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Mazandaran


A preliminary checklist for lichenized fungi of Mazandaran province, Iran

 Mohammad Sohrabi

Last Post: October 2009

The province Mazandaran covers 23,701 km² in northern Iran. It is composed of the northern slopes of the Alborz Mountain Range and coastal lowlands along the Caspian Sea. It is dominated by the green belt of the Hyrcanian vegetation zone, which stretches over the northern slopes of Alborz mountain ranges and covers the southern coasts of the Caspian Sea. Hyrcanian forests and high Alborz mountains contribute to a high diversity of lichens in this province.

Most of the collecting so far has been done in the surroundings of Amol, Sari, Ghaemshar, Ramsar, Lahijan, Chalos and Nuoshahr.


List of Species

  1. Acarospora bullata
  2. Anaptychia ciliaris
  3. Anaptychia crinalis 
  4. Arthonia cinnabarina
  5. Arthonia endlicheri
  6. Arthonia radiata
  7. Arthothelium spectabile
  8. Aspicilia farinosa
  9. Bacidia rubella
  10. Bacidia subacerina
  11. Bactrospora dryina
  12. Buellia retrovertens
  13. Caloplaca aegyptiaca
  14. Caloplaca cerina
  15. Caloplaca flavorubescens
  16. Caloplaca flavovirescens
  17. Caloplaca holocarpa
  18. Caloplaca salicina
  19. Candelaria concolor
  20. Candelariella vitellina
  21. Cetrelia cetrarioides 
  22. Cetrelia olivetorum
  23. Chrysothrix candelaris
  24. Cladonia awasthiana
  25. Cladonia caespiticia
  26. Cladonia chlorophaea
  27. Cladonia coniocraea
  28. Cladonia convoluta
  29. Cladonia farinacea
  30. Cladonia foliacea
  31. Cladonia furcata
  32. Cladonia subrangiformis
  33. Cladonia pocillum
  34. Cladonia pyxidata
  35. Cladonia ramulosa
  36. Cladonia rangiformis
  37. Cladonia rei
  38. Cladonia subulata
  39. Cladonia symphycarpa
  40. Collema crispum
  41. Collema flaccidum
  42. Collema furfuraceum
  43. Collema fuscovirens
  44. Collema subflaccidum
  45. Collema tenax
  46. Dermatocarpon miniatum
  47. Dermatocarpon vellereum
  48. Diploschistes muscorum
  49. Diploschistes scruposus
  50. Diplotomma alboatrum
  51. Enterographa hutchinsiae
  52. Evernia prunastri
  53. Flavoparmelia caperata
  54. Fulgensia bracteata
  55. Graphis analoga
  56. Graphis scripta
  57. Hyperphyscia adglutinata
  58. Immersaria iranica 
  59. Lecania koerberiana
  60. Lecania rechingeriana
  61. Lecanora argentata
  62. Lecanora argopholis
  63. Lecanora campestris
  64. Lecanora chlarotera
  65. Lecanora dispersa
  66. Lecanora thysanophora
  67. Lecidella elaeochroma
  68. Lecidella patavina
  69. Lepraria crassissima
  70. Lepraria diffusa
  71. Lepraria lobificans
  72. Leprocaulon microscopicum
  73. Leptogium cyanescens
  74. Leptogium lichenoides
  75. Leptogium minutissimum
  76. Leptogium saturninum
  77. Leptogium teretiusculum
  78. Lobaria pulmonaria
  79. Melanohalea exasperatula
  80. Milospium graphideorum
  81. Myelochroa aurulenta
  82. Nephroma parile
  83. Nephroma resupinatum 
  84. Ochrolechia pallescens
  85. Opegrapha atra
  86. Opegrapha vulgata
  87. Parmelina tiliacea
  88. Parmotrema perlatum
  89. Peltigera canina
  90. Peltigera lepidophora
  91. Peltigera polydactylon
  92. Peltigera praetextata
  93. Pertusaria leptospora
  94. Pertusaria multipuncta
  95. Pertusaria pustulata
  96. Phaeographis dendritica
  97. Phaeophyscia ciliata
  98. Phaeophyscia confusa
  99. Phaeophyscia endophoenicea
  100. Physcia biziana
  101. Physcia tenella
  102. Physconia distorta 
  103. Porina aenea
  104. Protoblastenia rupestris
  105. Protoparmeliopsis muralis
  106. Psora decipiens
  107. Psorula rufonigra
  108. Punctelia borreri
  109. Punctelia subrudecta
  110. Pyrenula chlorospila
  111. Pyrenula nitida
  112. Pyrenula subelliptica
  113. Pyrgidium montellicum
  114. Ramalina farinacea
  115. Ramalina hyrcana
  116. Ramalina pollinaria
  117. Ramalina roesleri
  118. Ramalina sinensis
  119. Rhizocarpon disporum
  120. Rhizocarpon geographicum
  121. Rhizoplaca peltata
  122. Sarcogyne clavus 
  123. Sarcogyne regularis
  124. Squamarina lentigera
  125. Staurolemma omphalarioides
  126. Tephromela atra
  127. Toninia sedifolia
  128. Trapelia coarctata
  129. Usnea articulata
  130. Usnea longissima 
  131. Verrucaria fuscella
  132. Verrucaria nigrescens
  133. Xanthoparmelia conspersa
  134. Xanthoparmelia pulla
  135. Xanthoria elegans.
  136. Xanthoria parietina

The full references are given in the Bibliography

Please send comments toE-mailmohammad.sohrabi@gmail.com 


Suggested Citation: Sohrabi, M 2009: A preliminary checklist for lichenized and lichenicolous fungi of Mazandaran province, Iran. http://www.myco-lich.com. Retrieved date D/M/Y.