Journal of Bryology (2004) 26: 63–66 New national and regional bryophyte records, 9 (Intending contributors to this column should consult the Instructions for Authors in part 1 of this volume, and should address their contributions to the column editor.) 1. Fissidens adianthoides Hedw. Contributors: C. M. Matteri & M. M. Schiavone Argentina: PROV. SANTA CRUZ, Parque Nacional Los Glaciares, Bahía Ameghino, N. of river Ameghino, 50°249S, 73º159W, 185 m a.s.l., on wet rocks, abundant, in mixed Nothofagus betuloides-Drimys winteri, N. pumilio forests with Maytenus magellanica, M. disticha and many ferns, 30 January 1988, leg. Matteri & Schiavone CM 4986, conf. R. Pursell (BA). Fissidens adianthoides is widely distributed in the northern hemisphere (North America, Europe, Asia), and in the southern hemisphere it is known from Australia, New Zealand and southern Chile. The specimen cited above is the first collection from across the Andes in continental austral Argentina, at the south-western corner of Santa Cruz province. The plants are infrequent there, and they grow associated with other saxicolous mosses in the genera Schistidium and Grimmia. 2. Hygrohypnum polare (Lindb.) Loeske Contributor: B. J. O’Shea Italy: VAL D’AOSTA: Val Veny, S. of Mont Blanc, Doradi Veny river, 45°459N, 6°529E, 2000 m a.s.l., rock in stream, 18 July 2003, leg. O’Shea 03F01, conf. G. Olivan (BM, Priv. Herb. O’Shea). A partially submerged tuft about 5 cm across was collected from the side of a small rock in the Doradi Veny, a permanent stream (non-glacial) in a valley to the south of Mont Blanc. The collection was made about 20 m south of the bridge on the track between Combal and Refuge Elisabetta. Until recently, this taxon was known in Europe only from Scotland and Northern Scandinavia (e.g. Smith, 1978), but now has been found at a number of sites in the Alps: in France, several times in Austria and once in Switzerland (Heinrichs, 1995). Records from the Pyrenees were apparently misidentified specimens of Hygrohypnum luridum (Hedw.) Jenn. (Jamieson, 1976 – reference not seen). 3. Leptodontium longicaule Mitt. var. microruncinatum (Dusén) R.H.Zander Contributor: C. M. Matteri Argentina: PROV. SANTA CRUZ, Parque Nacional Los Glaciares, Seno Mayo, small bay on N.E. of Glaciar Mayo, © British Bryological Society 2004 DOI: 10.1179/03736680325001643 50 m from lake shore, 50º229S, 73º169W, 190 m a.s.l., on exposed floor of grassy area, in open lower montane evergreen Nothofagus betuloides–Drimys winteri rainforest, with Pseudopanax laetevirens and Maytenus magellanica, very abundant, sterile, with Syntrichia robusta, 30 January 1988, leg. Matteri & Schiavone CM 4895 (BA). In the region, this moss shows a peculiar life form: it grows scattered in large, ferrugineous patches, 0.50 m2, in flat, sunny areas, densely intermixed with grasses and Syntrichia robusta (Hook. & Grev.) R.H.Zander. Leptodontium longicaule var. microruncinatum is widely distributed in South America, from Venezuela and Colombia to South Chile. It is also known from Juan Fernandez, Falkland, Tristán da Cunha, Gough, Reunion and Crozet Islands, Kenya, South Africa and Madagascar. This taxon remained poorly known for a long time until Zander (1972) clarified its position and placed it as a variety of Leptodontium longicaule Mitt. Variety microruncinatum differs from the typical variety by its long lanceolate leaves and larger capsules and spores. The above-mentioned specimen is the first record for Southern Patagonia, in continental Argentina. 