Scientific publications

Eighty-six important findings of 54 species of vascular plants, bryophytes, lichens and fungi acquired lately from the Murmansk Region are reported. The findings were defined as important if they were red-listed in Russia and/or Murmansk Region, new for the protected areas, represented other particularly rare species known from not more than five locations in the Murmansk Region as well as northernmost localities in Europe or globally. Three fungal species (Phaeolus schweinitzii, Phellodon niger, Polyozellus vepallidosporus), one lichenicolous fungi (Tremella hypogymniae), four lichens (Bryoria americana, Protoparmelia ochrococca, Tremella hypogymniae, Xylographa rubescens, Umbilicaria crustulosa), and one liverwort species (Scapania sphaerifera) were found in the region for the second time. New localities were found for three species of fungi (Boletopsis grisea, Phellodon melaleucus, Phellodon violascens), 9 lichens (Absconditella delutula, Acarospora rhizobola, Fuscidea pusilla, Lecanora pulicaris, Lecidea turgidula, Ochrolechia pallescens, Placidium rufescens, Scoliciosporum chlorococcum, Xylographa pallens), and 11 vascular plant species (Astragalus danicus, Carex ericetorum, Deschampsia atropurpurea, Elymus mutabilis, Leontodon hispidus, Linum usitatissimum, Papaver somniferum, Pinus sibirica, Potamogeton lucens, Stellaria holostea, Taraxacum hjeltii). New data are reported about regionally red-listed species (Leptoporus mollis, Prasanthus suecicus, Scapania sphaerifera, Aconitum septentrionale, Alisma juzepczukii, Arenaria humifusa, Asplenium viride, Botrychium lanceolatum, Botrychium multifidum, Comastoma tenellum, Deschampsia glauca, Elymus fibrosus, Gagea lutea, Malaxis monophyllos, Nymphaea candida, Oxalis acetosella, Potamogeton pectinatus, Pseudorchis albida, Ranunculus pallasii, Ribes nigrum, Veronica fruticans, Zannichellia palustris).