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New Records of Saxicolous Lichens from Pakistan

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Two saxicolous species viz., Bagliettoa calciseda and Diploschistes actinostomus are reported as new to country. Among which, Bagliettoa calciseda also makes a new generic record for Pakistan. Complete morpho-anatomical descriptions along with ecology, distribution and ITS-based phylogenetic analyses are also discussed.

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    Rizwana Zulfiqar, Asma Ashraf, Shabnum Hayat, Shahzadi Fatima, Arooj Naseer & Abdul Nasir Khalid

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Samples analysed during this study has been deposited in the LAH Herbarium, University of the Punjab, Lahore. (https://vymaps.com/PK/LAH-Herbarium-Department-of-Botany-University-of-the-Punjab-Pakistan-334248940395482/).

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Rizwana Zulfiqar, Ashraf, A., Hayat, S. et al. New Records of Saxicolous Lichens from Pakistan. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 49 (Suppl 2), S79–S85 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359022140175

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