Nine fungal species, three of them lichenized and six lichenicolous fungi, are recorded for the first time for Estonia. Furthermore, one species, Xanthoria elegans, has been re-discovered after 80 years.

Ahti, Teuvo

Jüriado, Inga

Kannukene, Leiti

Lõhmus, Piret

Marmor, Liis

Piin-Aaspõllu, Taimi

Suija, Ave

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Folia Cryptog. Estonica, Fasc. 47: 105–107 (2010)New Estonian records: Lichenized and lichenicolous fungiAve Suija1, Taimi Piin-Aaspõllu2,  Teuvo Ahti3, Liis Marmor1, Inga Jüriado1, Leiti Kannukene4 & Piret Lõhmus11 Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Lai 38/40, 51005 Tartu, Estonia. E-mail: ave.suija@ut.ee; liis.marmor@ut.ee; inga.juriado@ut.ee; piret.lohmus@ut.ee2 Tallinn Botanic Garden, 52 Kloostrimetsa tee, 11913 Tallinn, Estonia. E-mail: taimi.piin-aaspollu@tba.ee3 Botanical Museum, P.O. Box 7, FI-00014 Helsinki University, Finland. E-mail: teuvo.ahti@helsinki.fi4 Estonian Museum of Natural History, 29A Lai Street, 10133 Tallinn, Estonia. E-mail: leiti@loodusmuuseum.eeNine fungal species, three of them lichenized and six lichenicolous fungi, are recorded for the first time for Estonia. Furthermore, one species, Xanthoria elegans, has been re-discovered after 80 years.The following abbreviations are used (1) for persons: AS – Ave Suija, IJ – Inga Jüriado, PL – Piret Lõhmus, TP – Taimi Piin-Aaspõllu; (2) for herbaria: TALL – Tallinn Botanic Garden, Esto-nia; TAM – Estonian Museum of Natural History, Estonia; TU – Natural History Museum, Univer-sity of Tartu, Estonia; (3) for frequency classes (Freq.): rr – very rare (1–2 localities), st fq – rather frequent (11–20 localities); (4) for distribution regions: NE – northeastern part of Estonia, NW – northwestern part, SE – southeastern part, SW – southwestern part, WIs – western islands (Randlane & Saag, 1999). Lichenicolous fungi are indicated with #.# ArthoniA molendoi (Heufl. ex Frauenf.) R. Sant. – NE: Jõgeva Co., Puurmani comm., Puurmani, alley (58.56828°N, 26.29117°E), on Xanthoria parietina on Betula pendula, leg. IJ, 7 July 2009, det. AS, Dec 2009 (TU-45812). Freq.: rr.ClAdoniA humilis (With.) J.R. Laundon – NE: Jõgeva Co., Jõgeva comm., near the village Painküla, pine forest (58°42'N, 26°25'E), on wood of a tree stump, leg. Silvi Pärn, 18 Aug 1957 (TU-20765); Pala comm., near the village Metsanurga (58°41'N, 27°01'E), on ground, leg. Ülle Mägi, 7 Aug 1957 (TU-20766); near the village Kodavere, Peipsi shore (58°41'N, 27°09'E), on ground, leg. Ülle Mägi, 31 Jul 1957 (TU-20769); NW: Harju Co., Tallinn, Pääsküla, sandpit (59°22'N, 24°38'E), on ground, leg. Hans Trass, 12 Oct 1945 (TU-20728); Anija comm., near the village Anija (59°22'N, 25°18'E), on sandy ground, leg. Hans Trass, 6 May 1945 (TU-20733); Harku comm., near the village Harku, pasture (59°22'N, 24°34'E), on ground, leg. Hans Trass, 13 Mar 1947 (TU-20856); Rapla Co., Käru comm., near the village Määrasmaa, wooded meadow (58°50'N, 25°07'E), on wood on old tree stump, leg. Hilja Lippmaa, 16 Jun 1930 (TU-20822); Rapla comm., near the vil-lage Ohukotsu, spruce forest (59°N, 27°34'E), on wood, leg. Heinrich Aasamaa, 12 Jun 1997 (TU-20646); SE: Põlva Co., near the sandstone outcrop Suur Taevaskoda (58°06'N, 27°03'E), on