Awasthia melanotricha
FungiFamily: Physciaceae · Genus: Awasthia
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Awasthia is a monotypic fungal genus in the family Physciaceae. It contains the single species Awasthia melanotricha, a foliose lichen found in the Nepal Himalayas. It is a dark greyish-brown, leafy lichen that forms small, nearly circular patches on moist sandy soil above the tree line, at elevations above 4,300 m. The genus was established in 1978 by Ted Esslinger and is named in honour of Dharani Dhar Awasthi, the Indian lichenologist who first described the species.
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