Contribution to the knowledge of lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi of Gomel region (Belarus)

Abstract

Tsurykau A., 2017: Contribution to the knowledge of lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi of Gomel region (Belarus). -Bot. Lith., 23(2): 123-129.Records of 21 species of lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi new to Gomel region, the south-eastern Belarus are presented. Of these, six species (Bacidia fraxinea, Briancoppinsia cytospora, Calicium parvum, Chaenothecopsis savonica, Enchylium bachmanianum and Intralichen christiansenii) are new to Belarus, seven species (Carbonicola anthracophila, Chaenotheca hispidula, Cornutispora lichenicola, Lichenochora obscuroides, Lichenoconium xanthoriae, Pyrenochaeta xanthoriae and Tremella hypogymniae) have been previously known from one locality in the country. The occurrence of Ochrolechia microstictoides is confirmed with certainty for Belarus. Ochrolechia parella is excluded from the list of lichens of Gomel region as erroneously identified.

A provisional checklist of the lichens of Belarus

“…The study area (Belarus) within the context of Europe (left) and a map of the administrative divisions of the country (right). Tsurykau et al 2014aTsurykau et al , 2016aTsurykau et al , 2017cYatsyna 2011e, 2012d, 2015d, Yatsyna & Motiejünaite 2015. Furthermore, special attention was also focused on lichenicolous fungi, whose known biodiversity in Belarus has increased rapidly from 21 species in 2011 to 66 species in 2017 (Tsurykau 20172).…”