Konevets Island (Leningrad Region, Russia) – a Historical Refuge of Lichen Diversity in Lake Ladoga
Folia Cryptog. Estonica, Fasc. 55: 51–78 (2018) https://doi.org/10.12697/fce.2018.55.07 Konevets Island (Leningrad Region, Russia) – a historical refuge of lichen diversity in Lake Ladoga Dmitry E. Himelbrant1,2, Irina S. Stepanchikova1,2, Ekaterina S. Kuznetsova1,2, Jurga Motiejūnaitė3, Ludmila A. Konoreva2,4 1St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya emb. 7–9, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia. E-mails: d_brant@mail.ru, stepa_ir@mail.ru, igel_kuzn@mail.ru 2Laboratory of Lichenology and Bryology, Komarov Botanical Institute RAS, Professor Popov St. 2, 197376 St. Petersburg, Russia 3Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Botany, Nature Research Centre, Žaliųjų Ežerų 49, LT–08406 Vilnius, Lithuania. E-mail: jurga.motiejunaite@botanika.lt 4Polar-alpine Botanical Garden-Institute, 184250 Murmansk Region, Kirovsk. E-mail: ajdarzapov@yandex.ru Abstract: We present an updated checklist for Konevets Island (Leningrad Region, Russia). The revealed lichen biota comprises 435 species, including 378 lichens, 46 lichenicolous fungi and 11 non-lichenized saprobic fungi, of which 31 species (27 lichens and 4 lichenicolous fungi) are known only from collections made by Veli Räsänen (1917, 1938). Acremonium hypholomatis is reported for the first time for Russia;Caloplaca soralifera, Trapelia corticola, and Muellerella lichenicola for Northwestern European Russia; and Bacidia vermifera, Lecanora mughicola, Micarea contexta, Pyrenochaeta xanthoriae, Rhizocarpon disporum, Stigmidium squamariae and Xylographa difformis for Leningrad Region. From lichenological
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