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Lichens growth on Sun Temple of Konark in Odisha, India- A curse or blessing

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: The present observation on the famous Sun Temple of Konark, Odisha for Lichen growth revealed that a more than 500 different spots were found on main temple, small sculptures erected within the temple premises and boundary walls. A total of 15 species belonging 14 genera and 11 families were found growing on the sites surveyed. Ten lichen species tightly adhere to the substrate forming crust (crustose lichen) and producing secondary metabolites were dominated on almost all the sites while only four leafy (foliose lichen) species and one quamulose species were recorded.

Source: Cryptogam Biodiversity and Assessment

DOI: 10.21756/cab.v2i02.10817

Authors: Sandeep Kumar Nayak, Prashant Kumar Behera, Rajesh Bajpai, Dalip Kumar Upreti, Kunja Bihari Satapathy

Language: English

Topic: Lichen and fungal ecology

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4237123734

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