Lichen flora of the Masalli region

Summary

In 2024, a research work was carried out in the southeastern part of Azerbaijan. As result of the analysis of the research materials, taking into account the literature data, 68 species belonging to 1 phylum, 5 classes,14 orders, 23 families, and 41 genera were identified for the lichen flora of the Masalli region. Of these, 5 families: Candelariaceae, Lecanoraceae, Megasporaceae , Parmeliaceae, Physciaceae; 8 species belonging to 8 genera: Candelaria concolor (Dicks.) Stein ap. Kohn., Cetrelia olivetorum (Nyl.) Culb. et C. Culb., Circinaria coronata (A. Massal.) Wirth, Hauck et M. Schultz ex Paukov et Alverdiyeva, Flavopunctelia soredica (Nyl.) Hale, Lecidella euphorea (Floerke) Parmelia sulcata Taylor, Physcia dubia (Hoffm.) Lett., Physconia grisea (Lam.) Poelt were found to be new for the studied area, 2 species Circinaria coronata (A. Massal.) Wirth, Hauck et M. Schultz ex Paukov et Alverdiyeva and Flavopunctelia soredica (Nyl.) Hale, was found to be new for Azerbaijan. Also, taking into account the nomenclature changes, the taxonomic composition of the lichen flora has been clarifield, with two new families: Megasporaceae, Vahliellaceae, and eight genera: Alyxoria, Circinaria, Flavoparmelia, Flavopunctelia, Parmotrema, Xanthoparmelia, Scytinium, Vahliella.

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