Title of article :
New records of lichens and lichenicolous fungi for Russia and the Caucasus
Author/Authors :
URBANAVICHUS, Gennadii Russian Academy of Sciences - Kola Science Centre, Institute of the Industrial Ecology of the North, Russia , GABIBOVA, Aminat Russian Academy of Sciences - Daghestan Science Centre - Mountain Botanical Garden, RUSSIA , ISMAILOV, Aziz Russian Academy of Sciences - Daghestan Science Centre - Mountain Botanical Garden, RUSSIA
Abstract :
Four species of lichens and 11 species of lichenicolous fungi are reported from the Republic of Daghestan for the first time for the Caucasus region. Of these, 7 taxa are new to Russia: Caloplaca badioreagens Tretiach Muggia, Caloplaca polycarpa (A.Massal.) Zahlbr., Lichenothelia renobalesiana D.Hawksw. V.Atienza, Stigmidium rouxianum Calat. Triebel, Toninia episema (Nyl.) Timdal, Toninia leptogii Timdal, and Verrucaria latericola Erichsen. Comments on their geographic distribution, habitats, substrate, and comparisons with morphologically similar taxa are presented.
Keywords :
Ascomycota , lichens , lichenicolous fungi , new records , Caucasus , Daghestan , Russia.
Journal title :
Turkish Journal of Botany
Journal title :
Turkish Journal of Botany
