Lichens of some shrubs and dwarf shrubs of Kamchatka Peninsula

Abstract

Investigations on lichen flora of some shrubs and dwarf shrubs were carried out on the base of more than 520 sample plots made from 2002 to 2008 on Kamchatka Peninsula. Totally 141 species and 2 varieties of lichens, calicioid and allied fungi were found on 28 species of the shrubs and dwarf shrubs. The lichen flora on Salix spp. is most diverse, represented by 108 species. Few lichens are evidently restricted to the shrubs and dwarf shrubs: Biatora vacciniicola, Cheiromycina petri, Lecania cyrtellina, L. fuscella, Phaeocalicium interruptum. Eight species are first reported from Kamchatka: Agyrium rufum, Anzina carneonivea, Biatora chrysantha, Cheiromycina petri, Fuscopannaria confusa, Lecania fuscella, Lecidella xylophila, Phaeocalicium interruptum.

The lichen genusRinodina(Physciaceae,Caliciales) in north-eastern Asia

“…Rinodina turfacea is a common species of acidic ground in arctic and oro-arctic North America, northern Scandinavia and Siberia, and has previously been reported for the Russian Far East from Yakutia (Afonina et al 1980), Chukotka (Makarova & Katenin 1983), Kamchatka (Himelbrant et al 2009), the Sikhote-Alin' Mountains (Chabanenko 2002) and Khabarovskiy Krai (Skirina 2012, as 'turphacea'). Its distribution in far eastern Asia (Fig.…”

“…It has previously been reported in our study area from Kamchatka by Himelbrant et al . (2009), the central Russian Far East by Urbanavichus & Andreev (2010) and the Stanovoye Nagor’e highlands by Chesnokov & Konoreva (2015). It was also reported from Baikal Zapovednik, which is west of our study area, by Urbanavichene & Urbanavichus (1998).…”

“…It has previously been recorded for far eastern Russia from Popov Island in Primorskiy Krai (Skirina 1996; Chabanenko 2002), from Kamchatka (Himelbrant et al . 2009) and from the Stanovoye Nagor’e highlands (Chesnokov & Konoreva 2015).…”

“…Rinodina septentrionalis was previously recorded in our study area from the Sikhote-Alin’ Mountains by Chabanenko (2002, based on an earlier unpublished report by Insarov & Pchelkin, specimen in herbarium “MGU”, not seen), Kamchatka (Himelbrant et al . 2009), the lower reaches of the Amur (Yakovchenko et al . 2013) and the Stanovoye Nagor’e highlands (Chesnokov & Konoreva 2015).…”

“…1980), Chukotka (Makarova & Katenin 1983), Kamchatka (Himelbrant et al . 2009), the Sikhote-Alin’ Mountains (Chabanenko 2002) and Khabarovskiy Krai (Skirina 2012, as ‘ turphacea ’). Its distribution in far eastern Asia (Fig.…”