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Location of the Arasbaran area in East Azerbaijan Province in Northwest of Iran
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This paper reports 48 species of lichens and 30 lichenicolous fungi new to Iran originating from Arasbaran (Gharadaq) in the Province East Azerbaijan in northwestern Iran. The complete list of record can be downloaded online from http://www.mycotaxon.com/resources/weblists.html.
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... It belongs to the Iranian part of the Caucasian highlands situated between the Caspian Sea and Black Sea. Compared to the size of the area, Arasbaran has a diverse climate but is generally cold, ranging from humid to semi-arid (Sohrabi and Alstrup 2007). The temperature in winter can drop below the freezing point, whereas in summer, it can rise above 30 °C. ...
... Arasbaran covers an area of about 160,000 hectares is in the northwest of Iran and north of East Azerbaijan province (38° 40′ and 39° 9′ N and 46° 42′ and 47° 3′ E). Sohrabi and Alstrup (2007) divided the Arasbaran area into three distinct climatic zones: The southern section experiences a semi-arid and cold climate, classified within the Irano-Turanian floristic region. The central high mountains and eastern regions have a humid or sub-humid climate and are relatively warm, falling within the subtropical climate of the southwest Caspian Sea and the Hyrcanian belt. ...
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European hornbeam has a great potential for tree-ring based research when using a combination of conventional dendrochronological techniques and fluorescent microscopy.
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Arasbaran forests are among the most important ecological areas in Iran, but they have been studied less extensively in comparison to the famous Hyrcanian forests. For the first time, the potential of two dominant species in these forests, i.e. hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) and stinking juniper (Juniperus foetidissima) to study the climate-growth relations was evaluated using a dendroecological approach. Difficulties in distinguishing ring-width boundaries of hornbeam were overcome using fluorescence microscopy. The statistics used to evaluate the chronologies of both species confirmed their capability to study climate–growth relationships and their potential for developing regional climate reconstruction. Hornbeam and juniper showed similar climate-growth relationships. Across all sampling sites, the growth index displayed a positive correlation with precipitation and SPEI drought index, and a negative correlation with temperature. Precipitation in spring and early autumn played a significant role in stimulating the radial growth of the species. However, topography and microclimate could affect the relationship between growth and regional climate, as the highest elevation site receives abundant moisture input from frequent fog events. Our initial study highlights the potential of hornbeam as a widely spread but neglected species in the Northern Hemisphere for dendroecological studies. Furthermore, we conclude that despite some variance in the microclimate of different sites (ranging from cold, sub-humid to warm, semi-arid) within the Arasbaran region, trees of different species in the entire study area show a common response to climatic change, mainly affected by water availability.
... New to Sweden. Rosellinula frustulosae is a parasite on Lecanora argopholis and L. frustulosa, originally described from Crimea, Ukraine and has also been reported from Austria, Norway, Russia, Spain and Turkey in Europe, Greenland in North America, India, Iran, Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan in Asia, and Bolivia in South America (Alstrup 1981, Flakus & Kukwa 2012, Hafellner 1985, Halıcı et al. 2007, Nadyeina & Halıcı 2011, Sohrabi & Alstrup 2007, Zhurbenko 2013 specimen. The asci have numerous brown, smooth-walled, subglobose to broadly ellipsoid ascospores, measuring 6.5-8 × 5-6 µm in the investigated specimen. ...
15 lichenicolous fungi are reported as new to Sweden: Abrothallus halei, A. puntilloi, Arthonia japewiae, A. parietinaria, Buelliella lecanorae, Lecidella parasitica, Opegrapha lamyi, O. pertusariicola, Parmeliicida pandemica, Rosellinula frustulosae, Sclerococcum microsporum, Stigmidium acetabuli, S. hageniae, S. humidum and Xenonectriella physciacearum. Eight of these are also new to Fennoscandia.
... Flavoparmelia caperata Remarks. The species has been reported from Turkey (Hafellner and John 2006), Russia (Zhurbenko 2009), and Iran (Sohrabi and Alstrup 2007). ...
