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The genera Galerìna and Phaeogalera (Basidiomycetes, Agaricales) on the Faroe Islands
Author(s) -
Gulden Gro,
Vesterholt Jan
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
nordic journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1756-1051
pISSN - 0107-055X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1999.tb00679.x
Subject(s) - biology , southern hemisphere , agaricales , archipelago , ecology , arctic , key (lock) , flora (microbiology) , botany , zoology , taxonomy (biology) , paleontology , bacteria
The diversity of the genera Galerìna and Phaeogalera on the Faroe Islands is recorded. Eighteen species are recognised, twelve of which are here reported for the first time on the archipelago. A key to the species is provided. A certain affinity is shown to the arctic‐alpine Galerìna flora, especially by species occurring at higher altitudes on the Faroes. All the Faroese species grow on the North American continent as well, and many probably have a circumglobal distribution in the Northern Hemisphere. Some occur also on the Southern Hemisphere, some as far south as in Subantarctic‐Antarctic regions. Naucoria macrospora J. E. Lange var. borealis F. H. Møller is synonymized with G. pseudotundrae Kühner.