FOUR NEW SPECIES OF LICHENS DISCOVERED IN WESTERN GHATS

* RESEARCHERS FROM MAHARAJA COLLEGE, KOCHI DISCOVERED FOUR NEW SPECIES OF LICHENS FROM WESTERN GHATS.

* PARMOTREMA SAHYADRICUM ( FROM WAYANAD) 

* SOLENOPSORA RHIZOMORPHA ( FROM ERAVIKULAM & MATHIKETTANSHOLA NATIONAL PARK) 

* BUELLOA GHATTENSIS ( MATHIKETTANSHOLA NATIONAL PARK) 

* PYXINE JANAKIAE ( MATHIKETTANSHOLA NATIONAL PARK) 

( LICHENS ARE MEDICINAL PROPERTIES, SOME HAVE ANTIFUNGAL) 

* KERALA HAS NOW MORE THAN 800 LICHENS SPECIES.