... Hafellner Remarks. The distribution of the species is known from China (Hawksworth and Cole 2003), Iran (Sohrabi and Alstrup 2007), Russia (Zhurbenko 2009), and Turkey (Halici et al. 2007b). ...
... Remarks. The species has been reported from Turkey, Iran, Georgia, Nepal, China and Japan (Hafellner and Calatayud 1999;Aptroot and Sipman 2001;Hawksworth and Cole 2003;Sohrabi and Alstrup 2007 Hosts. Lecanora sp., Lobothallia praeradiosa (Nyl.) ...
This paper enumerates 72 species of lichenicolous fungi belonging to 21 families and 43 genera from Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. The study is based on published literature and specimens recently collected from some localities of Kishtwar High Altitude National Park, Jammu and Kashmir. Four species viz., Bachmanniomyces santessonii Etayo, Intralichen lichenum (Diederich) D. Hawksw. and M.S. Cole, Milospium graphideorum (Nyl.) D. Hawksw., and Roselliniella oxyspora Matzer and Hafellner are reported as new to India, while Milospium and Roselliniella are new generic records. Brief descriptions of the newly recorded species are presented. The geographical distribution, host lichens, and key to all the species of lichenicolous fungi presently known from Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are also provided.
... Arasbaran Biosphere Reserve is affected by three different types of climate resulting in a large diversity of ecosystems. Regional surveys have recorded c. 1000 vascular plant species, including 140 trees, the most important being Quercus atropatana ?atropatena?, Juniperus communis, Pistacia utlanta ?atlantica?, Carpinus betulus, Fraxinus ratuntifuliea ?rotundifolia? and Acer campestris, see Sohrabi & Alstrup (2007). ...
... Based on the small collection made by the author, the first lichens, Cladonia and Lepraria spp., reported from the western part of the Arasbaran area, appear in Ahti & Sohrabi (2006) and Sohrabi & Orange (2006), respectively. Additional data on parmelioid lichens from Arasbaran were reported by Sohrabi & Alstrup, (2007) and , and further records from there referred to in Seaward et al. (2008); Seaward et al. (2004); Myllys et al. (2011);Myllys et al. (2014); Velmala et al. (2014); Boluda et al. (2015); Valadbeigi, Nordin, et al. (2011);Valadbeigi, Sipman, et al. (2011). ...
... So far ca. 200 specimens have been published in, e.g., Sohrabi & Sipman (2007); Seaward et al. (2008); Sohrabi & Alstrup (2007); Sohrabi & Orange (2006). The present report is based on the examination of ca. ...
Based on revision of 533 herbarium specimens and literature review, 227 lichenized and 36 lichenicolous fungi belonging to 115 genera and 52 families (including 8 "incertae sedis" taxa) are reported from Arasbaran UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve. In addition, 103 taxa are reported for the first time from Arasbaran. Of these nineteen lichenized fungi and two lichenicolous fungi were not known from Iran before, the lichenized fungi Aspicilia pavimentans,Bryobilimbia hypnorumCaloplaca phaeothamnos,Cetreliamonachorum,Circinaria elmorei, Cladonia borealis, L. populicola, Lecidea auriculata, Pertusaria flavicans, P. pluripuncta, P. pseudocorallina, P. xanthoplaca, Phaeophyscia poeltii, Rinodina trachytica,Scytinium aragonii, Usnea glabrata, Varicellaria lactea, Xanthocarpia tominii, and the lichenicolous fungi Rosellinula haplospora and Telogalla olivieri. ITS rDNA was used to confirm the identity ofLecidea auriculata. The history of floristic study and the diversity of lichen species in the region are briefly discussed.
... It is characterized by subcosmopolitan distribution (Brackel, 2014), but so far has not been reported from Mongolia. (Hawksworth, 1980;Alstrup & Hawksworth, 1990;Hafellner & Türk, 1995;Alstrup & Cole, 1998;Santesson et al., 2004;Sohrabi & Alstrup, 2007;Kukwa & Flakus 2009;. (Hafellner & Türk, 1995;Berger, 2000;Zhurbenko, 2010), but is also known from South America (Etayo & Sancho, 2008;Zhurbenko & Ohmura, 2019). ...
