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12 INTERNATIONAL LICHENOLOGICAL NEWSLETTER 42 (1) distribution range of the host, they estimate over 30 lichenicolous fungi for this unique host. This volume provides a major step forward for the study of lichenicolous fungi in general and for the non-tropical parts of the southern hemisphere in particular. The huge number of taxonomic novelties makes it a must for all serious taxonomists of lichenicolous fungi. The Editor FLORA OF AUSTRALIA (2009): Volume 57, Lichens 5. – Canberra & Melbourne: ABRS & CSIRO Publishing. – 687 pages. Hardback ISBN: 978-0-643-09664-6. Price: 180.00 AU$, Paperback ISBN: 978-0-643-09664-6. Price: 140.00 AU$. Earlier lichen volumes within the Flora of Australia were published in 1992, 1994, 2001 and 2004. The 5th volume, edited by P. M. McCarthy (Canberra), is by far the most extensive of all lichen treatments, but the taxonomic coverage is heterogenous according to the manuscripts available; but this is no real problem since a list of the �� The present volume contains accounts of taxa by A. Aptroot (Soest), A. W. Archer (Sydney), J. A. Elix (Canberra), G. Kantvilas (Hobart), S. Louwhoff (Traralgon South), H. T. Lumbsch (Chicago), A. Mangold (Berlin) and the editor himself. Complete or partial accounts of 21 families are provided, which include 654 species in 78 genera. Major groups treated include Ostropales with Graphidaceae (A. W. Archer) and Thelotremataceae (A. Mangold, J. A. Elix & H. T. Lumbsch), and Pyrenulales with Celotheliaceae, Pyrenulaceae and Requinellaceae (all by A. Aptroot). The outline of this volume follows the former ones. There are 64 colour photographs on 16 pages and 100s of black and white photographs complementing the descriptions of taxa. Small distribution maps for all included species are given at the end of the book The genus Schizotrema Mangold & Lumbsch (Thelotremataceae) is described as new to science together with 27 new species in the genera Chapsa (6), Distopyrenis, Graphis, Myriotrema (2), Ocellularia (6) Platythecium, Schizotrema (2), Strigula (2), Thelotrema (5) and Topeliopsis; 36 new combinations are also proposed. They �� now reached 1822. The editors, authors and publishers are to be congratulated on this achievement. It is to be hoped that the remaining taxa will follow soon and we shall see this important opus completed. The quality of printing and binding is up to the high standard of former volumes. The Editor
INTERNATIONAL LICHENOLOGICAL NEWSLETTER 42 (1) 13 GAYA, E. (2009): Taxonomical revision of the Caloplaca saxicola group (Teloschistaceae, lichen-forming Ascomycota). – Bibliotheca Lichenologica 101. – J. Cramer in Gebr. Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin & Stuttgart. ��978-3-443-58080-3, ISSN 1436-1698. Price: 73.00 Euro. Caloplaca, a genus which was never monographed, is now too large (with over 1000 published names) to be treated by a single worker. However, several taxonomists have studied it during the last decades, as a result of which it has been shown that �� thalli (traditionally called Gasparrinia-group) are also heterogenous. The author of this work has studied a core group of 14 taxa, the Caloplaca saxicola-group, which was found to be monophyletic. Treatment of this core group, together with 10 closely related species, is based on anatomical and morphological characters only; no chemical or molecular data are presented. Every taxon receives a full description and is illustrated by line drawings and colour photographs. Two new species, C. arnoldiiconfusa Gaya & Nav.-Ros. (from Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Macedonia and Montenegro) and C. pseudofulgensia Gaya & Nav.-Ros. (from France, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Sweden and Switzerland) are described, as well as three new subspecies for C. arnoldii, namely clauzadeana Gaya (from France), nana Gaya (from Spain and Austria) and obliterata Gaya (from many European countries). The new name C. rouxii Gaya, Nav.-Ros. & Llimona is introduced for the former Lichen miniatum Hoffm. (non L. miniatum L.) which is raised to species rank. Some critical remarks have to be made regarding inconsistencies in the citation of localities, exsiccati and literature references. The number of incorrect spellings of localities is very high (e.g. p. 84 “Gurtaler Alpen“ and 5 lines below “Gurktaler Alpen“) and their assignment to provinces is sometimes wrong (e.g. p. 79 “bei Köllme“ to Saxony instead of Sachsen-Anhalt, “..., bei Hoppingen im Ries“ to Saxony instead of Bavaria). The references Santesson (1970b) in Vorträge aus dem Gesamtgebiet der Botanik N.F. 4 and Steiner & Hauschild (1970) in Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, Neue Folge 4 are from the same publication. The question remains why is the author not using standards like BPH-2 to avoid such mistakes? However, the monograph is a step forward to a better knowledge of Caloplaca, but let us hope that the suggested taxonomy will remain stable in the light of future molecular studies. The Editor SMITH, C. W., A. APTROOT, B. J. COPPINS,A.FLETCHER, O. L. GILBERT, P. W. JAMES & P. A. WOLSELEY (2009): The Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland. – London: The British Lichen Society. – ix + 1046 pages. Hardback ISBN 978-0-9540418-8-5, �� In 1992 The Natural History Museum published in association with The British Lichen Society The Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland, a landmark publication
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