Abstract
AbstractBlue‐green algae occcurring as blackish brown crust/tuft on the exposed rock surface of 30 different temples and monuments of different regions of India were studied. A total number of 30 species attributed to 13 different genera were encountered. Seven species of Tolypothrix, and one each of Gloeocapsopsis, Lyngbya, Phormidium and Plectonema are the major componentes of the crusts/tufts. There were also species belonging to Gloeothece, Myxosarcina, Chroococcidiopsis, Plectonema, Nostoc, Calothrix, Chlorogloeopsis, Fischerella and Hapalosiphon which appeared in the enrichment culture as minor component along with the dominant species. All the species are described with illustrations.
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