van der Pluijm, A. & Siebel, H. N. 2017. Orthotrichum comosum new to the Netherlands and Northwest Europe. — Herzogia 30: 10–15.

Orthotrichum comosum is reported for the first time from the Netherlands. It was discovered in 2011 on a tree of Acer platanoides in a residential area of the city of Hilversum. It is still present there in 2017 and has spread very locally. The morphology, differentiation with O. tenellum, ecology and distribution in Europe are discussed. A drawing and a photograph of the specimen are provided. Recent decades of very mild winters in the Netherlands and the relatively hot and dry microclimate of inner cities could have favoured the establishment of this Mediterranean-montane epiphyte.

Jukonienė, I. & Subkaitė, M. 2017. Bryophytes and their distribution pattern in the Nagliai Strict Nature Reserve (Curonian Spit, Lithuania). — Herzogia 30: 16–35.

Data on bryophyte species diversity in the Nagliai Strict Nature Reserve (Curonian Spit, Lithuania) are presented. Bryophyte diversity and their patterns of distribution across different habitats were analysed. Species richness, biotal dispersity, Shannon's diversity and evenness indices were used for the evaluation of bryophyte diversity in various habitats, and the Jaccard and Bray-Curtis coefficients employed for comparisons of similarity. A total of 75 species were recorded for the territory (32 in grasslands and 62 in forests). Two species and three varieties were new to Lithuania, and four species and one variety were new to the Curonian Spit. Variations in bryophyte species richness and relative abundance of the most frequently encountered species were observed for fore-dune grassland, sand plain and dune ridges.

Distinct species composition was ascertained for various substrata located in both dry and wet forests. The most frequent species occurring throughout the territory were those that favoured dry conditions and grow on different substrata, whereas obligate epixyles and epiphytes were rare. Species preferring full light were the most frequently encountered taxa in grassland habitats.

Wolski, G. J. 2017. Morphological and anatomical variability of Plagiothecium nemorale in Central Poland. — Herzogia 30: 36–50.

Species in the genus Plagiothecium are highly variable, and one of them, Plagiothecium nemorale, is often described as a complex of species. The main aim of this study is to describe intraspecific variability of this taxon based on specimens collected in central Poland. The results suggest that specimens can be separated into two groups that differ in terms of the width of the leaf at the widest point, the length of the leaf cells and the diameter of the stem.

Ślipiko, M., Sawicki, J. & Chmielewski, J. 2017. Ramet-based expressed sex ratio in Polish populations of Nyholmiella obtusifolia (Orthotrichaceae). — Herzogia 30: 51–57.

We assessed ramet-based expressed sex ratio in eight Polish populations of Nyholmiella obtusifolia based on our own sampling (n = 4) and herbarium collections (n = 4). In each specimen of ca. 5 cm² in size, we visually scored all individual ramets for the presence of sexual organs, i.e. antheridia and archegonia. We also counted gametophytes with sporophytes. Generally, most bisexual specimens (n = 5) were female-skewed with female ramets outnumbering males 7–10 fold. Only one population was almost balanced. Unisexual specimens (n = 3) were always female. Thirtyfive to 91 % of the ramets per specimen were non-expressing.

Skoupá, Z., Ochyra, R., Guo, S.-L., Sulayman, M. & Plášek, V. 2017. Distributional novelties for Lewinskya, Nyholmiella and Orthotrichum (Orthotrichaceae) in China. — Herzogia 30: 58–73.

Lewinskya vladikavkana and Orthotrichum alpestre are recorded for the first time from China and 14 species of the genera Lewinskya, Nyholmiella and Orthotrichum are newly reported from various provinces in China, including Gansu, Heilongjiang, Hubei, Hunan, Inner Mongolia, Jiangxi, Jilin, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Xizang, Yunnan and Zhejiang. Distribution and ecology of newly recorded species are briefly discussed. Diversity of the broadly conceived genus Orthotrichum in China is summarised. In total, it currently consists of 43 species in this country, including 15 species of the genus Lewinskya, one of Nyholmiella and 27 of Orthotrichum s.str.

Promma, C., Chantanaorrapint, S. & Zhu, R.-L. 2017. The genus Tuyamaella (Lejeuneaceae, Marchantiophyta) new to Thailand. — Herzogia 30: 74–79.

The genus Tuyamaella is reported from Thailand for the first time. Three species are recognized in Thailand, namely T. angulistipa, T. hattorii and T. molischii var. molischii. Description and illustrations of T. hattorii, a rare species previously known only from Vietnam and Laos, are provided.