4. Lophozia opacifolia Culm. ex Meyl. Contributor: S. Sctefabnut, Romania: SOUTHERN CARPATHIANS : Bucegi Mountains, Hornul Mare, Brascov County, 45°269590N, 25°269210E, 2405 m a.s.l., 8 July 1999, leg. S. Sctefabnut, , det. S. Sctefabnut, (2003), conf. T. L. Blockeel (BUCA B945). This is the first report for Lophozia opacifolia in Romania. It was collected along with Apometzgeria pubescens (Schrank) Kuwah., Blepharostoma trichophyllum (L.) Dumort., Bucegia romanica Radian, Marsupella funckii (F.Weber & D.Mohr) Dumort., Preissia quadrata (Scop.) Nees, Sauteria alpina (Nees) Nees and Tritomaria quinquedentata (Huds.) H.Buch, from the alpine zone of the Bucegi Mountains, above the Mablabescti glacial ring. This area is under legal protection (Romanian Law 230/2003) and is part of the Bucegi Natural Park. Elsewhere in Europe the species is widely distributed in northern and central regions, southwards to Spain and Italy (Söderström, Urmi & Vána, 2002). 5. Pedinophyllum interruptum (Nees) Kaal. Contributor: T. Keçeli Turkey: ÇATALAGbZI-ZONGULDAK : in the vicinity of Cumayani Pond, 41°309N, 31°559E, with Lejeunea cavifolia (Ehrh.) Lindb. on a wet rock on stream bank, 60 m alt., 30 August 2002, leg. Keçeli, no. 2008, conf. J. Vána (ANK). Received 14 November 2002. Revision accepted 2 May 2003 64 T.L. BLOCKEEL ET AL. This leafy liverwort was collected during a botanical field study in the western Black Sea Region of Turkey, on a wet rock near a stream bank in mixed forest of Castanea sativa (chestnut), Carpinus betulus (hombeam), Alnus glutinosa (alder) and Fagus orientalis (beech). It has not previously been reported from Turkey (Çetin, 1988) or South-West Asia (Frey & Kürschner, 1991; Kürschner, 2001). The study area is in grid square 2 as defined by Henderson (1961). The climate of the area is oceanic, without a season of drought (type 1 in Akman, 1990). This species differs from entire-leaved or sparsely dentate forms of Plagiochila porelloides (Torrey ex Nees) Lindenb. in the absence of rhizomatous stems and in the presence of rhizoids towards the shoot apex (Smith, 1990). The dorsal leaf bases do not reach the stem mid-line, leaving a central leaf-free zone, and the oil bodies are opaque (leaf insertion reaching the stem mid-line in P. porelloides, and oil-bodies translucent). 6. Riccardia latifrons (Lindb.) Lindb. Contributors: T. Keçeli, B. Çetin and G. Uyar Turkey: NORTH -WEST TURKEY: Kastamonu, Azdavay, 41°329N, 33°229E, stream bank on decaying tree trunk under Abies bornmuelleriana Mattf. and Pinus sylvestris L. in the subalpine zone, 1500 m a.s.l., 6 July 2001, leg. Keçeli 1553, conf. T. Hallingbäck (ANK). This species has not been reported previously for Turkey and South-West Asia (Çetin, 1988; Frey & Kürschner, 1991; Gökler & Öztürk, 1991; Kürschner, 2001). The study area in which it was collected is grid-square A2 as defined by Henderson (1961). This region has a typical oceanic climate, without a season of drought (type 2 in Akman, 1990). Riccardia latifrons is distinguished from related species by (1) its autoicous sexuality, (2) its paler green, wider thallus, 5(–8) mm long, 0.5–1.0(–2.0) mm wide, irregularly branched, and narrowed towards base, (3) the thicker cross-section of the thallus, 5–6 cells high, (4) the thinner-walled epidermal cells similar in size to the inner cells, (5) the lack of oil bodies, and (6) the 2-celled gemmae (Arnell, 1956; Frey et al., 1995; Smith, 1990). 7. Schistidium lancifolium (Kindb.) H.H.Blom Contributors: L. Pokorny, F. Lara & V. Mazimpaka Italy: TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE: Trento, Gocciadoro Park, 46º49N 1º209E, on volcanic rock, c. spor., 195 m a.s.l., 31 July 2001, leg. L. Pokorny, conf. H. H. Blom (Herb. Laboratorio de Briología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid). Schistidium lancifolium is a holarctic species that has been found in USA, Canada, Japan, China, Georgia, Turkey, Russia, Slovakia, Czechia, Poland, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Finland and in the Austrian and Swiss Alps. This shade-tolerant species lives generally on siliceous rocks and is quite common in deciduous forests in the lowlands (Blom, 1996). Trento is located