MORPHO-TAXONOMIC STUDY ON SOME CORTICOLOUS MOSSES OF LONGKHUM RESERVE FOREST, MOKOKCHUNG DISTRICT, NAGALAND

Morpho-taxonomic characters of five species of moss taxa, viz., Dicranum lorifolium Mitt., Ptychomitrium indicum (Schrad.) Jaeg., Trachypodopsis serrulata (P. Beauv.) Fleisch., Homaliodendron montagneanum (C. Muell.) Fleisch., Cyathophorella adiantum (Griff.) Fleisch., collected from Longkhum Reserve Forest, Mokokchung District, Nagaland have been described for the first time. Ptychomitrium indicum (Schrad.) Jaeg., is a new record for North-east India, whereas, the other four taxa, viz., Dicranum lorifolium Mitt., Trachypodopsis serrulata (P. Beauv.) Fleisch., Homaliodendron montagneanum (C. Muell.) Fleisch., Cyathophorella adiantum (Griff.) Fleisch., are new records for the Nagaland State.