Schiefelbein, U., Brackel, W. v., Cezanne, R., Czarnota, P., Eckstein, J., Eichler, M., Kison, H.-U., Ungethüm, K. & Stordeur, R. 2017. Trimmatostroma arctoparmeliae sp. nov. and noteworthy records of lichenized, lichenicolous and allied fungi from the Harz Mountains and surrounding regions. — Herzogia 30: 80–102.

Fifty-nine species (21 lichens, 37 lichenicolous fungi and one non-lichenized fungus) are reported as new or noteworthy from the Harz Mountains in north-central Germany. Trimmatostroma arctoparmeliae (on Arctoparmelia incurva) is described as new, Lasiosphaeriopsis lecanorae and Tremella diploschistina are new to Central Europe, Lichenothelia tenuissima, Pertusaria lactescens, Polycoccum kerneri, Sphaerellothecium atryneae, S. contextum and Verrucaria policensis are new to Germany; 41 species are new to Saxony-Anhalt, and one each for Lower Saxony, Thuringia and Bavaria. Hyperphyscia adglutinata was rediscovered in Saxony-Anhalt after more than 180 years, Lichenodiplis pertusariicola after 141 years and Porpidia flavocruenta after 83 years. Eopyrenula leucoplaca was rediscovered in Lower Saxony after more than 130 years.

Ismailov, A., Urbanavichus, G., Vondrák, J. & Pouska, V. 2017. An old-growth forest at the Caspian Sea coast is similar in epiphytic lichens to lowland deciduous forests in Central Europe. — Herzogia 30: 103–125.

We have recorded 138 species (125 of them epiphytic/epixylic) in a single preserved lowland forest in Dagestan (Russia), “Samurski” forest at the west coast of the Caspian Sea. Within its 2,000 hectares, some remnants of oldgrowth forests persist, dominated by Acer campestre, Carpinus betulus and Quercus robur. This mix of tree species is typical of many lowland deciduous forests in Central Europe, and we found that the lichen flora of Samurski also has much in common with those forests, but less in common with other types of Central European forests. Comparison with geographically closer lowland forests in Azerbaijan, Russia and Iran is impossible due to a lack of data. Using Detrended Correspondence Analysis, we defined a group of species diagnostic for temperate lowland deciduous forests; it includes about 20 species recorded in Samurski, most of which are crustose and usually with Trentepohlia as photobiont. In contrast to Central European lowland deciduous forests, the lichen flora of Samurski includes several species known mainly from the oceanic western Caucasus and Western Europe. To enable comparison with “fixedarea” lichen inventories, we have obtained a separate list of 82 lichen species from a detailed survey of a 1 ha plot in one of the best-preserved forest spots in Samurski.

Fifty-nine species in 17 genera (Arthothelium, Bactrospora, Bryostigma, Catinaria, Coniocarpon, Cresporhaphis, Dendrographa, Enchylium, Enterographa, Inoderma, Lecanographa, Lepraria, Pachnolepia, Peridiothelia, Sclerophora, Xanthoriicola, Zwackhia) are new to Dagestan. Agonimia flabelliformis, Arthonia exilis, Bacidina auerswaldii, Cresporhaphis wienkampii, Caloplaca raesaenenii, C. tominii, Candelariella superdistans and Verrucaria umbrinula are new to the Greater Caucasus. Agonimia borysthenica, Bacidina adastra and Lecanographa lyncea are new to Russia. Candelariella superdistans is new to Asia.

Motiejūnaitė, J. & Skridlaitė, G. 2017. New records of lichens and lichenicolous fungi in Lithuania, mainly from quarries. — Herzogia 30: 126–137.

The lichen floras of dolomite, limestone, opoka, clay, sand and gravel quarries, as well the few existing natural dolomite outcrops suitable for lichens in various parts of Lithuania were studied. Also, some lichen records from built-up areas were examined. Quarries and built-up areas proved to be habitats rich in lichens, harbouring a number of rare species, two of which, Lecania leprosa and Stigmidium collematis, are new for the whole Baltic Sea region, and Caloplaca soralifera, Hawksworthiana peltigericola and Skyttella mulleri are recorded for the first time in the Baltic States. Seven lichens, Blennothallia crispa, Dirina massiliensis f. sorediata, Gregorella humida, Hymenelia epulotica, Protoblastenia rupestris, Psoroglaena dictyospora and Thelidium incavatum and two lichenicolous fungi, Didymellopsis pulposi and Stigmidium peltideae, are new for Lithuania. Ecology and conservation issues of rare calcicolous lichens in the country are discussed, and it is noted that transient type of their habitats and the habitat management make lichen protection unfeasible.

