; Kondratyuk, S.Y. (2020). "Current taxonomy of the lichen family Teloschistaceae from India with descriptions of new species". Acta Botanica Hungaricae. 62 (3–4): 309–391. doi:10.1556/034.62.2020.3-4.5. S2CID 228982203.