Dear Shobha ji and Garg Ji, Thanks for getting a good snap of the lichens to Shobha Ji & also showing interest for these mutualistic organism.
1. ORANGE LICHEN-* Xanthoria elegans *(Link<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Heinrich_Friedrich_Link>) Th. Fr. (1860), commonly known as the *elegant sunburst lichen* is a lichenized <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichen> species of fungus in the genus *Xanthoria*, *family Teloschistaceae<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teloschistaceae> *. Recognized by its bright orange or red pigmentation, this species grows on rocks 2. GREEN LICHEN- *Lecanora sp* [I am not sure about the species ; it hard to determine lichen species in such photograph, though experts can do it !!!] Regards Tanay On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 2:45 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id assistance pl. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: shobha chavda <[email protected]> > Date: 10 December 2009 18:26 > Subject: [indiantreepix:24850] Lichens > To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> > > > Hi Everybody, > I m posting two Lichen photos,one is orange and the other one is green in > colour.Are there any specific names for these two varities? > Thanx, > Shobha > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "indiantreepix" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > Image Resource of more than a thousand species of Birds, Butterflies, > Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg > For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Efloraofindia: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) 9674221362 (Mobile) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.

