Turkish Journal of Botany

New lichen records from Georgia
Tzimi INASHVILI¹, Ketevan BATSATSASHVILI²
¹Tbilisi Botanical Garden and Institute of Botany, Department of Cryptogams and Fungi, 1 Botanikuri St., 0105 Tbilisi - GEORGIA
²Ilia State University, Institute of Ecology, 32 Chavchavadze Av., 0179 Tbilisi - GEORGIA

Abstract: New records of the following 17 lichen taxa are reported from Georgia: Aspicilia esculenta (Pall.) Flagey, Caloplaca lobulata (Flörke) Hellb., Cladonia caespiticia (Pers.) Flörke, Hypogymnia farinacea Zopf, H. subduplicata (Rass.) Rass., Lecidella stigmatea (Ach.) Hertel & Leuckert, Leptorhaphis lucida Körb., Parmelia saxatilis (L.) Ach. var. divaricata Delise ex Nyl., Parmotrema arnoldii (Du Rietz) Hale, Phaeophyscia hirsuta Mereschk., Physcia biziana (A.Massal.) Zahlbr., Physconia detersa (Nyl.) Poelt, Ramalina obtusata (Arnold) Bitter, Squamarina gypsacea (Sm.) Poelt, Toninia sedifolia (Scop.) Timdal, Umbilicaria cylindrica (L.) Delise ex Duby var. tornata (Ach.) Nyl., and Xanthoparmelia tinctina (Maheu & A.Gillet) Hale. Four of the reported taxa were recorded in Vashlovani Protected Areas, East Georgia. The paper also presents a brief summary of lichen studies in Georgia since the beginning of the 19th century with all important literature sources cited.

Key words: Lichens, new records, Vashlovani Protected Areas, Georgia, Caucasus

Turk. J. Bot., 34, (2010), 549-553.
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