Scientific publications

Ninety-seven important findings of 66 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 Murmansk Region as well as northernmost localities in Europe or globally. Three fungal species (Artomyces pyxidatus, Cyanosporus alni, Hericium cirrhatum) and eight lichens (Aspicilia pergibbosa, Biatora ocelliformis, Catapyrenium daedaleum, Lathagrium undulatum, Lecania cyrtella, Lempholemma isidiodes, Pyrenopsis furfurea, P. haemaleella) were found in the region for the second time. The article confirms the information on four species occurrence in Murmansk Region (Gyalolechia bracteata, Lempholemma intricatum, Pyrenopsis haematina, Solorina bispora), previously documented in the collections of the 19th and the first half of the 20th centuries. Nine species of lichens and fungi were recorded in the Kutsa Nature Reserve (Sanctuary) for the first time; 17 species of lichens, fungi and plants turned out to be new for the Khibiny Mountains. New data are reported about regionally red-listed species (Sidera lenis, Catapyrenium daedaleum, Fuscopannaria confuse, Chaenotheca subroscida, Solorina bispora, Buxbaumia aphylla, Kurzia pauciflora, Prasanthus suecicus, Scapania umbrosa, Aconitum septentrionale, Arctanthemum hultenii, Arnica fennoscandica, Astragalus norvegicus, Beckwithia glacialis, Carex glacialis, Chrysosplenium tetrandrum, Comastoma tenellum, Cotoneaster antoninae, C. cinnabarinus, C. laxiflorus, Epilobium alsinifolium, Eutrema edwardsii, Gastrolychnis apetala, Hedysarum arcticum, Pilosella erratica, Pinguicula villosa, Pseudorchis albida, Ranunculus sulphureus, Saxifraga tenuis, Salix nummularia, Taraxacum nivale, Trisetum spicatum, Veronica fruticans) as well as rare species in Murmansk Region (Phellodon niger, Steccherinum fimbriatum, Peniophora erikssonii, Cystostereum murrayi, Ainoa mooreana, Biatora chrysantha, Chaenothecopsis nana, Microcalicium disseminatum, Porina chlorotica, Protoblastenia rupestris, Rhexophiale rhexoblephara, Schadonia alpine, Scytinium imbricatum, Sporodictyon terrestre, Verrucaria latebrosa, Alchemilla propinqua, A. sarmatica, Cirsium palustre, Lysimachia vulgaris).