Lichen Records from La Rioja, Spain more

LAZAROA 29:143-145. 2008 ISSN: 0210-9778 Lichen records from La Rioja, Spain Mustafa Yavuz (*) & Gul§ah Cobanoglu (**) Abstract: Yavuz, M. & Cobanoglu, G. Lichen records from La Rioja, Spain. Lazaroa 29:143-145 (2008). As a by-product of the E.U. Socrates Comenius Project Meeting held in Alfaro, La Rioja Spain in 2006; a list of 35 lichen taxa collected in the region is presented. Nine species are new records for the Comunidad Autonoma de La Rioja: Buellia aethalea, Caloplaca crenularia, Caloplaca luteoalba, Candelariella aurella, Cladonia strepsilis, Lecanora dispersa, Lecanora piniperda, Lecanora saligna and Xanthoria polycarpa. Information on the localities and substrata of the collections made are provided. Key Words: Ascomycota, Socrates Comenius Project, Iberian Peninsula, Lichenized fungi. Resumen: Yavuz, M. & Cobanoglu, G. Algunos liquenes de La Rioja, Espana. Lazaroa 29:143-145 (2008). Se presentan en este trabajo algunos de los resultados de la reunion que sobre el proyecto Comenius (proyecto Socrates, U.E.) se celebro en Alfaro, La Rioja en el ano 2006. Dichos resultados engloban una lista de 35 liquenes recolectados en dicha region. De ellos, nueve especies son nuevas citas: Buellia aethalea, Caloplaca crenularia, Caloplaca luteoalba, Candelariella aurella, Cladonia strepsilis, Lecanora dispersa, Lecanora piniperda, Lecanora saligna y Xanthoria polycarpa. Palabras clave: Ascomuycota, Proyecto Comenius, Peninsula Iberica, Hongos liquinizadas. INTRODUCTION The study area, the Comunidad Autonoma de La Rioja, is situated in the north-north-east of Spain (Figure 1). According to data from Agoncillo, the Logrono Meteorological Station (period: 1971-2000; altitude: 352 m, Figure 2), the average annual mean temperature is 13.5 °C, and the annual precipitation about 397 mm. The drought period for La Rioja is bet- ween June and October. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study is based on specimens collected by the first author during a EU Socrates Comenius Project Meeting ("Green Days Green Cities") in October 2006, which was hosted by the Instituto de Ensenanza Secundaria Gonzalo de Berceo in Alfaro. The lichen material, including corticolous, saxicolous and terrico- lous samples, was collected in three localities. Geogra- phic coordinates and elevations were recorded as well as the substratum types; full locality information is given below. Determinations were made using standard identification methods with the aid of regional identifi- cation manuals (Clauzade & Roux, 1985; Purvis & al, 1992;Wirth, 1995). The lichen specimens are preserved in the Herba- rium, Faculty of Science and Arts, University of Mar- mara, Istanbul (MUFE); with accession numbers ESP01 - ESP40. These accession numbers belong to a special collection, the Lichenes Espana, in MUFE. RESULTS Thirty-five lichen taxa identified in the collections made are listed alphabetically below. In the list, the names of taxa are followed by locality and substratum information and the herbarium accession numbers. Nine taxa are new records for La Rioja, and are indicated with an asterisk (*). These species were not cited for La Rioja by Feuerer (2007) and Burgaz & al. (2007). * Pendik Kaynarca Sevket Sabanci Lisesi, Pendik. 34899 Istanbul. Turkey. ** Department of Biology. University of Marmara. Goztepe Campus. 34722 Istanbul. Turkey. 