scholarly journals Lichens of abandoned zinc-lead mines

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Urszula Bielczyk ◽  
Monika Jędrzejczyk-Korycińska ◽  
Józef Kiszka
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
High Mountain ◽  
Anthropogenic Habitats ◽  
Southern Poland ◽  
Lichen Biota ◽  
Crustose Lichens ◽  
Diploschistes Muscorum

A list of lichens from areas of zinc-lead ores in Southern Poland and a review of the characteristic lichen biota of these sites is provided. In spite of the devastated and heavy metal contaminated environment, a highly diverse epigeic and epilithic lichen biota was found, including species characteristic of various anthropogenic habitats, particularly zinc and lead enriched substrates (<em>Diploschistes muscorum, Steinia geophana, Sarcosagium campestre, Vezdaea aestivalis</em> and <em>V. leprosa</em>). Also, the high-mountain species <em>Leucocarpia biatorella</em>, as well as very rare in Europe <em>Thelocarpon imperceptum</em>, and several species categorized as very rare, endangered and protected in Poland were recorded. Crustose lichens are the most abundant; among fruticose forms <em>Cladonia</em> spp. predominate and <em>Stereocaulon incrustatum</em> is common.

Moerckia hibernica(Marchantiophyta) in Anthropogenic Habitats in Southern Poland

Herzogia ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Stebel ◽  
Agnieszka Błońska
Keyword(s):  
Anthropogenic Habitats ◽  
Southern Poland

The unusual lichens and allied fungi of Sandbanks Provincial Park, Ontario

Botany ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 92 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Troy McMullin ◽  
Christopher J. Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Education Program ◽  
Rare Species ◽  
Surrounding Area ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
Information Centre ◽  
Dune Systems ◽  
Lichen Biota ◽  
First Time ◽  
Provincial Park ◽  
Diploschistes Muscorum

Sandbanks Provincial Park contains one of the world’s largest freshwater bay mouth sandbar and dune systems. To better understand the lichen biota of this provincially rare ecosystem, we inventoried the species at Sandbanks and its surrounding area. We found 128 species of lichens and allied fungi in 58 genera. Two species are new to Canada, Hyperphyscia syncolla (Tuck. ex Nyl.) Kalb and Minutoexcipula mariana V. Atienza. One additional species is new to Ontario, Physcia biziana (A. Massal.) Zahlbr. Sixteen species are provincially ranked as S1 (critically imperiled), S2 (imperiled), or S3 (vulnerable) by the Natural Heritage Information Centre: Acrocordia cavata (Ach.) R.C. Harris, Anaptychia crinalis (Schaer.) Vězda, Arthrosporum populorum A. Massal., Bacidia rubella (Hoffm.) A. Massal., Cresponea chloroconia (Tuck.) Egea & Torrente, Diploschistes muscorum (Scop.) R. Sant. ssp. muscorum, Flavopunctelia soredica (Nyl.) Hale, Heterodermia obscurata (Nyl.) Trevis., Lecanora carlottiana Lewis & Śliwa, Leptogium tenuissimum (Dicks.) Körb., Phaeophyscia hirsuta (Mereschk.) Essl., Physconia enteroxantha (Nyl.) Poelt, Ramalina pollinaria (Westr.) Ach., Staurothele drummondii (Tuck.) Tuck., Teloschistes chrysophthalmus (L.) Th. Fr., and Trypethelium virens Tuck. ex Michener. Unranked species collected for the second time in Ontario are Arthonia diffusa Nyl., Cladonia norvegica Tønsberg & Holien, and Lecanora juniperina Śliwa. Other provincially rare and unranked species are Caloplaca pollinii (A. Massal.) Jatta and Xanthomendoza weberi (S. Kondr. & Kärnefelt) L. Lindblom. Of these rare and unranked species, the following are reported (published) for the first time in the province: A. diffusa, C. pollinii, and L. juniperina. Some lichens require specific ecological conditions for colonization, and the rare ecosystem at Sandbanks appears to be the reason for the large number of rare species. We recommend a lichen education program for park visitors to make them more aware of these unusually rare and sensitive lichens in the park.

scholarly journals An updated checklist of lichens from Goa with new records from Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pallavi Randive ◽  
Sanjeeva Nayaka ◽  
M. Janarthanam
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
The State ◽  
Wildlife Sanctuary ◽  
Lichen Biota ◽  
Baseline Information ◽  
Crustose Lichens

A checklist 118 lichens species is prepared by compiling the published literature, unreported species from herbarium LWG and fresh collection from Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary. The study added 47 species as new to Goa and Anisomeridium angulosum (Müll. Arg.) R.C. Harris as new to India. The state lichen biota is dominated by crustose lichens belonging to Graphidaceous and Pyrenocarpous group. Maximum number of lichens are listed from Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary with 67 species. The study would serve as baseline information for further studies on lichen biota as well as biomonitoring in Goa

scholarly journals Assessment of quality of water and sediments in small reservoirs in Southern Poland - A case study

