Lichens on lignum in the coastal regions of western Spitsbergen (Svalbard)

Abstract Eighteen species of eleven lichen genera were found on driftwood and worked timber deposited on the beaches in the Hornsund and Billefjorden regions (the west coast of Spitsbergen, Svalbard archipelago). Majority of them indicate low substrate specificity in the high arctic regions. Only th...

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Published in:Biologia
Main Authors: Osyczka, Piotr, Węgrzyn, Michał
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Walter de Gruyter GmbH 2008
Subjects:
Plant Science
Animal Science and Zoology
Genetics
Cell Biology
Biochemistry
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Molecular Biology
Arctic
Svalbard
Svalbard Archipelago
Hornsund
The Beaches
Billefjorden
Spitsbergen
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/s11756-008-0158-0
https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/biolog.2008.63.issue-6/s11756-008-0158-0/s11756-008-0158-0.pdf
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Summary:Abstract Eighteen species of eleven lichen genera were found on driftwood and worked timber deposited on the beaches in the Hornsund and Billefjorden regions (the west coast of Spitsbergen, Svalbard archipelago). Majority of them indicate low substrate specificity in the high arctic regions. Only three species (Caloplaca spitsbergensis, Lecanora mughicola, L. orae-frigidae) are typical for lignum. Most of the taxa are widespread in Svalbard. Species like: Caloplaca holocarpa, C. spitsbergensis, Protothelenella sphinctrinoidella, Rinodina archaea were sporadically reported till now. Lecanora mughicola was not reported from Svalbard up to the present and this is the first record of the species for the region.

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