Lichens of some shrubs and dwarf shrubs of Kamchatka Peninsula
Investigations on lichen flora of some shrubs and dwarf shrubs were carried out on the base of more than 520 sample plots made from 2002 to 2008 on Kamchatka Peninsula. Totally 141 species and 2 varieties of lichens, calicioid and allied fungi were found on 28 species of the shrubs and dwarf shrubs. The lichen flora on Salix spp. is most diverse, represented by 108 species. Few lichens are evidently restricted to the shrubs and dwarf shrubs: Biatora vacciniicola, Cheiromycina petri, Lecania cyrtellina, L. fuscella, Phaeocalicium interruptum. Eight species are first reported from Kamchatka: Agyrium rufum, Anzina carneonivea, Biatora chrysantha, Cheiromycina petri, Fuscopannaria confusa, Lecania fuscella, Lecidella xylophila, Phaeocalicium interruptum.