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The 7 th International Association for Lichenology Symposium 2012
(2B-P25) Submission ID: IAL0063-00001
TOWARDS A MONOGRAPH OF FOLIICOLOUS LICHENIZED FUNGI OF BOLIVIA
Flakus A. 1
1 Laboratory of Lichenology, W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
Bolivia, a landlocked country of South America with an area of 1,098,581 km 2 , has an impressive variety
of forest vegetation which provides suitable biotopes for foliicolous lichens. Prior to the author’s fieldwork between
2004 and 2011, the country’s lichen biota had not been investigated comprehensively. As a consequence,
a large collection of foliicolous lichens of c. 8,000 specimens has formed the basis of a monograph, including
descriptions of all taxa, identification keys and iconography. To date, almost 300 species have been recognized,
including several species new to science and numerous records new to Bolivia. Work on the collection is still in
progress, therefore the number of known species and particular species distribution have yet to be determined
in order to recognise patterns in the main forest ecosystems in Bolivia. Research supported by NCBiR in Poland
under the LIDER Program; project no. 92/L-1/09.
(2B-P26) Submission ID: IAL0131-00001
NEW SPECIES AND INTERESTING RECORDS OF TROPICAL FOLIICOLOUS LICHENS
Farkas E. 1 , Flakus A. 2
1 Laboratory for Botany and Phytochemistry, Institute of Ecology and Botany of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences,
Vacratot, Hungary
2 Laboratory of Lichenology, W. Szafer Institute of Botany of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
Though foliicolous lichenised fungi occasionally occur in temperate region among Mediterranean, subtropical
or even oceanic circumstances, their highest diversity is reached in the tropical regions. Foliicolous
lichens grow in various types of rainforests. There is a huge variation in species number and composition
depending on forest types and altitude. For these lichens microclimatic conditions on and near leaves, various
characters of the substrate leaves are very important, just like macro- or mesoclimatic conditions affecting on
their surrounding forests. Knowledge on this field increased considerably in the last decades, however some
groups are still poorly known, even more to do on their lichenicolous fungi. Therefore studying collections from
Central and South America and East Africa we concentrate on these less investigated taxa. During our study of
Pilocarpaceae we discovered species new to science which are currently under description (e.g., Calopadia sp.,
Fellhanera spp.), others (belonging to Bacidina, Eugeniella, Fellhanera) represent new records for their distribution.
Also several new records of noteworthy lichens were found in further taxonomic groups. Among species of
lichenicolous fungi, Keratosphaera antoniana Flakus, Farkas & Lucking has been described as new recently and
it is presented with more details here. Our results additionally to its taxonomic value, represent contributions to
a better knowledge on distribution and supply data for further ecological investigations. Research supported by
the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund; OTKA K81232.
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