Scientific publications

The important 68 findings of 46 species of vascular plants, bryophytes, lichens and fungi acquired lately from Murmansk Region are reported. Three species (Leccinum albostipitatum, Tubulicrinis sororius, Poa pinegensis) were found in the region for the first time. New locations of rare species of fungi (Xanthoporus syringae), lichens (Buellia leptocline, Calvitimela talayana, Flavoplaca marina, Lecanora caesiosora, L. epanora, Psilolechia clavulifera, Rhizoplaca melanophthalma, Stereocaulon incrustatum, Xylographa trunciseda), liverworts (Isopaches alboviridis) and vascular plants (Chaenorhinum minus, Anthoxanthum odoratum s. str., Eleocharis mamillata) previously known from several locations were recorded. Five new species of vascular plants (Carex holostoma, C. fuliginosa, C. rupestris, Koeleria spicata, Sagina nivalis) and one moss (Leucodon sciuroides) were recorded for the flora of the Lovozero Mountains. Five species of liverworts (Barbilophozia rubescens, Cephaloziella elachista, Isopaches alboviridis, Protolophozia elongata, Riccardia incurvata) and two species of vascular plants (Carex laxa, Epilobium davuricum) were recorded for the Murmansky Tundrovy Federal Sanctuary for the first time. New data are reported for regionally red-listed species(Arenaria pseudofrigida, Beckwithia glacialis, Carexglacialis, Cassiope tetragona, Cotoneaster cinnabarinus, Cryptogramma crispa, Isoetes echinospora, Micranthes tenuis, Pseudorchis albida, Salixarbuscula, Veronica fruticans, Woodsia glabella).