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Book review Eesti suursamblikud Trass, H. & Randlane, T. L995: Eesti suursamblilcud. (Macrolichens of Estonia). Grerf, Tartu. 39 pp., 96 tables. In Estonian, with summary in English (p. 385). Price USD 20 (hardcover) or USD L6 (softcover), incl. postage inside Europe. Available from Dr. Tiina Randlane, e-mail 'tiina@dbio.ut.ee' or by letter, Institute of Botany and Ecology, Tartu University, L,ai 38, EF-?4C/c^ Tartu, Estonia. The present book is a macrolichen flora of Estonia. It is authored by thirteen lichenologists - y€S, it is true that there are so many (and even more) lichenologists in the country! The editors, Hans Trass and Tiina Randlane, are internationally known scientists who have brought this long-term project to the end, though the publication of the book had to wait for many years to appear over the vicissitudes of establishing the new independence that Estonia recently gained. However, in the meantime the manuscript was also much improved. L95 lichen species are illustrated by black-and-white drawings made by Triin Aimla. As many as 382 species are treated under the heading of macrolichens, but only 332 of them are actually reported from Estonia, and among them 42 are classified as extinct, not having been recorded after 1950. All these species are also known from the Nordic countries. The historical introduction lists the most important earlier treatments of the lichen flora of Estonia, such as the flora by Bruttan (1870), checklist by Mereschkowsky (1913), macrolichen flora by R6sdnen (1931) - its second volume was never completed, the keys to macrolichens by Hilja Lippmaa (L937), and the catalogue of Estonian lichens in Trass (1970). The necessary keys and descriptions cover most of the book. The nomenclature essentially follows Santesson's (1993) checklist of Scandinavian lichens (including the typo- graphical error 'Dibaes' instead of Dibaeisl), with some later novelties, like Melanelia hepatizon and M. commixta, previously usually included in Cetraia. No really nomenclaturally new tara or combinations are introduced. It is also noteworthy that no obvious environmental modifications are recognized as formae and varieties, unlike in some of the earlier papers by the authors. However, some ta:ronomically deviating treatments are presented. For instance, Anaptychia mamillata, Cetrelia cetraioides, Cladonia nigipes, Cladina tenuis, and Melanelia glabratula are recognized as distinct species. Each generic entry is provided with some relevant references to recent literature. For each species the major secondary compounds are given, in some cases (e.g. Cladonia merochlorophaea) based on original analyses, but probably no new chemical reports are given (the report of atranorin in Cladonia polycarpoides must be based on misunderstanding). The total distribution, habitat ecology and Estonian distribution are indicated briefly. No provincial distribution in Estonia is given but in case of rare species localities and collectors are listed. The drawings are schematic but usually give the essential habit of the lichen. In general, the book is produced in an excellent way, reaching a good standard and being up-to-date in many ways. Some treatments, like those of Bryoia and Usnea, could be criticized for including doubtful species, but these genera are in need of more ta,xonomic work in Europe, so that a good treatment is now impossible. The authors deserve congratulations for an excellent job. This national lichen flora belongs to the shelf of every Nordic lichenologist, not only Finnish, who can easily read the language, but also others, since much of the text is understandable, giving information on the occurrence of the tara east of the Baltic and other useful data. Teuvo Ahti
Notes on the lichens of the Pechoro-Ilych Zapovednik, Komi Republic, Russia JANOLOF HERMANSSON and DOMINIKA KUDRYATSEVA Hermansson, J. & Kudryatseva, D. L995: Notes on the lichens of the Pechoro-Ilych T.apovednik, Komi Republic, Russia. Graphis Scripta 7: 67 -78 Stockhohn. ISSN 0%1,-7593. The first list of macrolichens and Caliciales s. lat. from the Pechoro-Ilych hpvednik reserve (Russia) is presented, based on field-work in the period 1990-1995. The list includes 208 macrolichens and 47 Caliciales s. lat. The large reserve borders the Ural mountains, and includes parts of the last great natural forest of Europe. The following species are new to Russia: Ramalina sinensis, Chaenotheca subroscida, Chaenothecopsis vainioana, Pannaria confusa, and Phaeocalicium praecedens; the following species are new to the European part of Russia: Bryoia smithii, Calicium paryum, Collema subflaccidum, Leptogium teretiusculum and Microcalicium ahlnei. Forty-six species are new to the northeastern part of the European Russia, and 32 species new to the Komi Republik. Janolof Hermansson, Ludvika Municipalily, Unit fo, Physical Planning, 5-771 82 Ludvika, Sweden. Dominika lfudryatseva, Pechoro-Ilych Zapovednih Troitsko-Pechorski Region, 169 437 Yalcsha, Komi Republic, Russia. In the eastern part of the European part of Russia, bordering the Ural mountains, lies the last large continuous forest landscape in Europe. Here is the Pechoro-Ilych Tapoveddk, a Biospherical State Reserve, situated in the Komi Republic between the Ural mountains and the rivers Pechoro and Ilych. The Pechoro-Ilych hpovednik lies between 62" and 63'N and between 57o and 60"8. The total area is 72I 3OO ha, of which 624 6W ha is forest. The reserve was formed 1930. The area consists of four separate landscape types: Plain with pine forest with wet spruce forest corridors, deciduous forests, mountain spruce forest, and mountains. Most of the pine forest is located in the lowland western part of Pechoro-Ilych hpovednik, on sandy sediments. The mountain spruce forest includes a 25 km pre-mountain zone east of the river Big-Shizim and village Shizim. The knowledge of the lichen flora covers only fragments of the Reserve area. The present species list comprises fruticose and foliose species (macrolichens) and Caliciales s. lat. This is the most extensive list published from the Pechoro-Ilych hpovednik so far. A complete species list of lichens, including crustose species, needs more extensive investigations, however. This list is nearly complete for the forest regions, but species are missing from the subalpine and alpine regions. One part of the inventory of lichens was done by Janolof Hermansson, at various periods in L992-L995. The main research was done near Yaksha (plain) but the research also includes investigations near Ust'-Ljaga and
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