Polish Botanical Journal 47(1): 67–74, 2002 Botanical notes NOMENCLATURAL ADJUSTMENTS IN JUNCETEA TRIFIDI SYNTAXA FROM THE GREAT CAUCASUS KONSTANTIN KOROTKOV & ELENA BELONOVSKAYA Konstantin O. Korotkov, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Lenin Avenue 33, 117071 Moscow, Russia; e-mail: [email protected] Elena Belonovskaya, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Staromonetny 29, 109017 Moscow, Russia In our previous papers (Korotkov & Belonov- Nardo stricti-Geranietum gymnocauli cerastieto- skaya 2001a, b) there are several syntaxonomical sum purpurascentis subass. nov. hoc loco points requiring adjustments and corrections. TYPE: Rel. 1 in Table 1, auct. rel. 53 (Korotkov & Belo- In the first paper (Korotkov & Belonovskaya novskaya, 2001a) or rel. 6 in Table 3, auct. rel. 53 (Ko- 2001a) on page 325 in the ‘Syntaxonomic scheme’ rotkov & Belonovskaya 2001b). the name stays Anemono speciosae-Campanule- tum tridentatae Korotkov & Belonovskaya 2001, Potentilletum crantzii vaccinietosum myrtilli but more precisely it should be Anemono specio- subass. nov. hoc loco sae-Campanuletum tridentatae ass. nov. (Korot- TYPE: Rel. 5 in Table 2, auct. rel. 21 (Korotkov & Belo- kov & Belonovskaya 2001a: 333), since it was novskaya 2001a) or rel. 10 in Table 5, auct. rel. 21 (Ko- first validly published only in this paper. This rotkov & Belonovskaya 2001b). small correction can help to avoid any ambiguity regarding the valid publication of the new associ- Potentilletum crantzii kobresietosum simplicius- ation’s name. culae subass. nov. hoc loco Nardo stricti-Geranietum gymnocauli festu- TYPE: rel. 3 in Table 2, auct. rel. 8 (Korotkov & Belo- cetosum variae, Nardo stricti-Geranietum gymno- novskaya 2001a) and rel. 3 in Table 5, auct. rel. 8 (Ko- cauli cerastietosum purpurascentis and Potentille- rotkov & Belonovskaya 2001b). tum crantzii vaccinietosum myrtilli, Potentilletum The following orthographic mistakes in the crantzii kobresietosum simpliciusculae were pub- names of syntaxa should be corrected according to lished (Korotkov & Belonovskaya 2001a; ‘Syn- art. 41 of the Code (Weber et al. 2000): Anemono taxonomic scheme’ on page 325), but not yet vali- speciosae-Campanuletum tridentatae cetrarieto- dated, so they should be validated in the following sum cuculatae (Korotkov & Belonovskaya 2001a: form: 325) should be written as Anemono speciosae- Campanuletum tridentatae cetrarietosum cuculla- Nardo stricti-Geranietum gymnocauli festuceto- tae; the subassociation name Anemono speciosae- sum variae subass. nov. hoc loco Campanuletum tridentatae eritrichietosum nanum (Korotkov & Belonovskaya 2001a: 325 & 338) TYPE: Rel. 2 in Table 1, auct. rel. 121 (Korotkov & Belonovskaya 2001a) or rel. 8 in Table 3, auct. rel. 121 should be replaced by Anemono speciosae-Cam- (Korotkov & Belonovskaya, 2001b). panuletum tridentatae eritrichietosum nani. 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The interstitial water of the sediment at the Anabaena echinospora Skuja (Fig. 2) was identi- fied, not reported from Poland before. Dobrogoszcz is a shallow (max. depth 6.6 m), polymictic, subeutrophic lake (Szmal & Szmal 54o 1965; Szmeja 1996). During the period of re- search its water was neutral to slightly alkaline (pH 6.9–7.3), with good oxygenation from the 52o surface to the bottom, good transparency (3.8 m) and medium conductivity (114–120 μS cm-1). The water contained little calcium (6.8 mg Ca dm-3) and carbonate (4.4 mg CaO dm-3) (Szmeja 1985). The 50o littoral is overgrown by submerged water plants, mainly Lobelia dortmanna L., Littorella uniflora (L.) 16o 20o 24o Aschers. and Isoëtes lacustris L. (Szmeja 1996). Specimens of Anabaena echinospora were Fig. 1. Locality of Anabaena echinospora Skuja in Poland. BOTANICAL NOTES 69 REFERENCES a BOURRELLY P. 1961. Quelgues algues rares on nouvelles du Lac de Grand-Lieu. Rev. Algol., n.s. 6: 57–68. Fig. 2. 