Terricolous lichens in the glacier forefield of the Morteratsch glacier (Eastern Alps, Graubünden, Switzerland)
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Bilovitz, Peter O.; Nascimbene, Juri; Mayrhofer, Helmut
- Source
- Subject
- Floristics. - alp
Lichenized ascomycete
Global and Planetary Change
Ecology
Flora
Lichenes. - biodiversity
Physiology
Glacier forefield
Plant Science
Glacier retreat
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematic
Article
- Language
- English
Three sampling sites were established at increasing distance from the Morteratsch glacier to investigate lichen communities on soil in the glacier forefield. The survey yielded 13 lichen species and one lichenicolous fungus. Peltigera extenuata (Nyl. ex Vain.) Lojka (Peltigerales) is new to the canton of Graubünden.