ground, leg. Tiiu Siinmaa, 1 Jul 1956 (TU-20864); Tartu Co., Alatskivi comm., Alatskivi, gravel-pit (58°36'N, 27°08'E), on ground, leg. Ülle Mägi, 3 Aug 1957 (TU-20770); Võru Co., Võru comm., near the village Kasaritsa, pine forest (58°47'N, 27°02'E), on ground, leg. Hans Trass, 8 Dec 1948 (TU-20851); SW: Pärnu Co., Vändra comm., near the village Mädara, pine forest (58°40'N, 25°12'E), on ground, leg. Erast Parmasto, 22 Aug 1947 (TU-20844); WIs: Saare Co., Lümanda comm., Viidumäe Nature Reserve (58°15'N, 22°05'E), on ground, leg. Silvi Pärn, 22 Jun 1959 (TU-20655); 46092. All cited speci-mens were identified by Teuvo Ahti, 17 June 2010. Freq.: st fq. – The species differs from similar Cladonia fimbriata (L.) Fr. – under which the cited specimens had earlier been identified – by having short podetia, wide scyphi and cor-ticate podetial stalks. Although not chemically checked, the Estonian material is expected to represent the bourgeanic acid chemotype, which according to recent DNA analyses apparently represents a distinct species, C. conista (Nyl.) Robbins (syn. C. innominata Lendemer) (Dolnik et al., 2010). Cladonia humilis s.str. is more oceanic, not found in Finland and Sweden, for instance.#/+ epigloeA soleiformis Döbbeler – NE: Ida-Viru Co., Illuka comm., clear cut of drained peatland forest (59°14'59''N, 27°36'32''E), on Placynthi-ella icmalea on roots of Betula sp., leg. PL, 10 June 2009, det. AS; clear cut with retention trees of drained peatland forest (59°13'43''N, 106 Folia Cryptog. Estonica27°36'07''E), on P. icmalea on roots of Picea ab-ies, leg. PL, 26 Sep 2009, det. AS. Freq.: rr. – This is the commonest species of the genus Epigloea which grows mainly on algal films, decaying lichens, etc. (Pérez-Ortega, 2009; Smith et al., 2009). In case of these two Estonian records, the type of association (either algicolous or li-chenicolous association) has remained unclear.leCideA leprArioides Tønsberg – NE: Lääne-Viru Co., Vihula comm., Lahemaa National Park, old coniferous forest (59.60767°N, 26.03717°E), on Picea abies, leg. Liis Marmor & Tiiu Tõrra, Aug 2009, det. Liis Marmor, Feb 2010 (TU-56055); SE: Valga Co., Helme comm., near the lake Tün-dre, old mixed forest (57.95256°N, 25.63833°E), on Picea abies, observation by Liis Marmor, Aug 2009. Freq.: rr.# liChenostigmA mAureri Hafellner – SE: Valga Co., Tõrva, park in Tõrva (57°54'44.87''N, 25°55'01.31''E), on Pseudevernia furfuracea, leg. Jaan Liira, 11 Oct 2009, det. AS, 21 Oct 2009 (TU-45669). Freq.: rr.# muellerellA triseptAtA Diederich (syn. CAp-roniA triseptAtA Diederich & Etayo) – NE: Ida-Viru Co., Iisaku comm., middle-aged managed oligo-mesotrophic boreal forest (59.062303°N, 27.44590397°E), on Lecidea cf. hypopta on Pinus sylvestris, leg. PL, 9 Apr 2006, det. AS, 2010. Freq.: rr.peltigerA frippii Holt.