Lecanora, Phaeophyscia and Rinodina species new to Turkey

Abstract

Four lichenized fungi (Lecanora jamesii, L. juniperina, Phaeophyscia hirsuta, and Rinodina orculata) are reported for the first time from Turkey. Comments on their habitat, substrate, and morphological and anatomical features are provided.

Enhancing photocatalytic activity of titanium dioxide through incorporation of MIL‐53(Fe) toward degradation of organic dye

“…[4] Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) have been proven effective for the degradation of organic pollutants in the wastewater, such as photocatalysis, Fenton reaction, ozonation, and sonolysis. [5,6] Photocatalytic degradation, for instance, has been considered as an effective AOP that can solve environmental pollution worldwide due to its ability to utilize solar energy to generate destructive chemical species. [7,8] Photocatalysts such as titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) and other titanium-based composites are among the materials mostly applied in AOPs, [9,10] in which TiO 2 under UV irradiant/visible light may give rise to hydroxyl radicals (•OH) that are important for the degradation of organic pollutants.…”

New lichen records from Turkey

“…Although many lichen taxa have recently been recorded for Turkey Yazici, 2009, 2012;Arslan et al, 2011;Candan and Halıcı, 2011;Karagöz et al, 2011;Karagöz and Aslan, 2012;Kınalıoğlu and Aptroot, 2011;Osyczka et al, 2011;Vondrák et al, 2012;Yazıcı et al, 2010a, b, c), the lichen biota of Turkey is still incompletely known, as is in many parts of the world. Therefore, more studies are needed to achieve a complete lichen flora of Turkey.…”

Three Lichen taxa new for Turkey

“…Recently, a lot of lichen taxa have been recorded for Turkey since the surveys about lichen flora are poor (Aptroot and Yazici, 2012;Arslan et al, 2011;Yazici et al, 2010aYazici et al, , b, c, 2011aYazici et al, , b, 2012Yazici et al, , 2013Karagöz and Aslan, 2012;Karagöz et al,. 2011;Kinalioğlu and Aptroo, 2011;Osyczka et al, 2011) but more surveys are still needed of unexplored regions in the country.…”