Paweł Czarnota

A new Bacidia with long-necked pycnidia from Central Europe

Bacidia pycnidiata sp. nov. (Ramalinaceae) is described from Poland and the Czech Republic. It is the first species within Bacidia s. lat., referable to the Bacidina group, known to have sessile, long-necked, lageniform pycnidia bearing straight macroconidia. It has been found growing on saxicolous as well as on corticolous bryophytes and directly on bark of deciduous trees within young, hardly changed woodlands or in the vicinity of human settlements.

ITS rDNA data confirm a delimitation of Bacidina arnoldiana and B. sulphurella and support a description of a new species within the genus Bacidina

Bacidina flavoleprosa is described as a new species from the Czech Republic. Its position within the genus is supported by phylogenetic inferences of ITS rDNA sequences from its holotype and many other representatives of Bacidia s. lat., including newly sequenced Bacidina sulphurella , B. adastra and B. neosquamulosa, as well as additional sequences of B. arnoldiana . ITS data also support the recent delimitation of B. arnoldiana and B. sulphurella based on the shape of conidia and ecological preferences.

Lichens, Lichenicolous and Allied Fungi Found in Asveja Regional Park (Lithuania)

Abstract Motiejūnaitė J., Berglund T., Czarnota P., Himelbrant D., Högnabba F., Konoreva L. A., Korchikov E. S., Kubiak D., Kukwa M., Kuznetsova E., Leppik E., Lõhmus P., Prigodina Lukošienė I., Pykälä J., Stončius D., Stepanchikova I., Suija A., Thell A., Tsurykau A., Westberg M., 2012: Lichens, lichenicolous and allied fungi found in Asveja Regional Park (Lithuania) [Kerpės, lichenofiliniai ir kerpėms artimi saprotrofiniai grybai Asvejos regioniniame parke]. - Bot. Lith., 18(2): 85-100. The paper reports the results of lichenological investigations in Asveja Regional Park (eastern Lithuania). A large part of the study was performed during the joint 18th Symposium of the Baltic Mycologists and Lichenologists (BMLS) and Nordic Lichen Society (Nordisk Lichenologisk Förening, NLF) meeting on 19-23 September 2011. A list of 259 species is presented. Of these, 30 species are new to Lithuania. Arthonia helvola, Bacidina sulphurella, Candelariella lutella, Catillaria croatica, Cladonia conista, Gyalecta derivata, Lecanoraquercicola, Leptosphaeria ramalinae, Strigula jamesii, Trichonectria rubefaciens, Verrucaria banatica, V. boblensis, V. christiansenii, V. illinoisensis, V. inornata, V. nigrofusca, V. trabicola, Zwackhiomyces diederichii were recorded for the first time in the Baltic countries. New lichens to Lithuania are as follows: Bacidiaincompta, Caloplaca crenulatella, C. pyracea, Catinaria atropurpurea, Lecanora populicola, L. semipallida, Mycobilimbia epixanthoides, Ramalina dilacerata, Verrucaria inaspecta, and new lichenicolous fungi are: Cladosporium licheniphilum, Stigmidium microspilum, Xenonectriella leptalea. Eighteen species included in the Lithuanian Red Data Book were recorded, which is the highest number known for any studied area in Lithuania.

Remarkable Records of Lichens and Lichenicolous Fungi from the Harz National Park (Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Abstract: Czarnota, P., Kison, H.-U. & Seelemann, A. 2014. Remarkable records of lichens and lichenicolous fungi from the Harz National Park (Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, Germany). — Herzogia 27: 67–82. Some interesting results of lichenological surveys conducted mainly in 2012 in the Harz National Park, Germany are presented. Included are notes on distribution, ecology and taxonomy for 33 lichen-forming and seven lichenicolous taxa. Micarea nowakii is new to Germany. A total of 26 species are new to either Lower Saxony or Saxony-Anhalt; 25 species are new to the Harz National Park. Of all of the species reported, a total of 13 are listed as endangered in the recent German Red List of Lichens (categories GRL 1, 2 and 3).

A second Micarea with a hypothecial K+ violet pigment

Micarea hypoviolascens sp. nov. (Pilocarpaceae) is described from an ancient woodland in western Scotland. It is the second species within Micarea known to have the olivaceous, K+ deep violet pigment (Sedifolia-grey) in the hypothecium.