Seventy-four species of lichenicolous fungi, including two species of lichenicolous lichens, are reported from Mongolia. Arthonia xanthoparmeliarum, Katherinomyces cetrariae s. lat. and Lichenochora arctica are newly reported for Asia. Arthonia epiphyscia, A. excentrica, A. molendoi, Carbonea vitellinaria, Cercidospora xanthoriae, Didymocyrtis rhizoplacae, Endococcus propinquus, Intralichen christiansenii, Lichenochora caloplacae, L. rinodinae, Lichenodiplis lecanorae, Lichenostigma dimelaenae, L. triseptatum, Niesslia peltigericola, Polycoccum trypethelioides, Rhymbocarpus neglectus, Sphaerellothecium phaeorrhizae, S. propinquellum, Stigmidium xanthoparmeliarum, Taeniolella pertusariicola and Tetramelas phaeophysciae are reported new to Mongolia. The occurrence of Stigmidium psorae in Mongolia is confirmed. Flavocetraria and Rhizoplaca are reported as new host genera for Katherinomyces cetrariae s. lat.
... Вид был описан из Южной Европы (Испания, Франция, Италия), затем указан для Ирана (Карадаг) (Sohrabi, Alstrup, 2007), позже найден в Южном полушарии в Боливии (Krzewicka, Flakus, 2010), а также приводится нами здесь впервые для России и Болгарии. ...
An annotated list of 15 species of Umbilicaria Hoffm. collected in Elbrus region (Central Caucasus, Kabardino-Balcaria) is presented. The description and a localities of a new to Russia and Bulgaria lichen species Umbilicaria freyi Codogno et al. are reported. The species is characterized by developing of shizidia as vegetative propagules. Umbilicaria aprina Nyl., U. freyi, U. lyngei Schol. and U. maculata Krzewicka et al. are reported for the Caucasus Mountains for the first time, U. altaiensis Wei et Jiang, U. cinerascens (Arnold) Frey и U. subglabra (Nyl.) Harm. are new for the Central Caucasus. Outside Caucasus U. altaiensis Wei et Jiang is new for Austria, U. freyi – new for Bulgaria, and U. maculata – new for Altai Mts.
... The treatment of the genus for the former Soviet Union (Makarevich 1971) mentions only one species from Iran, L. ochronigra. Since then Sohrabi & Alstrup (2007) recorded one additional species, L. dubitans, and Sohrabi & Sipman (2007) three additional species, namely L. fuscella, L. triseptata and L. turicensis. The checklist of lichens and lichenicolous fungi of Iran (Seaward et al. 2008) A key is provided to the Lecania and Oxnerella species known from Iran, it also includes additional species known from neighbouring countries, that can be expected in Iran. ...
... noTes: Only one earlier Iranian record exists, by Sohrabi & Alstrup (2007), included in Seaward et al. (2008). DiagnosTic characTers: Thallus corticolous, thin, continuous to slightly cracked or areolate, whitish grey, dusty grey to yellowish grey; hypothallus often present, whitish grey; apothecia 0.7-1.6 mm diam., sessile; disc urceolate to flat, rarely slightly convex, brown to brown-black, without pruina or more rarely slightly white-pruinose; margin dusty grey, initially well developed, persistent; epithecium reddish brown; paraphyses weakly conglutinated in a hyaline, gelatinous matrix, simple to rarely sparingly branched or forked, apical cells abruptly swollen, often globose, 4-9 μm wide, often with dark reddish brown apical caps; asci 8-spored; ascospores 3(-4)-septate, mostly slightly to strongly curved, rarely straight, mostly slightly constricted at the septa, 14-17 × 4-6(-7) μm. ...
... noTes: A recent record was published by Sohrabi & Alstrup (2007), while the species is listed in the checklist (Seaward et al. 2008) basing mainly on older collections cited by Szatala (1957). Since the species was recorded several times by different authors, we accept it without restudy of specimens. ...
