Number of identified lichens and non-lichenized allied fungi found at different Foray 2016 locations. For a record of "Other" trails and their species, please see Breakdown of "Other" Trails following species list. 

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... rich lichen biota was discovered in the Happy Valley-Goose Bay region of Labrador during Foray 2016. We identified 117 species of lichens and 11 non-lichenized allied fungi from 267 specimens. Eight specimens were only identified to genus. Nine species are new provincial records: Chaenotheca ferruginea, Chaenothecopsis pusilla, Hypogymnia pulverata, Leptorhaphis epidermidis, Ochrolechia gowardia, Phaeocalicium flabelliforme, Pseudephebe minuscula, Scytinium tenuissimum and Scytinium teretiusculum. Twenty-four species are members of the genus Cladonia. Twenty-two species have cyanobacteria as their primary photobiont: 2 species of Lobaria, 3 Nephroma species, 11 Peltigera species, Protopannaria pezizoides, 2 Scytinium species and 3 species of Stereocaulon. Seventeen species are calicioids: 2 species of Calicium, 6 Chaenotheca species, 2 Chaenothecopsis species, Microcalicium conversum, Mycocalicium subtile, 3 species of Phaeocalicium and 2 species of Stenocybe). Saxicolous lichens were the least collected, which was likely due to a lack of exposed rock at the foray locations. The number of identified species discovered on each trail is shown in Figure 1. Aspen Aspen is a mixed-wood balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera) stand located east of HappyValley- Goose Bay. It was a productive stand with an overstory of balsam poplar, paper birch (Betula papyrifera), and conifers adjacent to dry lichen woodland habitat. Cyanolichens were the most abundant with six species collected including Scytinium tenuissimum and S. teretiusculum. Other genera of cyanolichens included Nephroma, Peltigera, and Protopannaria. Fourteen species were discovered at this site despite a small amount of time spent ...