The number lichen species known in India amounted to over 2.5 thousand in 2019. Globally, this figure stood at 17 thousand that year. Lichens are composite organisms emerging from algae or cyanobacteria that live among filaments of fungi.
Number of known species of lichens in India from 2013 to 2019
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