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Ph.D. Thesis, Department of next to heterocytes, possessing a specific outer Plant Ecology and Nature Protection of the University of Gdan´sk, Gdan´sk. layer of walls covered by colorless conical papillae 2.0–2.5 μm long (Fig. 2). Spores without papillae, PICIN´SKA-FAŁTYNOWICZ J. 1998. Endopsammic algal com- 26.0–27.5 μm long and 12.6–14.0 μm wide. munities from shallow littoral sediments of Lobelia lake (The Pomeranian Lakeland, northern Poland). Oceano- Anabaena echinospora seems to be a rare logical Studies 2: 51–67. species, previously known from only a few lo- calities in Europe and Asia. Originally it was de- SKUJA H. 1926. Vorbereiten zu einer Algenflora von Lettland. scribed by Skuja in 1926 from a littoral zone of 2. Acta Hort. Bot. Univ. Latv. 1: 23–52. Sidrabezers and Siekšezers lakes near Riga in Lat- STARMACH K. 1966. Cyanophyta – sinice. Glaucophyta – glau- via. Later the species was reported from some lo- kofity. Flora słodkowodna Polski 2. 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Polonica 3: 347–367 (in Polish with English tany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków. summary). Received 13 February 2002 70 POLISH BOTANICAL JOURNAL 47(1). 2002. ABSCONDITELLA CELATA (STICTIDACEAE) – A LICHEN SPECIES NEW TO POLAND URSZULA BIELCZYK & JÓZEF KISZKA Urszula Bielczyk, W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lubicz 46, PL-31-512 Kraków, Poland; e-mail: [email protected] Józef Kiszka, Institute of Biology, Pedagogical University of Kraków, Podbrzezie 3, PL-31-054 Kraków, Poland The genus Absconditella Veˇzda is represented in humid places, e.g. near streams, accompanied by Europe by nine species known only from scarce other lichens, e.g. Placynthiella icmalea (Ach.) localities (e.g. Poelt & Veˇzda 1977; Rossman Coppins or Thelocarpon intermediellum Nyl. The 1980; Veˇzda & Pišút 1984). As all of them form locality discovered in Poland is typical of the very fine, membraneous, ephemeral thalli and species and confirms its attachment to such habitat very minute apothecia, their distribution is poorly conditions. Absconditella celata was found on the documented. high peat-bog Tarnawa at the San valley in the Three species of the genus: Absconditella ligni- Bieszczady National Park, on decayed turfs of cola Veˇzda & Pišút, A. sphagnorum Veˇzda & Sphagnum. Poelt and A. delutula (Nyl.) Coppins & H. Kilias Absconditella celata is most closely related to have recently been reported from Poland (Biel- A. fossarum Veˇzda & Pišút, known from Slovakia czyk & Kiszka 2001). The complete map of their (Veˇzda & Pišút 1984), France (Diederich et al. distribution in the country is presented in Fig. 1. 1988) and the Netherlands (van den Boom 1988), During the investigations in the Carpathians one locality of another member of the genus – Abscon- ditella celata Döbbeler & Poelt – was discovered which appeared to be a lichen species new to Po- land. The specimen corresponds perfectly with the 54o description given by Döbbeler and Poelt (1977). It forms very thin, crustose, green thallus adhering to the substratum. Scarce, small (0.04–0.09 mm diameter), orange-red to red-brown apothecia scattered on the thallus are first immersed in the 52o thallus and substratum in a way resembling peri- thecia. Later, the discs sitting on the thallus become urceolate and more or less concave. Four- celled, fusiform spores (11–16 × 4–6 μm) are monoseriate, 8 in each ascus. 50o Absconditella celata was described from Sweden (Döbbeler & Poelt 1977) and reported from single localities in SE Scotland and NW 16o 20o 24o England (Coppins 1992), the Czech Republic, Fig. 1. Distribution of species of Absconditella Veˇzda in Po- Slovakia and Finnish North Karelia (Palice 1999). It grows on acidic substrata such as decaying land. ° – A. lignicola Veˇzda & Pišút, (cid:79) – A. sphagnorum Veˇzda & Poelt, (cid:86) – A. delutula (Nyl.) Coppins & H. Kilias, Sphagnum, wood, compact soil surface, usually in (cid:81) – A. celata Döbbeler & Poelt. BOTANICAL NOTES 71 but differs among others, in size of apothecia and COPPINS B. J. 1992. Absconditella Veˇzda (1965). In: O. W. PUR- spores. Also, it can be easily distinguished from VIS, B. J. COPPINS, D. L. HAWKSWORTH, P. W. JAMES & D. M. MOORE (eds), The lichen flora of Great Britain and Ire- other species of the genus known from Poland by land, pp. 57–58. Natural History Museum and the British size and colour of apothecia. Additionally, it dif- Lichen Society, London. fers from A. sphagnorum and A. delutula in hav- DIEDERICH P., SERUSIAUX E., APTROOT A. & ROSE F. 1988. Li- ing four-celled spores. chens et champignons lichénicoles nouveaux ou intéres- sants pour la flore de la Belgique et des régions voisines. SPECIMEN EXAMINED. POLAND. EASTERN CARPA- IV. Dumortiera 42: 17–35. THIANS, Bieszczady Mts; Bieszczady National Park, peat-bog Tarnawa, at San river, on turfs of decaying DÖBBELER P. & POELT J. 1977. Absconditella celata spec. nov., Sphagnum, alt. 650 m, 13 July 2001, leg. J. Kiszka eine Flechtenart aus Lappland. Herzogia 4: 363–366. (KRAM-L). PALICE Z. 1999. New and noteworthy records of lichens in the Czech Republic. Preslia 71: 289–336. