Taxonomic novelties and new records of Fennoscandian crustose lichens

Taxonomic novelties in Scapania

Five new supraspecific taxa of Scapania are proposed, Scapania subg. Gracilidae, Scapania subg. Pseudomacrodiplophyllum, Scapania sect. Americanae, Scapania sect. Hyperboreae, and Scapania sect. Simmonsia.

Taxonomic novelties in this issue

Wood staining fungi revealed taxonomic novelties in Pezizomycotina: New order Superstratomycetales and new species Cyanodermella oleoligni

A culture-based survey of staining fungi on oil-treated timber after outdoor exposure in Australia and the Netherlands uncovered new taxa in Pezizomycotina. Their taxonomic novelty was confirmed by phylogenetic analyses of multi-locus sequences (ITS, nrSSU, nrLSU, mitSSU, RPB1, RPB2, and EF-1α) using multiple reference data sets. These previously unknown taxa are recognised as part of a new ord...

A taxonomic study of the genus Phasia (Dip.: Tachinidae) in Iran, with two new records

این مقاله مروری بر جنس Phasia Latreille در ایران است. کلید شناسایی شش گونه‌‌ی جمع‌‌آوری ‌شده از ایران و ترسیم‌‌های مربوط به اندام زادآوری نر و ماده ارایه و دو گونه‌‌ی Phasia obesa (Fabricius) و P. pusilla Meigen برای اولین‌بار از ایران گزارش می‌‌شوند.

Infrared and ultraviolet laser removal of crustose lichens on dolomite heritage stone

Laser removal of biodeteriogen layers warrants detailed studies due to the advantages it brings with respect to mechanical elimination or the use of biocides. We have investigated elimination of biological crusts on dolomite stones from heritage sites in central Spain. The samples were colonized by epilithic crustose lichens of different species, such as Caloplaca sp. and Verrucaria nigrescens....