Burgaz, A. R., Fontecha-Galán, A., Gutiérrez-Larruga, B. & Rodríguez-Arribas, C. 2016. The Cladoniaceae and three additional noteworthy lichens from Croatia. — Herzogia 30: 138–151.

In the framework of a project on the family Cladoniaceae in the Mediterranean area of Eurasia many new records and the chemical variability of the family in Croatia are discussed. Cladonia conista, C. cyathomorpha, C. dimorpha, C. homosekikaica, C. novochlorophaea, C. peziziformis and C. umbricola are reported as new to Croatia. In addition, Flavoparmelia soredians, Parmelia serrana and Peltigera membranacea were discovered as new to Croatia. A key to all the Cladoniaceae taxa known from Croatia is provided.

Tsurykau, A. 2017. New or otherwise interestíng records of lichens and lichenicolous fungi from Belarus. III. With an updated checklist of lichenicolous fungi. — Herzogia 30: 152–165.

Data on 13 species of lichenized and lichenicolous fungi from Belarus are presented; two lichens (Biatora efflorescens and Catillaria croatica) and ten lichenicolous fungi (Abrothallus microspermus, A. suecicus, Arthonia phaeophysciae, Arthrorhaphis aeruginosa, Merismatium decolorans, Phacopsis oxyspora, Polycoccum peltigerae, Pronectria subimperspicua, Taeniolella delicata and Zwackhiomyces echinulatus) are new to the country. Diploschistes muscorum is reported on lichens for the first time from Belarus. An updated checklist of lichenicolous fungi known from Belarus is also provided.

Zakeri, Z., Divakar, P. K. & Otte, V. 2017 Taxonomy and phylogeny of Aspiciliella, a resurrected genus of Megasporaceae, including the new species A. portosantana. — Herzogia 30: 166–176.

The genus Aspiciliella M.Choisy (type: A. intermutans) is resurrected to accommodate two species previously placed in Aspicilia, and a new species, A. portosantana Sipman & Zakeri. The new combination A. cupreoglauca (B.de Lesd.) Zakeri, Divakar & Otte is proposed. Molecular investigation based on three genetic markers, the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 1, 5.8S and internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS) region, the nuclear large subunit (nuLSU) and the mitochondrial small subunit (mtSSU) ribosomal DNA, of samples from a wide geographical range including Iran, Caucasia, Greece and Macaronesia revealed a strongly supported clade in a sister position to the other genera of the family Megasporaceae (PP = 1.00; MP/ML BS = 100/100). Morphological and chemotaxonomic surveys showed that the genus is characterized by a thallus that is crustose, rimose-areolate, partially continuous, K+ red; a green, olive-green to greenish-brown N+ light green epihymenium; 8-spored asci, ellipsoid, colourless, simple ascospores and very small (7–11μm long) conidia. An identification key to the species of the genus is provided.

Breuss, O. & Haji Moniri, M. 2017. A new Placopyrenium species (Ascomycota: Verrucariaceae) from Iran. — Herzogia 30: 177–181.

Placopyrenium ariyanense from northeastern Iran is described as new to science. It is characterized by a small, areolate thallus, grey pruinose, black-rimmed areoles, a granule-inspersed, but not chalky medulla, and simple ascospores, which are broader than those in P. iranicum. It is probably a juvenile parasite on crustose lichens.

Diederich, P., Lücking, R., Aptroot, A., Sipman, H. J. M., Braun, U., Ahti, T. & Ertz, D. 2017. New species and new records of lichens and lichenicolous fungi from the Seychelles. — Herzogia 30: 182–236.

