In this contribution, new data concerning bryophytes, fungi and lichens of the Italian flora are presented. It includes records confirmations for algal genus Chara , bryophyte genera Bryum Grimmia Cephaloziella Hypnum Nogopterium Physcomitrium Polytrichastrum Rhynchostegiella Saelania Schistostega fungal Cortinarius Lentinellus Omphalina Xerophorus lichen Acarospora Agonimia Candelariella Clado...

1. Predators can reduce herbivory and increase plant biomass by consuming herbivores, lowering individual herbivore feeding rates, or both. We tested whether the presence of predators increases plant quality by non-consumptively reducing grazing pressure and thereby weakening the strength of the induced response in plant chemical defences. 2. We performed a 42-day outdoor mesocosm experiment in...

Two new phenols, 2(S)-2',7-dihydroxy-5,8-dimethoxyflavanone and (S)-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-6-methyl-2,3-dihydro-4H-pyran-4-one, were isolated from the ethanol extract of Scutellaria barbata. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic analysis.

Marine Biological Laboratory, University of Copenhagen, Strandpromenaden 5, DK-3000 Helsing r, Denmark. *Present address: Departement de Biologia Marina i Oceanogra¢a, Institut de Cie' ncies del Mar, CSIC, Passeig Mar|¤ tim de la Barceloneta 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. University of Kalmar, Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Marine Science Division, S-39182, Kalmar,...