Four species of Cresponea are recorded from the Andaman Islands. Cresponea leprieurii (Mont.) Egea & Torrente is reported as a new record for India. Cresponea flava (Vain.) Egea & Torrente and C. plurilocularis (Nyl.) Egea & Torrente are reported for the first time from Andaman Islands.
Acicular, Perispere, Ascospores, Anastomosing, Epruinose
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Manuscript Published on 01 September 2013
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