A New Lichen Record at Ain Quraychat, Siwa Oasis, Egypt | ||
| Catrina: The International Journal of Environmental Sciences | ||
| Article 10, Volume 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-85 PDF (400.22 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| Author | ||
| Talaat Hegazy* | ||
| Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Damietta University, New Damietta 34517, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study was conducted to investigate the presence of lichen species around the wells and springs in Siwa Oasis of the Western Desert of Egypt. Several sites were surveyed and lichen species were found only neighbour at a hot spring namely Ain Quraychat. The fruticose lichen Usnea hirta is reported as new to Siwa Oasis. The thalli are characterized by orange with shadow of brown yellow colour and yellow pigment in the medulla as well as the axis. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Fruticose; Lichen; Usnea species; Siwa Oasis; Egypt | ||
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