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Khorasan North

A preliminary checklist for lichenized fungi of North Khorasan province, Iran

 Mohammad Sohrabi

Last Post: April  2010


The province North Khorasan covers an area of 28,434 km² and is situated in the northeast of Iran, southeast of Turkmenistan. The Kopet Dagh mountain range is the highest in this province with unique vegetation typess with numerous relict species. Thus it is likely to have significant lichen diversity. So far most of samples were reported from the Kopet Dagh and the surroundings of the Bojnourd.  An asterisk (*) after a literature reference denotes that the first description of the taxon is based on type material from Iran.


List of Species

  1. Acarospora cervina
  2. Anamylopsora pulcherrima
  3. Anaptychia ciliaris
  4. Anaptychia desertorum
  5. Anaptychia setifera
  6. Anema nodulosum
  7. Arthonia lapidicola
  8. Arthonia ruderella
  9. Aspicilia cheresina
  10. Aspicilia coronata
  11. Aspicilia oxneriana
  12. Caloplaca aegyptiaca
  13. Caloplaca biatorina
  14. Caloplaca flavorubescens
  15. Caloplaca flavovirescens
  16. Caloplaca marmorata
  17. Caloplaca polycarpoides
  18. Caloplaca variabilis
  19. Caloplaca velana
  20. Candelariella aurella
  21. Cladonia furcata
  22. Cladonia pocillum 
  23. Cladonia pyxidata
  24. Collema auriforme
  25. Collema conglomeratum
  26. Collema cristatum
  27. Collema polycarpon
  28. Collema subflaccidum
  29. Dermatocarpon miniatum
  30. Diploschistes ocellatus
  31. Evernia prunastri
  32. Fulgensia fulgens
  33. Lecanora usbekica
  34. Lecidella carpathica
  35. Lecidella euphorea
  36. Lecidella patavina
  37. Lepraria caesioalba
  38. Lepraria rigidula
  39. Lepraria vouauxii
  40. Leptogium gelatinosum
  41. Leptogium lichenoides
  42. Leptogium trichophorum
  43. Melanelixia glabra
  44. Mycobilimbia lurida
  45. Ochrolechia turneri
  46. Peltigera monticola
  47. Peltigera praetextata
  48. Peltigera rufescens
  49. Physcia adscendens
  50. Physcia dimidiata
  51. Physcia tenella
  52. Physconia enteroxantha
  53. Physconia perisidiosa
  54. Placidium lachneum
  55. Polysporina urceolata
  56. Protoparmeliopsis muralis
  57. Ramalina hyrcana
  58. Ramalina sinensis
  59. Rhizocarpon geographicum
  60. Rinodina bischoffii
  61. Rinodina dubyana
  62. Rinodina immersa
  63. Rinodina straussii
  64. Sarcogyne regularis
  65. Seirophora contortuplicata
  66. Squamarina concrescens
  67. Toninia diffracta
  68. Toninia sedifolia
  69. Xanthomendoza fulva 
  70. Xanthoria elegans
  71. Xanthoria parietina

 


The full references are given in the Bibliography and additional photos in the Photos Gallery and other information in the National Checklist


Please send comments toE-mail: mohammad.sohrabi@gmail.com


Suggested Citation:  Sohrabi, M. 2009: A preliminary checklist for lichenized  fungi of North Khorasan province, Iran. https://www.myco-lich,com/ Accessed Date D/M/Y.