Dimitar Y. Stoykov

New Bulgarian records of fungi associated with glacial relict plants

The paper contributes to knowledge of Bulgarian fungal diversity on glacial relict vascular plants. Eleven new country records of ascomycetes and anamorphic fungi are presented with descriptions, namely Asteromella silvarum, Cainiella johansonii, Gnomoniella vagans, Hendersonia culmicola, Leptosphaerulina dryadis, Melasmia mougeotii, Phaeosphaeria nardi, Pseudomassaria islandica, Septoria macropoda, S. tenella, and Sydowiella dryadis. Microbotryum silenes-acaulis is also an addition to the list reflecting the recent changes in M. violaceum s. lat. New data are included about the distribution of Leptosphaeria doliolum, Nodulosphaeria modesta, Ophiognomonia gei-montani, and Phaeosphaeria juncina, all previously recorded in Bulgaria. In addition, a brief review is presented of previously encountered fungal species on glacial relicts in the country.

The Genus Verrucaria (Verrucariaceae) in Bulgarian Collections

ABSTRACT In the collections of the Institute of Botany (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences), the Faculty of Biology (Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”) and the National Museum of Natural History (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) are housed many lichen specimens, collected in Bulgaria by different scientists. Among them 10 species of Verrucaria are represented. Foreign specimens, kept in SO and SOMF have been studied for comparison with the Bulgarian ones. Recent data on the distribution of some Verrucaria species is given also.