Open AccessUsnea balcanica Bystr. – a new Usnea species in Poland (Ascomycota, Parmeliaceae)
Author(s) -
J Bystrek,
Jan Bystrek
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
annales universitatis mariae curie-skłodowska. sectio c, biologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2083-3563
pISSN - 0066-2232
DOI - 10.17951/c.2016.71.2.75
Subject(s) - parmeliaceae , beech , geography , botany , ascomycota , botánica , balkan peninsula , national park , biology , ecology , forestry , archaeology , medicine , biochemistry , alternative medicine , pathology , gene
Usnea balcanica Bystr., a new species in Poland, was collected in the Roztocze National Park in 1962. It grew on a branch of an old beech, in a light beech forest, in the Obrocz reserve. This very rare species is known so far only from the mountain forests of the Balkan Peninsula (11).