Sixteen species of lichens and lichenicolous fungi from the Seychelles are described as new: Abrothallus ramalinae (on Ramalina), Coenogonium beaverae, Fissurina seychellensis, Fulvophyton macrosporum, Graphis lindsayana, Nigrovothelium inspersotropicum, Opegrapha salmonea, Porina morelii, Pseudopyrenula media, Ramichloridium tropicum (on sterile lichen with Trentepohlia), Sarcographa praslinensis, S. subglobosa, Stictographa dirinariicola (on Dirinaria picta), Stirtonia epiphylla, Talpapellis mahensis (on sterile lichen with Trentepohlia) and Trimmatothele petri; Abrothallus ramalinae is also reported from Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, and Nigrovothelium inspersotropicum from Guyana. The following 29 species are new to Africa: Acanthothecis asprocarpa, Amandinea diorista var. hypopelidna, Ampliotrema palaeoamplius, Anisomeridium leptospermum, Aptrootia terricola, Chiodecton congestulum, Coenogonium saepincola, Dictyocatenulata alba, Diorygma salvadoriense, Epigloea urosperma, Fissurina globulifica, Graphis diplocheila, G. novopalmicola, G. oxyclada, G. subamylacea, Leptogium mastocheilum, Leucodecton album, Moelleropsis nebulosa, Ocellularia ascidioidea, O. piperis, Polymeridium microsporum, Ramonia rappii, Sarcographa maculosa, S. ramificans, Sphaerellothecium cinerascens, Spirographa fusisporella, Sporopodium flavescens, Thalloloma hypoleptum and Thelotrema capetribulense, and the following 18 species are new for the Seychelles: Cladonia digitata, Cryptolechia nana, Etayoa trypethelii, Fissurina comparilis, Glomerulophoron mauritiae, Graphis proserpens, G. renschiana, Julella geminella, Leucodecton compunctellum, Mazosia phyllosema, Opegrapha vermelhana, Phaeographis brasiliensis, Placynthiella dasaea, Porina atrocoerulea, Pyrenula nitidula, P. sexlocularis, Roselliniella cladoniae and Trichothelium alboatrum. A further 83 species are reported from the Seychelles. Amandinea melaxanthella, Cryptolechia subincolorella and Leptogium denticulatum have been removed from the Seychelles checklist.

Paukov, A., Sipman, H. J. M., Kukwa, M., Repin, R. & Teptina, A. 2017. New lichen records from the mountains Kinabalu and Tambuyukon (Kinabalu Park, Malaysian Borneo). — Herzogia 30: 237–252.

One hundred twenty-six species of lichenized fungi are reported as new to the Kinabalu region. Of these, six are new to Sabah, 90 new to Malaysia, 15 new to Southeast Asia (Bryoria bicolor, Byssoloma subleucoblepharum, Graphis kollaimalaiensis, G. nuda, Lecidea paupercula, Lepraria ecorticata, L. finkii, L. incana, L. yunnaniana, Placynthiella uliginosa, Porpidia superba, Ramalina throwerae, Rhizocarpon plicatile, Sporopodium citrinum, Stereocaulon sasakii) and 15 new to Asia (Ainoa geochroa, Arthonia accolens, Astrothelium inspersaeneum, Bacidina defecta, Fissurina consentanea, Graphis argentata, G. flavens, Gyalideopsis brevipilosa, G. puertoricensis, Hypotrachyna afrorevoluta, Lepraria leuckertiana, Porpidia contraponenda, Psorotheciopsis premneella, Ramboldia laeta, Variolaria multipunctoides).

Bergmann, T. C. & Werth, S. 2017. Intrathalline distribution of two lichenicolous fungi on Lobaria hosts — an analysis based on quantitative Real-Time PCR. — Herzogia 30: 253–271.

The biology of lichenicolous fungi is still poorly known, including intrathalline hyphal distribution patterns and the density of hyphae these fungi may form within lichen thalli. Since the hyphae of most lichenicolous fungi cannot be morphologically distinguished from those of the lichen mycobiont, we used quantitative Real-Time PCR (qPCR) to detect and quantify lichenicolous fungi and lichen bionts. We investigated the lichenicolous fungi Plectocarpon lichenum and Tremella lobariacearum which inhabit species of the genus Lobaria using the following sample types to determine intrathalline distribution patterns: material with obvious infections, material next to infections, as well as visually uninfected plectenchyma from central and marginal thallus parts. Furthermore, some visually uninfected thalli were sampled for T. lobariacearum. Based on the qPCR data, we show that the two lichenicolous fungi occur predominantly in the symptomatic areas and in a certain area around symptomatic areas. Samples derived from lichen thalli without symptoms of infection showed no evidence of the lichenicolous fungi. We did not observe an alteration of the proportion of lichen bionts in visually infected material. Our data suggest that the structures formed by T. lobariacearum represent galls, whereas those formed by P. lichenum represent stromata. These results raise the question of how intrathalline growth of lichenicolous mycelia might be controlled by the mycobiont.

Szczepańska, K. & Kossowska, M. 2017. Cetrariella commixta and the genus Melanelia (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) in Poland. — Herzogia 30: 272–288.

