10. EVALUATION OF LICHENS SERVABILITY IN DIFFERENT MICROCLIMATIC CHANGES AS BIOINDICATORS OF ENVIRONMENT POLLUTION by SAKET KUMAR1, RAJEEV PRATAP SINGH1,VIVEK KUMAR OJHA2, SATYA PRAKASH TIWARI 2 AND RAJESH SINGH2

Abstract

Lichens are a unique group of plants that consist by two different organism viz. Fungi and algae with a close symbiotic association. The beneficial study of lichens is neglected in India. Record of Indian Lichens is very small in comparison with the world. India is a rich center of lichen biodiversity, harboring nearly 15% of total global lichen flora. The rapid destruction of Indian lichen habitats due to increase in industrialization, atmospheric pollution, over-exploitation, grazing, frequent forest fires and other anthropogenic disturbances. These activities are responsible for decrease lichen population in India. Terricolous lichen is a lichen that grows on the different soil as a substrate, their distribution ranges from temperate to alpine habitats of the Himalayas. In globalized world more requirement of sustainability for development of lichen population. The identification of lichens by studying their morphology, anatomy, color tests through using TLC techniques in laboratory condition. The objective of this study systematically identification, documentation and conservation of the lichen flora, which followed by different part of India.
KEY WORD: Lichens, Soils, Vegetative Growth, Chemical Composition, Pollution Indicator