Anaptychia palmulata v. isidiata, Baeomycea rufus var. carneus, Baeomyces placophyllus, Baeomyces rufus, Bombyliospora japonica, Calicium japonicum, Cetraria cucullata, Cetraria rugosa, Cladonia Krempelhuberi v. subevoluta, Cladonia Krempelhuberi v. subevoluta, Cladonia Krempelhuberi v. sublepidota, Cladonia amaurocraea, Cladonia cornuta f. subdilatata, Cladonia crispata v. infundibulifera f. divulsa, Cladonia deformis f. cyathiformis, Cladonia degenerans f. phyllophora, Cladonia gracilis v. dilatata … Read more... 

Inhalation of asbestos fibres can cause lung inflammation and the later development of asbestosis, lung cancer, and mesothelioma, and the use of asbestos is banned in many countries. In most countries, large amounts of asbestos exists within building stock, buried in landfills, and in contaminated soil. Mechanical, thermal, and chemical treatment options do exist, but these are expensive, and they are not effective for contaminated soil, where only small numbers of asbestos fibres may be present … Read more... 

This work represents the first study of the floristic diversity on Bulgaria’s ancient mounds. The objective of this research was to assess the importance of the mounds for the preservation of the native vascular and cryptogam flora. Our sampling design included 111 ancient mounds distributed throughout the country. We recorded a total of 1059 vascular plants, 58 bryophytes and 61 lichen taxa. Despite their small area, the mounds were shown to preserve nearly a quarter of the Bulgarian flora. The … Read more... 

Following the study of epiphytic lichens in 30 apple orchards from Poland, Slovakia and Italy the list of 74 taxa was prepared. The most common are the meso- to xerophytic and heliophilous species. The highest number of taxa was observed in Slovak orchards. Moreover, lichens shared with at least one other country were also noted mainly in Slovakia. Bark of apple trees seems to create favourable habitats for Bacidia rubella, which together with Strangospora pinicola were valuable founds in Polish … Read more... 

Using 642 forest plots from three regions in Germany, we analyzed the direct and indirect effects of forest management intensity and of environmental variables on lichen functional diversity (FDis). Environmental stand variables were affected by management intensity and acted as an environmental filter: summing direct and indirect effects resulted in a negative total effect of conifer cover on FDis, and a positive total effect of deadwood cover and standing tree biomass. Management intensity had … Read more...