143 Mustafa Yavuz & Gul§ah Qobanoglu Lichen records from La Rioja, Spain ■Seriel —■—Serie2 Figure 2. Climatic values from Agoncillo (Logrofio Meteorological Station) in the Comunidad Autonoma de La Rioja. The nomenclature follows Santesson et al. (2004), with some subsequent updating. Abbreviations used for substratum-type data in the listare: SR: sliceous rock; TR: terricolous; EP: Epiphytic (Liquidambar orientalis, Populus sp., or Salix sp. The localities are, LR01: Alfaro, Fields, 280 m, 42°11'22.20"N - 01°44'44.30"W, 29 Oct. 2006. LR02: Igea, Arbol Fosil 655 m, 42°03'05.30"N - 02°01'55.40"W, 30Oct. 2006. LR03: Enciso, Senda de los Dinosaurios de Enciso, 845 m, 42°08' 14.58"N - 02°15'21.97"W, 30Oct. 2006. 1. Aspicilia cinerea (L.) Korb. LR02, SR (ESP-28). 2. A. contorta (Hoffm.) Kremp. LR03, SR (ESP-29). 3. *Buettiaaetlwlea (Ach.)Th.Fr.LR02, SR(ESP-01). 4. Caloplaca cerina (Ehrh. ex Hedw.) Th. Fr. LR01, EP on Salix sp., Liquidambar orientalis, (ESP-02); LR03, on Populus sp. (ESP-30). *C. crenularia (With.) J.R. Laundon LR02, SR (ESP-03). *C. luteoalba (Turner) Th. Fr. LR01, EP on Salix sp., Liquidambar orientalis (ESP-04). *Candelarietta aurella (Hoffm.) Zahlbr. LR03, SR (ESP-40). C. vitellina (Hoffm.) Mull. Arg. LR02, SR (ESP- 05).LR03,SR(ESP-31). C. xanthostigma (Pers.) Lettau LR03, EP on Po - pulus sp.,(ESP-32). Cetraria aculeata (Schreb.) Fr. LR03, TR (ESP-06). Oadonia convoluta (Lam.) Cout. LR03, TR (ESP-32). LAZAROA 29:143-145. 2008 144 Mustafa Yavuz & Giilph Cobanoglu Lichen records from La Rioja, Spain 12. CLfurcata (Huds.) Schrad. subsp. furcata LR03, TR (ESP-07). 13. CI. rangiformis (L.) Weber ex F.H. Wigg. LR03, TR (ESP-08). 14. *CL strepsilis (Ach.) Vain. LR02, TR, (ESP-09). 15. Lecanora argentata (Ach.) Malme LR01, EP on Liquidambar orientalis (ESP-10). 16. L. chlarotera Nyl. LR01 on Salix sp. (ESP-11). 17. *L. dispersa (Pers.) Sommerf. LR01, EP on Liquidambar orientalis (ESP-12). 18. *L. piniperda Korb. LR01, EP, on Liquidambar orientalis (ESP-13). 19. L. pulicaris (Pers.) Ach. LR03, TR, (ESP-14). 20. *L saligna (Schrad.) Zahlbr. LR03, TR (ESP-15). 21. L. symmicta (Ach.) Ach. LR01, EP on Salix sp. (ESP-16). 22. Lecidella carpathica Korb. LR03, SR (ESP-33). 23. L. elaeochroma (Ach.) M. Choisy LR01, EP on Salix sp.; LR03, on bark (ESP-17). 24. Parmelina pastillifera (Harm.) Hale LR01, EP, on Salix sp.,(ESP-18). 25. Phaeophyscia orbicularis (Neck.) Moberg LR01, EP on Liquidambar orientalis (ESP-20); LR03, EP on Populussp. (ESP-34). 26. Physcia adscendens (Th. Fr.) H. Olivier LR03, EP on Populussp. (ESP-35). 27. P. tenella (Scop.) DC. LR03, SR (ESP-36). 28. Rhizocarpon geographicum (L.) DC. LR02, SR (ESP-21); LR03, SR (ESP-37). 29. R. simillimum (Anzi) Lettau LR02, SR (ESP-22). 30. R. subgeminatum Eitner LR02, SR, (ESP-23). 31. Xanthoparmelia pulla (Ach.) 0. Blanco et al. var. pulla LR02, SR (ESP-24). 32. X. delisei (Duby) 0. Blanco et al. LR03, SR (ESP-38). 33. X.tinctina (Maheu & A. Gillet) Hale LR02, SR, (ESP-19). 34. Xanthoria parietina (L.) Th. Fr. LR01, EP on Salix sp., and Liquidambar orientalis (ESP-25); LR02, on bark (ESP-26); LR03, EP on Populus sp, (ESP-39). 35. *X. polycarpa (Hoffm.) Rieber LR01, EP on Salix sp., and Liquidambar orientalis (ESP-27). ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We would like to thank Carmen Casal Fornos (Jefa del Area de Documentacion y Publicaciones, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente) for assistance in obtaining the meteorological data of La Rioja Community; Ana Rosa Burgaz and David L. Hawksworth (Univer- sidad Complutense de Madrid) for their contribution to this list and for reviewing the manuscript; and Manuel Moreno-Marin (IES Gonzalo de Berceo, Alfaro, La Rioja) for his friendly partnership in the Comenius Project "Green Days Green Cities", and for the trips and fieldwork in and around Alfaro city. Also to The Turkish National Agency (Centre for European Union Education and Youth Programme) funded the Turkish Coordinator School with grants 06- TUR01-S2C01-00550-1 and 07-TUR01-CO06-01075-2. 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