Message - 7th IAL Symposium

Lichen: from genome to ecosystem in a changing world
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(1A-P6) Submission ID: IAL0110-00003
ON STUDY OF LICHEN DIVERSITY OF PROTECTED AREAS OF ESFAHAN PROVINCE (IRAN)
Kondratyuk S. Y. 1 , Zarei-Darki B. 2
1 Lichenology and Bryology, M.H. Kholodny Institute Of Botany, Kiev, Ukraine
2 Falavarian Branch, Islamic Azad University, Esfahan, Iran
There are hitherto only data on twenty one lichen species of the genera Acarospora, Aspicilia, Caloplaca,
Candelariella, Collema, Glypholecia, Lecidea, Lobothallia, Physcia, Polysporina, Rhizoplaca, Rusavskia, Sarcogyne,
Toninia, and Verrucaria, found in the Esfahan Province of Iran (Seaward et al. 2004; Sohrabi 2009-2010
http://www.myco-lich.com). During 2010 special collections of lichens were done by B. Zarei-Darki in Mooteh
and Karkas protected areas of the Esfahan Province, Iran. In total, more than 500 field envelops of lichens were
collected. Mooteh Wildlife refuge, with a total area a. 205,302 ha, was created in 1990 while it was as protected
area since 1964. Karkas hunting-prohibited Region, with a total area a. 92,100 ha, is the protected area since
1980. Preliminary identifications of our collections show the high species diversity of both lichen-forming and
lichenicolous fungi in areas mentioned. So a number of lichen taxa, i.e. Arthonia epiphyscia, A. cf. hawksworthii,
Caloplaca intrudens, C. scrobiculata, Opegrapha romsae, Protoparmeliopsis laatokkaensis, Xanthoparmelia
loxodes and Zwackhiomyces coepulonus are for the first time recorded for the whole Iran. The following lichenforming
and lichenicolous fungi as Arthonia molendoi, Caloplaca decipiens, C. mogoltanica, C. trachyphylla, C.
xantholyta, Protoparmeliopsis garovaglii, P. muralis, Muellerella pygmaea are for the first time recorded for the
Esfahan Province. The new hosts are for the first time recorded for such lichenicolous fungi as Arthonia molendoi
and Zwackhiomyces coepulonus. A number of critical taxa of lichen-forming fungi of the Protoparmeliopsis
muralis-, Caloplaca persica- and C. scrobiculata-, Lecania ochronigra-, and Rusavskia elegans- groups, as well
as some representatives of the genera Acarospora, Aspicilia, Lecanora, and lichenicolous fungi of the genera
Zwackhiomyces, Cercidospora, Phoma, and Lichenostigma are under special revision at the moment.
(1A-P7) Submission ID: IAL0125-00001
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY OF CLADONIA TRAPEZUNTICA J. STEINER
Senkardesler A. 1 , Cansaran Duman D. 2
1 Department of Biology, EGE University, Faculty of Science, Izmir, Turkey
2 Ilac Kozm. Aras. Mud., Refik Saydam Hifzissihha Merk. Bask, Ankara, Turkey
Cladonia trapezuntica J. Steiner (lichenized fungi, Ascomycetes) rediscovered recently, was first described
from North Turkey in 1909 and was never reported after. This species was collected by Handel-Mazzetti
on mosses from Eseli village, which was evacuated several decades ago; today, this village is neither known
from current maps nor by the local population. Cladonia trapezuntica is similar to Pycnothelia papillaria (Ehrh.)
L.M. Dufour, but it differs 1) in its cushion-like growing form of the thallus, 2) by its rather temporary primary
thallus (usually it is continuous in P. papillaria), and 3) in its growth on metal rich soil, which is rich in iron oxide
followed by calcium phosphate hydroxide hydrate, calcium carbonate and barium aluminium silicate. Despite of
more than 430 papers published about lichens collected from Turkey, P. papillaria is not known from the country.
From this reason, ecology, distribution (rarity) and taxonomy of C. trapezuntica were studied for conservational
purposes. This study was supported by The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund, Project number
10051505.
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