TY - JOUR AU - Himelbrant, Dmitry E. AU - Stepanchikova, Irina S. AU - Kuznetsova, Ekaterina S. AU - Motiejūnaitė, Jurga AU - Konoreva, Ludmila A. PY - 2018/06/18 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Konevets Island (Leningrad Region, Russia) – a historical refuge of lichen diversity in Lake Ladoga JF - Folia Cryptogamica Estonica JA - Folia Cryptog. Estonica VL - 55 IS - 0 SE - Articles DO - 10.12697/fce.2018.55.07 UR - https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/FCE/article/view/fce.2018.55.07 SP - 51-78 AB - <div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p>We present an updated checklist for Konevets Island (Leningrad Region, Russia). The revealed lichen biota comprises 435 species, including 378 lichens, 46 lichenicolous fungi and 11 non-lichenized saprobic fungi, of which 31 species (27 lichens and 4 lichenicolous fungi) are known only from collections made by Veli Räsänen (1917, 1938). <em>Acremonium hypholomatis</em> is reported for the first time for Russia; <em>Caloplaca soralifera, Trapelia corticola,</em> and <em>Muellerella lichenicola</em> for Northwestern European Russia; and <em>Bacidia vermifera, Lecanora mughicola, Micarea contexta, Pyrenochaeta xanthoriae, Rhizocarpon disporum, Stigmidium squamariae</em> and <em>Xylographa difformis</em> for Leningrad Region. From lichenological point of view, the most valuable habitats of Konevets Island are old-growth spruce forests. The studied lichen biota is rich and diverse and exceptionally well-preserved in comparison to the mainland part of Karelian Isthmus. It definitely deserves protection.</p></div></div></div> ER -