The macrolichens of Val di Scalve (northern Italy) and the first record ofParmelia pinnatifidain Italy

A first lichen survey in Valle Imagna (Lombardy, Northern Italy)

“…On soil at the edge of the trail (5). Previously reported from the hills of Bergamo by Baroni (1893), Val Cavallina (Fenaroli 1962) and Val di Scalve (Tomaselli 1955;Gheza 2019b;Ravera & al. 2019).…”

“…Flörke On organic soil at the edge of the trail (2, 5), on bark at the base of beech (2) and birch (2). Previously reported from Val di Scalve (Gheza 2019b). Cladonia pyxidata (L.) Hoffm.…”

“…Among the Provinces of Lombardy, Bergamo is the less investigated one (Gheza 2019a(Gheza , 2019b. The only thorough study on epiphytic lichens, a biomonitoring project extended from the city of Bergamo to the hinterland, was carried out in the 1990s (Arosio & Rinaldi 1994).…”

“…, 2018(Ravera & al. , 2019 and with two detailed papers about the macrolichens of the Val di Scalve (Gheza 2019b) and the terricolous lichen flora of calcareous dry grasslands along the lowland course of the Serio river (Gheza 2019c). Nevertheless, the Province is still poorly known, since its two widest districts -Val Brembana and Val Seriana -are still virtually unexplored, except for few scattered records dispersed in an old floristic paper (Baroni 1893) and in some specimens preserved in PAV, TSB and FI (Gheza 2019a).…”

“…On bark of larch (5). Previously reported from Val di Scalve(Gheza 2019b).Cladonia fimbriata (L.) Fr. On bark of larch (5).…”