The paper presents the distribution and ecology of Cetrariella commixta and the species of Melanelia occurring in Poland. Morphological and chemical analyses of herbarium material confirmed the presence of three species of the studied group, earlier recorded in the country: Cetrariella commixta, Melanelia hepatizon and M. stygia. Cetrariella commixta is a rare species with distribution limited to the Sudetes. None of the previously reported localities of this taxon in the Carpathians were confirmed. Chemotaxonomic studies demonstrated the presence of two chemotypes of C. commixta in the country, but no correlation between chemical races and distribution was observed. In contrast, Melanelia hepatizon and M. stygia proved to be rather common in Poland, where their distribution is restricted to the mountain regions. Additionally, Melanelia agnata is reported here as a new species to Poland. It is the rarest species of the studied group, occurring only in few localities in the High Tatras. It should be considered critically endangered in the country.

Rätzel, S. & Müller, F. 2017. Alleniella besseri erstmals im pleistozänen Tiefland Mitteleuropas nachgewiesen. — Herzogia 30: 289–295.

Alleniella besseri, eine schwerpunktmäßig europäisch verbreitete Art konnte in Ost-Brandenburg, inmitten der Mittelstadt Frankfurt (Oder) an einem Sekundärstandort (auf Beton einer Eisenbahnunterführung) und damit erstmals im pleistozänen Tiefland Mitteleuropas nachgewiesen werden. Die Art besiedelt in Mitteleuropa üblicher Weise primäre Felshabitate auf kalkhaltigem oder intermediärem Gestein (z. B. Kalke, Diabas), tritt kaum sekundär auf und war deshalb — aus edaphischen Gründen — kaum in diesem Gebiet zu erwarten. Der Fundort wird kurz vorgestellt und die Begleitarten am Fundort werden aufgeführt. Die Moospflanzen weisen zahlreiche, am Hauptstämmchen sitzende, knospenförmige Antheridienstände auf.

Stebel, A. & Smoczyk, M. 2017. Further spreading of the moss Orthotrichum pulchellum in Poland. — Herzogia 30: 296–299.

Orthotrichum pulchellum until recently has been a rare component of the bryoflora of Poland, but in the last years the number of its records has increased. This paper presents information about its current distribution in Poland.

Mamtimin, S., Bai, X.-L. & Zhao, D.-P. 2017. Grimmia orbicularis from China ‒ a species new to East Asia. ‒ Herzogia 30: 300–303.

Grimmia orbicularis (Grimmiaceae) is reported for East Asia from China for the first time. A brief description and digital photographs of the species are provided, and the characters that distinguish it from the similar G. pulvinata are discussed.

Wieczorek, A., Łysko, A., Popiela, A. & Śliwa, L. 2017. Additions to the flora of lichenized and lichenicolous fungi of Bornholm (Denmark). — Herzogia 30: 304–308.

Based on a recent collection from Bornholm island, two lichens, Lecanora thysanophora and Micarea nigella, and two lichenicolous fungi, Dactylospora parasitica and Illosporiopsis christiansenii are newly reported; the first species is new record for Denmark and the others are new to Bornholm.

Timdal, E. 2017. Endocarpon crystallinum found in Crete, a window-lichen new to Europe. — Herzogia 30: 309–312.

The window-lichen Endocarpon crystallinum is reported as new to Europe from a soil crust locality in Crete, Greece. It was collected in 1988 and recently identified by its DNA barcode sequence. This is the first report of the species outside deserts of Shanxi, China.

Kuhlmann, J. & Wagner, H.-G. 2017. Thelocarpon magnussonii on La Palma, Canary Islands — first record for the Macaronesian archipelago. — Herzogia 30: 313–316.

For the first time, Thelocarpon magnussonii is recorded from the island of La Palma, Macaronesian archipelago. The collection is described in detail and compared to literature sources.

Luangsuphabool, T., Piapukiew, J., Lumbsch, H. T. & Sangvichien, E. 2017. First record of Viridothelium virens (Trypetheliales, Ascomycota) in the Southeast Asian tropics. — Herzogia 30: 317–321.

Viridothelium virens was found growing on tree bark at 1500 m altitude in an oak forest in northern Thailand. Phenotypical and molecular data (mtSSU and nuLSU rDNA sequences) supported the identification of the sample as V. virens. This is a new record for Thailand and extends the distributional range from temperate regions (North America and Japan) to the tropics.

Czeika, H. & Czeika, G. 2017. Placynthium garovaglioi var. subtile — ein Synonym von Placynthium caesium. — Herzogia 30: 322–323.

Die Morphologie und Anatomie von Placynthium garovaglioi var. subtile stimmt mit jener von Placynthium caesium überein. Die Varietät ist in die Synonymie von Placynthium caesium zu stellen.