Additional lichen records from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands – 1

Eighteen species of lichens are added to the flora of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. This includes 16 foliicolous and 2 corticolous. Of the foliicolous, 8 species: Aulaxina dictyospora R. Sant., A. opegraphina Fée, Byssoloma vezdanum Sérus., Calenia graphidea Vain., Cryptothecia irregularis Lücking et al., Porina sphaerocephala Vain., Strigula microspora Lücking and Trichothelium bipindense F. Schill. are reported as new records for India. Brief descriptions and photographs of new records are provided.