Lichen Diversity in Sillery Gaon, Kalimpong, WB, India

Lichen is a brilliant illustration of symbiotic relationship. They found in all imaginable atmosphere. In this present study we recorded 10 lichen species belonging to 7 genera and 3 families are collected from a tiny village, Sillery Gaon, Kalimpong, WB. Among the 10 species documented, we found that the foliose natures of lichen dominated having 6 species over the crustose and fruticose natures . From the present study spot no earlier information is there. Still now this is the earliest report on the lichens of Sillery Gaon. Thus there remains a adequately chance for further more additional studies. Our work will aid us to recognize the exact status on lichen diversity of our state.