CYANOARBOR WANG, A NEW REPORT FROM INDIA AND ITS TAXINOMIC STATUS

The present investigation deals with a new report on unicellular and colonial Cyanoprokaryote cyanoarbor Wang from India. The Cyanoprokaryote was collected from exposed surface of an old monument at Allahabad. Occurrence and growth pattern of Cyanoarbor is being described here first time from India. Cyanoarbor grows in clusters of 1-4 mm height and almost blackish in appearance, Individual patches of Cyanoarbor are usually 2-5 cm in diameter. In culture, initially colonies of Cyanoarbor have rounded appear. ance with distinct hyaline and firm sheath, which later becomes thick, radial or pseudodichotomously or irregularly lobed or branched.