(2021) 45 (1): 119-127 DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/BOTSERB2101119S journal homepage: botanicaserbica.bio.bg.ac.rs Original Scientific Report New records and noteworthy data of plants, algae and fungi in SE Europe and adjacent regions, 3 Marko S. Sabovljević1✳, Gordana Tomović1✳, Petya Boycheva2, Dobri Ivanov 2, Teodor T. Denchev3, Cvetomir M. Denchev3, Ivana Stevanoski1, Aleksandra Marković4, Sanja Z. Djurović5, Uroš Buzurović6, Galina Yaneva 2, Sorin Ștefănuț7, Miruna-Maria Ștefănuț8, Aleksandar Knežević1, Predrag Petrović9, Boris Assyov3, Jovana Pantović1, Marjan Niketić6, Snežana Vukojičić1, Roxana Ion7 and Gabriela Tamas7 1 Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Takovska 43, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia 2 Department of Biology, Medical University of Varna, 84, Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd., 9000 Varna, Bulgaria 3 Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2 Gagarin St., 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria 4 Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Njegoševa 12, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia 5 Faculty of Agriculture, University of Niš, Kosančićeva 4, 37 000 Kruševac, Serbia 6 Natural History Museum, Njegoševa 51, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia 7 Institute of Biology Bucharest of the Romanian Academy, 296 Splaiul Independentei, 060031 Bucharest, P.O. Box 56-53, Romania. 8 Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 91-95 Splaiul Independenței, 050095 Bucharest, Romania. 9 Innovation Centre, Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Karnegijeva 4, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia ✳ column editors, to whom contributions should be sent ([email protected]) Keywords: ABSTRACT: new report, Aegilops triuncialis, This paper presents new records and noteworthy data on the following taxa in Antherospora hortensis, Chara SE Europe and adjacent regions: parasitic fungus Antherospora hortensis, sapro- canescens, Epipactis purpurata, trophic fungi Loweomyces fractipes and Pholiota henningsii, stonewort Chara ca- Galanthus elwesii, Grimmia caespiticia, nescens, mosses Grimmia caespiticia and Rhodobryum ontariense, fern Woodsia Loweomyces fractipes, Pholiota alpina, monocots Aegilops triuncialis, Epipactis purpurata, Galanthus elwesii and henningsii, Rhodobryum ontariense, Typha shuttleworthii and dicot Umbilicus luteus. Typha shuttleworthii, Umbilicus luteus, Woodsia alpina UDC: 581.95:582.28+582.263.3+582.32+ 582.37/.39+582.52+582.6/.9 Received: 20 November 2020 Revision accepted: 10 January 2021 Aegilops triuncialis L., fam. Poaceae; (monocot, vas- Voucher: Herbarium of Sofia University St. Kliment cular plant) Ohridski (SO) 108036. Contributors: Petya Boycheva and Dobri Ivanov Geographical focus: Bulgaria The distribution of the species in Bulgaria includes the New record and noteworthy data: This is the first re- Tundja Hilly Plane, the Struma Valley (north), and the cord for the Northeastern Bulgaria floristic region. Predbalkan region (Assyov et al. 2012). The habitat along Specimen data: Northeastern Bulgaria, Varna region, the north and south Black Sea coasts has been reported Novakovo village, N 43.3452460°; E 27.8413980°; 07 June by Zaharieva et al. (2004), a habitat on the south of 2020; leg./det. Boycheva P, Ivanov D. the Kamchia river by Spetsov et al. (2006) and an addi- © 2021 Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden Jevremovac, Belgrade 120 | vol. 45 (1) tional report near the city of Burgas. The newly recorded Vouchers: Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metal- population near the village of Novakovo counts more lurgy, University of Belgrade, charophyte collection, 54. than 50 specimens per 1 m2. The habitat is of steppe veg- etation with a predominance of plants belonging to the In 2014, Chara canescens was declared Extinct in the Fabaceae and Poaceae families. wild (EX) by Blaženčić (2014) since it had been found only once on the territory of Serbia (the Suva Česma salt Antherospora hortensis Piątek & M. Lutz, fam. Floro- spring near Prokuplje) and was not confirmed again mycetaceae (fungus, parasitic) for this site. However, in 2018 it was rediscovered in an Contributors: Teodor T. Denchev and Cvetomir M. excavation pond made in the process of clay digging in Denchev Plava banja near Kikinda. The pond is eutrophic and Geographical focus: Greece with extreme ion concentrations, used as a source of New record and noteworthy data: The finding of An- drinking water for cattle (Trbojević et al. 2019). The therospora hortensis represents the first Balkan record of finding in the Kilapoš waterhole is hence the second re- this smut fungus, which in other parts of Europe is only cord for Serbia. The waterhole was almost dry and the known from Germany and the UK. charophyte coverage sporadic. Only female plants were Specimen data: on Muscari armeniacum H.J. Veitch found, which is typical for this species since most of the (det. Stuart D. C.), Greece, Eastern Macedonia and Thra- populations in Europe do not contain any male shoots, ce, between the villages of Mandra