NEW LICHEN SPECIES FOUND IN WESTERN GHATS

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A LICHEN SPECIES NAMED - ALLOGRAPHA EFFUSOSOREDICA In Western Ghats.

* LICHENS A FUNGUS THAT OFFERS STRUCTURE AND PROTECTION AND A PHOTOBIONT ( USUALLY A GREEN ALGAE OR CYANOBACTERIA) 

* WHICH IS CHARACTERISTICS OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS ( WHICH ABSORBS SUNLIGHT AND MAKE FOOD) 

* IT IS COMPARABLE RARE CHEMICAL TRAITS ( MEANS HARBOURING CHEMICAL CALLED NORSTICTIC ACID SIMILAR TO GENUS ALLOGRAPHA) 

* THIS IS FIRST DISCOVERY OF ALLOGRAPHA IN INDIA 

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