New and noteworthy records of lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi from Abrau Peninsula (NW Caucasus, Russia)
New and noteworthy records of lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi from Abrau Peninsula (NW Caucasus, Russia)
biodiversity, Utrish Nature Reserve, new records, sub-Mediterranean forests, Black Sea coast
98 species of lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi are reported for the first time from Utrish Reserve, Abrau Peninsula. Fifteen species are new to the Northern Caucasus, of which ten species are reported for the first time for the Caucasus region and five are new to Russia: Dirina fallax, Flavoplaca navasiana, Lecanographa lyncea, Melaspilea enteroleuca and Verrucaria elaeina.