Ninety-one species of lichens and allied fungi new to Latvia with a list of additional records from Kurzeme

Abstract: Motiejūnaitė, J., Chesnokov, S. V., Czarnota, P., Gagarina, L.V., Frolov, I., Himelbrant, D., Konoreva, L. A., Kubiak, D., Kukwa, M., Moisejevs, R., Stepanchikova, I., Suija, A., Tagirdzhanova, G., Thell, A. & Tsurykau, A. 2016. Ninety-one species of lichens and allied fungi new to Latvia with a list of additional records from Kurzeme. — Herzogia 29: 143–163. The results of lichenological excursions of the 19th Symposium of Baltic Mycologists and Lichenologists (BMLS) in Latvia, Kurzeme region, 22–26 September 2014, are reported. A list of 290 species is presented, of which 238 are lichenized, 43 lichen-inhabiting, and nine saprotrophic fungi: ninety-one species are new to Latvia, twelve of which (Caloplaca duplicata, Cresporhaphis wienkampii, Ellisembia lichenicola, Gallowayella weberi, Gregorella humida, Lichenochora weillii, Parmelia serrana, Polycauliona phlogina, Reconditella physconiarum, Stictis brunnescens, Thelocarpon superellum, and Verrucaria tectorum) are also new for the Baltic States. Athallia alnetorum is reported here for the first time in northern Europe. The presence of Ochrolechia androgyna s. str., Athallia holocarpa and A. pyracea is confirmed for Latvia, and Parmelia submontana is reported as a new host for Homostegia piggotii.

Lichenized and lichenicolous fungi new to Babia Góra National Park (Poland, Western Carpathians)

46 lichenized fungi and 1 lichenicolous fungus new to the Babia Góra Massif, a Polish and Slovak transborder mountain range, the highest in the flysch Western Carpathians, are presented here. Taxonomic and ecological remarks, as well as the distribution of some noteworthy taxa in other Carpathian ranges, are included. Helocarpon crassipes is reported in detail for the first time from the Western Beskidy Mts and Leptogium intermedium is rediscovered in the Polish Carpathians.

Lichen diversity in the managed forests of the Karnieszewice Forest Division and its surroundings (N Poland)

The lichen biota of the Karnieszewice Forest Division (N Poland) is presented. Despite it is predominantly a strongly managed woodland area, 270 lichen species were found there including many rare species for Poland, as well as for European Lowland. Near 20% of the whole lichen biota are considered to be threatened in the country (categories CR, EN, VU), and 34 species are protected by law in Poland. Agonimia flabelliformis is reported for the second time from Polish lowlands.

Trimmatostroma arctoparmeliae sp. nov. and Noteworthy Records of Lichenized, Lichenicolous and Allied Fungi from the Harz Mountains and Surrounding Regions

Abstract: Schiefelbein, U., Brackel, W. v., Cezanne, R., Czarnota, P., Eckstein, J., Eichler, M., Kison, H.-U., Ungethüm, K. & Stordeur, R. 2017. Trimmatostroma arctoparmeliae sp. nov. and noteworthy records of lichenized, lichenicolous and allied fungi from the Harz Mountains and surrounding regions. — Herzogia 30: 80–102. Fifty-nine species (21 lichens, 37 lichenicolous fungi and one non-lichenized fungus) are reported as new or noteworthy from the Harz Mountains in north-central Germany. Trimmatostroma arctoparmeliae (on Arctoparmelia incurva) is described as new, Lasiosphaeriopsis lecanorae and Tremella diploschistina are new to Central Europe, Lichenothelia tenuissima, Pertusaria lactescens, Polycoccum kerneri, Sphaerellothecium atryneae, S. contextum and Verrucaria policensis are new to Germany; 41 species are new to Saxony-Anhalt, and one each for Lower Saxony, Thuringia and Bavaria. Hyperphyscia adglutinata was rediscovered in Saxony-Anhalt after more than 180 years, Lichenodiplis pertusariicola after 141 years and Porpidia flavocruenta after 83 years. Eopyrenula leucoplaca was rediscovered in Lower Saxony after more than 130 years.

Noteworthy Lichenized and Lichenicolous Fungi of Open-Canopy Oak Stands in East-Central Europe

Abstract: Czarnota, P., Mayrhofer, H. & Bobiec, A. 2018. Noteworthy lichenized and lichenicolous fungi of open-canopy oak stands in east-central Europe. - Herzogia 31: 172–189. Eighteen species of lichenized and two species of lichenicolous fungi from oak stands of east-central Europes rural landscapes are presented. Rinodina isidioides is new to eastern Europe and the Carpathians, Abrothallus microspermus is new to the Carpathians, Rinodina excrescens is new to the eastern Carpathians, Biatora pontica is new to the Polish Carpathians, Lecanora substerilis, Ramonia chrysophaea and Verrucaria viridigrana are new to the Polish Carpathians and Poland, and others are new to Hungary, Romania or Ukraine. Distinguishing characters are emphasised and notes on ecology as well as global and Carpathian distributions are given. Open-canopy oak stands and solitary oaks in wood-pastures are important for the protection of the lichen diversity of the Carpathians and need the special attention of conservation authorities and local stakeholders.