Lichens of genus Cladonia Hill. ex P. Browne in Ukrainian Roztochya. 1. Sections Cocciferae (Del.) Vain and Ochroleucae Fr.

Abstract

Data on 9 lichen species of the genus Cladonia Hill. ex P. Browne, sections Cocciferae (Del.) Vain. and Ochroleucae Fr. are provided for Roztochya region on the basis of the own field observations and thd cited publicationns. Among them, 6 species occur in the Ukrainian part of Roztochya. Data on 4 species, Cladonia digitata (L.) Hoffm., C. deformis (L.) Hoffm., C. pleurota (Flörke) Schaer., C. sulphurina (Michx.) Fr., and 1 subspecies, Cladonia macilenta Hoffm. ssp. floerkeana (Fr.) V. Wirthe are reported for the first time for this territory. Ecological, coenotic and geographical features of the cited species are discussed. Plats communities in which investigated lichens occur or may be discovered later are subjected to syntaxonomic analysis.

Keywords

• lichens
• cladonia
• roztochya
• ecological
• coenotic and geographical analysis