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- ↑ Jagtap, Vineeta; Tripathi, Manish; Joshi, Yogesh (2013-12-01). "First report on the occurrence of plasticolous lichens from Uttarakhand, India". Journal of Applied and Natural Science. 5 (2): 342–344. doi:10.31018/jans.v5i2.329. ISSN 2231-5209.
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