The Kumaun Himalaya situated in Western Himalaya is well known for its plant wealth including lichens. The lichens have an ability to grow on any perennial and stabilized substrata. They grow on different type of trees, shrubs, rocks, stones, boulders and soil. The different altitudinal zones exhibit different type of forest vegetation in Kumaun Himalaya.Most of the information on lichens of Kumaun Himalaya are scattered in a number of publications and so far not a complete account of lichens form Kumaun Himalaya is available. Thus to consolidate the account of lichens form the Kumaun...