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 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Received 06 March 2002 GASTROSPORIUM SIMPLEX (FUNGI, HYMENOGASTRALES), NEW LOCALITIES IN POMERANIA (NW POLAND) MAŁGORZATA STASIN´SKA Małgorzata Stasin´ska, Department of Botany, Szczecin University, Felczaka 3a, PL-71-412 Szczecin, Poland; e-mail: stasinsk @univ.szczecin.pl Gastrosporium simplex Mattir. (Gastrosporiaceae, ski & Łuszczyn´ska 1992; Bujakiewicz 1997). Re- Hymenogastrales, according to Hawksworth et al. cently the species was found in two new localities 1995) is a hypogeous fungus connected with xe- in Pomerania. Its distribution map (Fig. 1) is rothermic areas of Europe especially associated shown using the grid square system of the Atlas of with Poaceae (Hawksworth et al. 1995). In Poland the geographical distribution of fungi in Poland the literature records it from only six localities (Wojewoda 2000). (Šmarda 1957; Flisin´ska & Sałata 1991; Łuszczyn´- In Poland Gastrosporium simplex appears on 72 POLISH BOTANICAL JOURNAL 47(1). 2002. Krausch 1960); grid square Ca05; 22 Oct. 1995, 11 Oct. 1996, leg. M. Stasin´ska (SZUB); 2 – Stary Przylep Reserve, ca 1 km S of Stary Przylep village, ca 8 km NE of Pyrzyce, xerothermic swards (Potentillo-Stipetum ca- pillatae Libb. 1933 em. Krausch 1960); grid square Ca06; 22 Oct. 1995, 11 Oct. 1996, 27 June 1998, leg. M. Stasin´ska (SZUB). Gastrosporium simplex occurs in open, dry places with strong insolation where temperature in summer may reach even 45°C at ground level, on soils developed from gypsums and limestones as well as on loam and sandy-loam soils more or less abundant in calcium. It develops its basidiocarps underground at 1–5 cm depth (occasionally deeper) between roots of grasses of the genus Stipa L., Festuca L., Bromus L. and Sesleria Scop. Fig. 1. Distribution of Gastrosporium simplex Mattir. in Pomerania (NW Poland). (cid:79) – new locality, (cid:80) – previously among others, and sedges Carex L. (Pilát 1934, known locality. 1958; Monthoux & Röllin 1976; Kreisel 1987). Its hyphae frequently cover the bases of leaf sheaths in grasses, causing them to enlarge as well as in- the ‘red list’ of Polish threatened macrofungi, creasing the number of small roots, influencing where it has been placed in the endangered (E) ca- the growth of their root system in this way tegory (Wojewoda & Ławrynowicz 1992). Gastrosporium simplex Mattir. (Fig. 2) Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino ser. 2, 53: 361. 1903. Gastrosporium beccarianum Lloyd, Mycol. Not. 71: 1265. 1924. – Leucorrhizon nidificum Velen., Mycol. 2: 49. 1925. Basidiocarps hypogeous, 5–20(–25) mm across, globose (subglobose), white, with white rhizo- morphs (50–200 mm long), solitary, rarely gre- garious. Exoperidium white as chalk, flocculent, hyphae covered by oxalate crystals. Endoperi- dium membranous, pale ocher grey, cracking at maturity. Gleba homogeneous, ochraceous, oliva- ceous when fresh, powdery, without capillitium, Fig. 2. Gastrosporium simplex Mattir. a – basidiocarps, b – ba- paracapillitium present but then vanishes. Basidia sidiospores. 8-spored, absent in mature basidiocarps. Basidios- pores light ocher to nearly hyaline, globose to broadly ellipsoid, finely verrucose, 3.5–5.0(–5.2) (Monthoux & Röllin 1976). The affected plants × 3.5–4.2(–4.5) μm. may wither with time, probably indicating that Gastrosporium simplex is a parasite species (Krei- SPECIMENS EXAMINED. POLAND. POMERANIA. Szczecin Lowland: 1 – N of Brodogóry Reserve, near sel 1987). Gre˛dziec village, ca 8 km N of Pyrzyce, xerothermic In Europe it exists in Subcontinental and Sub- swards (Potentillo-Stipetum capillatae Libb. 1933 em. Mediterranean xerothermic swards of the orders BOTANICAL NOTES 73 Festucetalia valesiaceae Br.-Bl. & R. Tx. 1943 REFERENCES and Brometalia erecti Br.-Bl. 1936 (Pilát 1934, 1958, 1969; Monthoux & Röllin 1976; Kreisel AHMAD S. 1950. Studies in Gasteromycetes V. Sydowia 4: 124– 129. 1987). 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