Based on an examination of 40, mostly recent, Lecania specimens from Iran and a study of the literature, 17 species are accepted for the country. A key is provided and, for each species, a short description and notes are given. The poorly understood names Lecania brachyspora and L. rechingeriana were revised and turned out to be synonyms of Lecania polycycla and Lecidea varians, respectively. Two undescribed species were discovered: the lichenicolous Arthonia lecaniicola and the saxicolous Lecania triseptatoides. Formal descriptions for both are provided. Lecidea varians is newly recorded from Iran. © 2018 J. Cramer in Gebr. Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart, Germany.
... En América ha sido citado de Alaska (DILLMAN et al., 2012), Groenlandia (ALSTRUP et al., 2009), U.S.A (COLE & HAWKSWORTH, 2001;TRIEBEL & CÁCERES, 2004;ETAYO et al., 2007;KNUDSEN & KOCOURKOVÁ, 2012), Chile (WEDIN, 1994;ETAYO & SANCHO, 2008) y Perú (ETAYO, 2010 a). En Asia, aparte de diferentes citas de la parte asiática de Rusia, mencionadas anteriormente, ha sido citado de Irán (SOHRABI & ALSTRUP, 2007) y Turquía (HAFELLNER & JOHN, 2006). Fig. 2. -Sphaerellothecium pumilum (B, holotipo). ...
Sphaerellothecium pumilum comb. nov. (lichenicolous fungi, Dothideomycetes), a
prioritary name over S. aipolium. Because of the characteristics of the hamathecium,
Sphaerellothecium pumilum (Lettau) Nav.-Ros., Cl. Roux et Hafellner is proposed as a new
combination, to include Stigmidium pumilum (Lettau) Matzer and Hafellner. Sphaerellothecium aipolium Vouaux ex Nav.-Ros. et Cl. Roux is considered a synonym of this taxon. The current distribution of this species and some unclear aspects of its morphology are discussed. Sphaerellothecium pumilum is reported as new for Liechtenstein, Romania, Armenia, Mongolia, Nepal and Canada.
... (n = 70). NOTES -This species grows on Cetrelia and Xanthoparmelia species and has mainly been known from scattered finds in Europe, but also from Canary Islands, Iran and South Korea (Hafellner 1994a(Hafellner , 1995Hawksworth 1977b;Joshi et al. 2015;Kocourková 2000;Santesson et al. 2004;Sohrabi & Alstrup 2007 ...
Fifty-nine species of lichenicolous fungi are reported from the Northwest Caucasus. Abrothallus stroblii, Acremonium antarcticum, Arthonia coronata and Sclerococcum serusiauxii are new to Asia and Russia. Lichenopeltella cladoniarum is new to Asia. Cercidospora stenotropae, Cladophialophora parmeliae, Clypeococcum cladonema, Intralichen lichenum, Lichenoconium aeruginosum and L. cargillianum are new to Russia. Arthonia clemens, Cercidospora cf. macrospora, Cornutispora lichenicola, Lichenopeltella cetrariicola, Niesslia cladoniicola, Phaeopyxis punctum, Roselliniella cladoniae, Sphaerellothecium abditum, Stigmidium hafellneri, S. solorinarium and Zwackhiomyces berengerianus are new to the Caucasus. Cetrelia is a new host genus for Lichenoconium cargillianum, Flavoparmelia for Clypeococcum cladonema, Megaspora for Pyrenidium actinellum s.l., and Cladonia chlorophaea s.l. and C. coniocraea are both new host species for Niesslia cladoniicola.
... Відомий з Австрії, Швейцарії [HAFELLNER, 1999], Великої Британії [HAWKSWORTH, 2003], Іспанії [CALATAYUD, TRIEBEL, 1999], Ірану [SOHRABI, ALSTRUP, 2007], Туреччини [HAFELLNER, JOHN, 2006], Корсики, Італії [HAFELLNER, 1994], Нової Зеландії [HAFELLNER, 2007], США [KOCOURKOVA, KNUDSEN, 2007], Чехії [KOCOURKOVA, 1999;KOCOURKOVA, 2000]. ...
