New species for the lichen flora of Kabardino-Balkaria (Central Caucasus)
Based on the material collected in 2018, twenty species and nine genera (Bilimbia, Lathagrium, Lempholemma, Muellerella, Myriolecis, Placynthium, Pyrenodesmia, Thelidium, Variospora, Verrucaria) are reported as new to the lichen flora of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. Data on ecology and distribution of these species in the Caucasus are provided. Physcia albinea is reported for the first time in the North Caucasus, and Bilimbia lobulata, Lathagrium undulatum, Lempholemma polyanthes are new for the Central Caucasus. The specimens are kept in the lichenological herbarium LE (St. Petersburg).