The lichen flora of the Košice Zoological Garden (E Slovakia)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33542/TJB2020-2-04 

Autor: Margaréta Marcinčinová, Pavel Širka & Matej Dudáš

Rok vydania: 2020

Vydavateľ: Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach, Botanická záhrada

Dostupné od: 01.11.2020

URL článku: https://www.upjs.sk/public/media/23041/Thaiszia-2020-2-4-Marcincinovaetal-197-207.pdf

Abstrakt: The Košice Zoological Garden offers a wide range of habitats from sunny exposed meadows, hedges and semi-natural well-lit to shaded forests with brooks together with concrete paths and animal cages. To best represent the area, 14 locations were selected. Total of 61 species were recorded. Most of the recorded species were epiphytic or epigeic; epilithic species were limited to a few limestone boulders or anthropogenic substrates. Besides common and widespread nitrophilous species, two recorded species are critically endangered (Arthonia radiata, Parmelia submontana), four are endangered (Evernia prunastri, Flavoparmelia caperata, Graphis scripta and Pleurosticta acetabulum), one is vulnerable (Usnea hirta), while eight are listed as near threatened in Slovakia. The discovery of Bryoria sp. is particularly interesting because of missing records of this species in the area. The lowest altitude of 412 m a.s.l. for Parmelia submontana in Slovakia was recorded. The region provides a suitable environment for a wide spectrum of lichen species and is worth of our biodiversity conservation concerns.

Kľúčové slová: lichen diversity, endangered species, air pollution, Carpathians, biodiversity.

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