and Soufli, alt. ca 100 but only parthenogenetic females (Schaible et al. 2011). m, 25 April 1961; leg. Rechinger K H., Iter Balcanico- Trbojević et al. (2019) also found only female plants. mediterraneum 1961 (Iter graecum X.), no. 22171; det. Even though its area of distribution is wide, ranging Denchev TT, Denchev CM. from Europe to Australia, but mostly in the Northern Voucher: Herbarium of the Natural History Museum Hemisphere, this species is considered rare in Europe in Vienna, vascular plant collection (W) 1964-0016348. and is included on the Red Lists of many European The anthers of this specimen are infected with Antheros- countries and regions (e.g. Blaženčić et al. 2006; Cai- pora hortensis. This smut fungus was examined during sova & Gabka 2009; Korsch et al. 2013). According to a visit to W, in July 2017, within the framework of the the national legislation (“Službeni glasnik”, No. 5/2010, SYNTHESYS Project. 47/2011, 32/2016, 98/2016) Chara canescens is a strictly protected species in Serbia. Antherospora contains 12 species hosted by the members Chara canescens is a halophyte species which grows of the Hyacinthaceae family. Most commonly, their sori in brackish waters, preferably shallow. It can tolerate are produced in the anthers, but in some species the fila- high light conditions and extreme ion anomalies (Blin- ments and gynoecium can also be affected Begerow( & dow & Schubert 2003; Schubert et al. 2016; Calero McTaggart 2018). & Rodrigo 2018; Trbojević et al. 2019). Antherospora hortensis is a recently described smut fungus on Muscari armeniacum Leichtlin ex Baker, Epipactis purpurata Sm., fam. Orchidaceae (monocot, known only from specimens collected in gardens in vascular plants) Germany and the UK (Piątek et al. 2013; Kruse 2014; Contributors: Sanja Z. Djurović and Uroš Buzurović Woods 2018). Here, Antherospora hortensis is reported Geographical focus: Serbia for the first time from SE Europe, namely on the speci- New record and noteworthy data: New sites in central men collected in Greece. It is worth mentioning that this Serbia are given for rare E. purpurata previously record- is the first record of this parasitic fungus developed on ed only in the western parts of Serbia. The species is on naturally grown M. armeniacum. the CITES list. It is a new species for the Radan Nature Park. Chara canescens Loiseleur, fam. Characeae (charo- Specimen data: 1) central Serbia, Mt. Radan, Soko- phyte algae) lovica, N 43.0844442°, E 21.3753141°, MGRS 34T EN37, Contributors: Ivana Stevanoski and Aleksandra beech forest, 857 a.s.l., 31 July 2020; leg. Djurović S, Marković Buzurović U, Veljić M.; det. Buzurović U, Djurović S.; Geographical focus: Serbia conf. Djordjević V. 2) central Serbia, Mt. Radan, Soko- New record and noteworthy data: The second record for lovica, N 43.0711364°, E 21.3910473°, MGRS 34T EN36, Serbia, a rare and threatened species. beech forest, 969 a.s.l., 31 July 2020; leg. Djurović S, Specimen data: Bačka, between the villages of Bački Vi- Buzurović U, Veljić M, det. Buzurović U, Djurović S. nogradi, Horgoš and Kilapoš, in the Selevenjske Pustare Vouchers: 1) Herbarium of the University of Belgrade Special Nature Reserve, N 46.13987°, E 19.91535°; a deep (BEOU), vascular plant collection 68652; Natural His- and steep watering hole where animals drink water, with tory Museum in Belgrade, General Herbarium of the sand substrate; 22 May 2020; leg. Pantović J, Stevanoski Balkan Peninsula (BEO) 85001. 2) photo documentation I, Bogosavljević J, Gajić M.; det. Marković A. S. Djurović, U. Buzurović. M. Sabovljević et al.: New records of plants, algae and fungi in SE Europe | 121 Epipactis purpurata is distributed in Europe from Great Grimmia caespiticia was collected from the glacial ring Britain and Denmark in the north to Italy and Greece area on the southern side of Viștișoara Lake, along with in the south and from Spain in the west to Romania other bryophytes such as Marsupella funckii (F. Weber & in the east. In Serbia it was previously recorded only D. Mohr) Dumort., Gymnomitrion concinnatum (Lightf.) in the western region (Djordjević et al. 2010, 2017; Corda and male plants of Andreaea nivalis Hook. Tomović et al. 2020) growing exclusively in beech for- This is the second report of G. caespiticia in Roma- ests (Djordjević et al. 2016) with an estimated regional nia (Ştefănuţ & Goia 2012). The first report was made conservation status of Vulnerable (VU; Djordjević et from Făgăraș Mts., Podragu Valley, 1900 m a.s.l., 14 al. 2017). It is included in Appendix II of the Convention August 1966; leg./det. Vajda L., as Grimmia alpestris on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild (Schleich.) Nees var. microstoma Br.eur, BP 72021; rev. Fauna and Flora (CITES 2020). Muñoz J., August 1994 (Muñoz 1998). The nearest lo- In July 2020 two new sites in the beech forest on Mt. calities of G. caespiticia are in Serbia (Pantović et al. Radan were discovered with five individuals closely 2021) and Bulgaria (Hodgetts & Lockhart 2020). The grouped on each site. conservation status of G. caespiticia in Romania should thus be changed from Critically Endangered – CR Galanthus elwesii Hook.