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 200660-0
Author(s):  
Bogusław Michalec ◽  
Agnieszka Cupak
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Geoaccumulation Index ◽  
Heavy Metal Concentration ◽  
Southern Poland ◽  
Quality Of Water ◽  
Dissolved Heavy Metals ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Inflowing Water

The paper presents an attempt to forecast heavy metal pollution of sediments of four designed reservoirs in southern Poland. For this purpose, concentration of dissolved heavy metals (lead, cadmium and nickel) was determined in water of watercourses on which the designed reservoirs will be constructed and also in sediments and water flowing into six reservoirs that are already in use. Based on the results of the heavy metal concentrations of six exploited reservoirs, a relationship was developed between heavy metal concentration in the sediment as a function of the concentration of these metals in the inflowing water. Using these relationships, the forecast concentrations of these metals in the sediments of the designed reservoirs were estimated. The mean concentrations of these metals in the planned reservoirs were 20.5 mg. kg-1 for lead, 3.4 mg. kg-1 for cadmium and 14.8 mg. kg-1 for nickel. No dangerous pollution of analyzed metal of water inflows to the planned reservoirs was found. The calculated geoaccumulation index indicates that in terms of the lead and nickel concentrations, sediments in the planned reservoirs will be unpolluted to moderately polluted, while for cadmium concentrations - they will be moderately to strongly polluted.

scholarly journals Corticolous Lichens of Belarus. II. Obligate and Facultative Epiphytes

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 51-60
Author(s):  
A. G. Tsurykau ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Decisive Role ◽  
High Specificity ◽  
Forest Litter ◽  
Life Forms ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Tree Bark ◽  
Lichen Diversity ◽  
Lichen Biota ◽  
Crustose Lichens ◽  
Dice Index

The lichen biota of Belarus lists 406 corticolous species. Of these, 213 (35.7%) species are obligate epiphytes. Crustose lichens make up the majority of obligate epiphytes (157 species, or 73.7%). Apparently, this can indicate the decisive role of the morphology and chemistry of the substrate for the closely contacted lichen thallus. Facultative epiphytes are represented by 193 species, which are quite widely represented by foliose and fruticose life forms (51.3%). Facultative epiphytes inhabit rotting and processed wood, stony substrates, soil (including forest litter), mosses, leaves (needles), root turnouts and metal objects. Wood is inhabited by 154 facultative epiphyte species, of which 80 lichens are strongly epiphyticlignicolous. The lichen diversity of tree bark and wood is relatively similar; the value of the Sørensen-Dice index is equal to 0.51. Soil is the second most important substrate after wood for facultative epiphytes. It is inhabited by 55 lichens, most of which are represented by Cladonia and Peltigera species. 46 species of facultative epiphytes were found on mosses. These are represented mainly by cyanobiont-containing lichens, broad-lobed species, as well as many by the representatives of the genus Cladonia. The stony substrate is suitable for 43 facultative epiphytes species and is characterized by a high specificity of lichen biota. Its Sørensen- Dice index is equal to 0.13. Most of these representatives are common in urban environments. Fungi, lichens, root inversions, leaves, and metal are predominantly inhabited by multisubstrate lichen species.

Heavy metal uptake by chemically distinct lichens from Aspicilia spp. growing on ultramafic rocks

2015 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 111 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. G. Paukov ◽  
A. Yu. Teptina ◽  
E. V. Pushkarev
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Metal Uptake ◽  
Ultramafic Rocks ◽  
Aliphatic Compound ◽  
Accumulation Rates ◽  
Heavy Metal Uptake ◽  
Secondary Chemistry ◽  
Accumulation Of Metals ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Crustose Lichens

Accumulation of metals in four crustose lichens with different secondary chemistry growing on serpentinite was studied. Aspicilia cinerea and A. blastidiata contain depsidone norstictic acid, A. goettweigensis contains stictic acid, and A. contorta ssp. hoffmanniana contains aliphatic compound aspicilin. The highest concentrations in lichens compared with serpentinite were found for calcium (Ca; average 11 times, maximum 20 times). Strontium (Sr), Copper (Cu), sodium (Na), zinc (Zn) and chromium (Cr) were 2.8–9 times greater in lichens than in rocks, and other elements such as nickel (Ni), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), manganese (Mn) and magnesium (Mg) were equal or lower in the thalli than in the substrate. Three species showed little differences in concentrations of the same metals, whereas Aspicilia blastidiata, which is obligate to serpentinite, had statistically higher concentrations of most elements. This implies that the difference in secondary chemistry does not strongly influence accumulation rates of metals in selected species on serpentinite but that lichens have both mechanisms of accumulation and avoidance that may be related to ‘lichen acids’.

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