New finds of protected species of lichens and fungi in Belarus
In the introduction it is pointed out the object of research - the protected species of lichens and fungi of Belarus. The aim of the work is to identify new habitats of protected species of lichens and fungi. For the period 2015-2016 it is revealed 86 new locations of 13 protected species lichens and fungi in the republic, among them lichens <i>Calicium adspersum, Cetrelia olivetorum, Chaenotheca chlorella, Chaenotheca gracilenta, Hypotrachyna revoluta, Lobaria pulmonaria, Menegazzia terebrata, Scytinium lichenoides</i> and fungi <i>Calvatia gigantea, Fistulina hepatica, Fomitopsis rosea, Grifola frondosa, Hericium coralloides</i>. The occurrence of protected species by administrative regions of the country is analyzed. The greatest concentration of new identified protected species - 33 locality is characteristic for Vitebsk region, for Brest and Grodno regions - 27 and 19 localities respectively. Localities of protected species are established at the following Belarusian protected areas of two national parks: “Belovezhskaya Pushcha”, “Braslav Lakes” and three reserves “Krasnyi Bor”, “Zamkovyi Les”, “Buslovka”. The confinement of species of lichens to certain biotopes and substrates is revealed. Protected lichens prefer the old-growth small-leaved, less broad-leaved and spruce forests and are represented in 11 forest types. Data on the substrate confinement of species are obtained. Each second protected lichen is found on the bark of <i>Alnus glutinosa</i>. The greatest number of protected species belongs to the II category of protection (EN): <i>Calicium adspersum, Chaenotheca chlorella, Fistulina hepatica, Fomitopsis rosea, Hypotrachyna revoluta</i> and <i>Scytinium lichenoides</i>. In the article information of its location for each protected species is provided. The obtained results will complement the distribution of lichen and fungi species in the new edition of the Red Book of the Republic of Belarus.