-Hartw. – NE: Ida-Virumaa Co., Toila comm., upper edge of Päite clint, open alvar community (59°26'15"N, 27°03'13"E), on mosses, with Abietinella abietina (Hedw.) M. Fleisch., Bryum argenteum Hedw., Ceratodon purpureum (Hedw.) Brid. and Tortula ruralis (Hedw.) F. Weber & D. Mohr. as associated bryophytes; leg. Leiti Kannukene (no. 32099), 6 Apr 2004, det TP (TAM, dupl. in TALL) (Fig. 1). Freq.: rr. – P. frippii is “recognized by smooth, maculate upper surface, crisp appearance, and fan-shaped veins as well as by the combination of phlebic acid and triterpenoids as secondary substances” (Vitikainen, 2007). The species was described from Norway (Holtan-Hartwig, 1988). A detailed discussion of the taxon and its distribution map in Europe and adjacent areas was given by Vitikainen (1994). The gen-eral distribution of P. frippii, which is known to occur in Europe, Asia and North America, has been described as arctic to northern boreal (Vitikainen 1994) or as circumpolar, boreal to arctic (Martinez et al., 2003). The similar dis-tribution pattern characterizes Peltigera kris-tinssonii Vitik. and P. retifoveata Vitik. P. frippii probably belongs, according to its distribution characteristics, to the hypoarctic-alpine element in the Estonian lichen biota (Trass, 1970). The species may be overlooked in Estonia in open alvar communities.# tremellA CAndelAriellAe Diederich & Etayo – SE: Tartu Co., Rõngu comm., Kirepi, alley (58.17575°N, 26.3255°E), on Candelariella sp. on Quercus robur, leg. AS & IJ, 6 Oct 2009, det. AS, Dec 2009 (TU-45860). Freq.: rr. – This gall-forming fungus is rarely collected, known from Luxemburg, Spain (Diederich, 1996), Poland (Kukwa & Jabłońska, 2008), Sweden (Westberg, et al., 2008) and USA (Harris, 2006).# unguiCulAriopsis thAllophilA (P. Karst.) W.Y. Zhuang – NE: Jõgeva Co., Jõgeva comm., Mustallika Nature Reserve (58°43.139'N, 26°25.938'E), on Lecanora carpinea on twigs of Alnus incana. Leg. & det. AS, 27 June 2009 (TU-45703a). Freq.: rr.Fig. 1. Peltigera frippii (photo by Taimi Piin-Aaspõllu).107XAnthoriA elegAns (Link.) Th. Fr. – NW: Harju-maa Co.,  Jõelähtme comm., near the village Rebala (59°26'52.88"N, 25°7'7.77"E), on the up-per corner of low limestone fence, growing over mosses Schistidium apocarpum (Hedw.) Bruch & Schimp. and Orthotrichum sp., leg. & det. TP, 17 Aug 2000, with apothecia (TALL) (Fig. 2). Freq.: rr. – The first record of this species for Estonia was made by Räsänen who visited Estonia in 1927 and 1929, and wrote: “Selbst habe ich diese Art – Placodium elegans – in Tallinna an Mauern gesehen, aber konnte sie nicht abne-hmen” (Räsänen 1931: 117). Thus no voucher specimens of X. elegans have been collected from Estonia since now. The species was considered either probably extinct (Trass & Randlane, 1987) or doubtful for Estonia (Randlane & Saag 1999).ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThe activities of Ave Suija, Piret Lõhmus and Inga Jüriado were financed by the Estonian Science Foundation (grants GLOOM8060, GLOOM7878, GPLM7321), target-financing projects (SF0180153s08, SF0180012s09) and through the European Regional Development Fund (Centre of Excellence FIBIR). Liis Marmor was financially supported by the Norwegian Fi-nancial Mechanisms and EEA Financial Mecha-nisms (grant EMP9).REFERENCESDolnik, C., Beck, A. & Zarabaska, D. 2010. Distinction of Cladonia rei and C. subulata based on molecu-lar, chemical and morphological characteristics. Lichenologist 42(4): 373–386.Harris, R. C. 2006. Lichens of Limestone Rise Preserve, Albany County, New York. – Evansia 23(3): 53–55.Holtan-Hartwig, J. 1988. Two new species of Peltigera. 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