Lichen flora novelties of Kabardino-Balkaria

Abstract

Based on the results of short field works in July 2018, data on new and noteworthy species for the lichen flora of the Central Caucasus are presented. The specimens were collected in the Baksan River valley, Elbrus district, Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, mainly in the vicinity of the village Bylym in the Bylym intermountain arid basin of the Severo-Yurskaya (North-Jurassic) depression between the Bokovoy (Lateral) and Skalistyi (Rocky) Ridges, and in the vicinities of Elbrus and Azau settlements near the foot of the southeastern slope of Mount Elbrus. In the present paper, 22 species are reported as new for the lichen flora of the study area. Candelariella blastidiata is reported for the first time for Caucasus,