New records of lichens and lichenicolous fungi from Dagestan, Russia

Abstract

Twenty-three species of lichens and five lichenicolous fungi are reported for the first time for Dagestan. Of them, Bellemerella polysporinae, Lecanora pannonica, Opegrapha lutulenta, Porpidinia tumidula and Verrucaria praerupta are new to Caucasus and Russia; Lecanora contractula, Strangospora deplanata and Tremella candelariellae are reported for the first time from Caucasus. Opegrapha lutulenta and Tremella candelariellae are new to Asia. The genera Bellemerella, Didymocyrtis, Leprocaulon, Porpidinia, Protoparmelia, Strangospora and Tremella are reported for the first time from Dagestan. Porpidinia and Bellemerella are genera new to Russia. The most noteworthy records are briefly discussed.

Lichenicolous fungi from Kodar Range, Trans-Baikal Territory of Russia

“…Hawksw.) from Karelia Republic (Räsänen, 1939), Bashkortostan Republic (Urbanavichus & Urbanavichene, 2011), Krasnoyarsk Territory (Hawksworth, 1981) and Chukotka (Zhurbenko, 2009a). New to South Siberia.…”

First Report of Genus Parmeliella Müll. (Peltigerales; Lecanoromycetes; Ascomycota) From Pakistan

“…It is not known with certainty from the African continent; however, present in Macaronesia [10], [14], Andes and Central America [14] and Russia [18], Kodagu district and India [19] for which detail taxonomic descriptions are not available. However, in this study, we describe the species for the first time from the warm and temperate areas of Sharda Valley, Azad Jammu, and Kashmir, Pakistan, as a first record.…”

Lichenicolous fungi from the Samara Region, southern part of European Russia

“…Pyrenidium actinellum s. lat. has also been reported from Caloplaca, however, it differs by larger spores (20-30 × 7-10 μm) and mainly 4-spored asci (Navarro-Rosines & Roux, 2007 (Zhurbenko & Santesson, 1996;Zhurbenko & Himelbrant, 2002;Zhurbenko & Alstrup, 2004;Urbanavichus & Urbanavichene, 2011). tAeniolellA phAeophysciAe D. Hawksw.…”

“…New to Es. In European Russia this widespread species has been reported from Komi Republic, Republic of Bashkortostan and Nenets Autonomous Area (Zhurbenko, 2008;Urbanavichus & Urbanavichene, 2011;Zhurbenko et al, 2012). Note.…”