High lichen species richness in Polylepis australis forest: new records from South America and Argentina

RODRIGUEZ, JUAN MANUEL; DIAZ DOMINGUEZ, RAÚL; MAYRHOFER, HELMUT; PASSO, ALFREDO; RENISON, DANIEL

Plant and Fungal Systematics

Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland

Año: 2020 vol. 65 p. 386 - 402

The Polylepis australis forests in Central Argentina support a great biodiversity in a relative small area. As a result of a study focuses on the diversity and ecology of the lichen communities of these forests, we present thirteen taxa new for Argentina: Calicium abietinum, Erioderma leylandii subsp. leylandii, Leptogium microstictum, Phaeophyscia endococcina var. endococcinodes, Rinodina dolichospora, R. ficta, R. intermedia, R. malcolmii, R. obscura, Usnea cirrosa, U. flavocardia, U. glabrata and Tetramelas triphragmioides. Unidentified Usnea species, similar to U. silesiaca, is characterized and discussed. Another thirteen species extend the range of distribution.