in the Italian Alpine Region (Dolomites), by the river Adige. The humid climate and the low pollution levels of this city allow the occurrence of many bryophytes unusual in urban environments. This is specially noticeable in the Gocciadoro Park, a landscaped copse where Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl. and Ostrya carpinifolia Scop., along with many garden trees, give shelter to a rich bryoflora. Here Schistidium lancifolium is associated with Anomodon attenuatus (Hedw.) Huebener, Brachythecium populeum (Hedw.) Schimp., Bryum laevifilum Syed, Grimmia hartmanii Schimp., G. laevigata (Brid.) Brid., G. lisae De Not., G. ovalis (Hedw.) Lindb., Hedwigia ciliata (Hedw.) P.Beauv., Hypnum cupressiforme Hedw. and Schistidium pulchrum Blom. 8. Schistidium pulchrum H.H.Blom Contributors: L. Pokorny, F. Lara & V. Mazimpaka Italy: TRENTINO -ALTO ADIGE: Trento, Gocciadoro Park, 46º49N 1º209E, on volcanic rock, c. spor., 195 m a.s.l., 31 July 2001, leg. L. Pokorny, conf. H. H. Blom (Herb. Laboratorio de Briología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid). Schistidium pulchrum grows on different types of rocks and is usually found in spruce and boreal deciduous forests. It has a continental circumboreal distribution and is known from the USA, Canada, Russia, Ukraine, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Austria (Blom, 1996), but it is here reported as new to Italy (Cortini-Pedrotti, 2001). In Trento S. pulchrum grows with Anomodon attenuatus (Hedw.) Huebener, Brachythecium populeum (Hedw.) Schimp., Bryum laevifilum Syed, Frullania dilatata (L.) Dumort., Grimmia hartmanii Schimp., G. laevigata (Brid.) Brid., G. lisae De Not., G. ovalis (Hedw.) Lindb., Hedwigia ciliata (Hedw.) P.Beauv., Hypnum cupressiforme Hedw., Otrhotrichum anomalum Hedw., O. rupestre Schwägr., Schistidium lancifolium (Kindb.) Blom and Tortella tortuosa (Hedw.) Limpr. 9. Schistidium singarense (Schiffn.) Laz. Contributors: H. Bednarek-Ochyra and R. Ochyra Poland: WESTERN C ARPATHIANS : Western Tatra Mountains, on south-west slope of Zawrat Kasprowy above Dolina Stare Sza³asiska, 49º159N, 19º599200W, 1520 m a.s.l., on calcareous rocks, 12 July 1966, Lisowski 97152 (KRAM). Schistidium singarense has long been a neglected species and until recently it was known only from Iraq in the Near East from where it was described (Schiffner, 1913; Frey & Kürschner, 1991) and the Fergansky Khrebet, Central Tien Shan, in Central Asia (Lazarenko, 1938). Blom (1996) found the species to be very widespread in North Africa and Europe including the Caucasus, the Mediterranean, Asia Minor and central Europe, with the northernmost occurrence in south-western Norway in Scandinavia. S. singarense has been recorded from most countries in Central Europe including Germany, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia, and here Poland is added to this list. The species was collected in the Western Tatra Mountains 65 NEW BRYOPHYTE RECORDS on limestone rock which is a typical substrate for it. Blom (1996) stated that in Central Europe S. singarense is predominantly restricted to the lowlands but the Polish locality is at an elevation of 1520 m and at higher elevations than the species grows typically in the southern part of its range. The Tatra locality seems to be the second record of S. singarense in the Carpathians; previously it had been discovered only in the Malá Fatra Mountains of Slovakia. 10. Zygodon hookeri Hampe Contributor: C. M. Matteri Argentina: PROV. SANTA CRUZ, Parque Nacional Los Glaciares, Bahía Onelli, at 300 m from lake shore, 50º89S, 73º239W, 200 m a.s.l., saxicolous, hanging on high S.–S.E.facing cliffs, in open lower montane summergreen Nothofagus pumilio stands, with marshy ground, scarce, fruiting, with Zygodon pichinchensis, leg. Schiavone & Matteri CM 4520, 22 February 1987; ibidem, Parque Nacional Los Glaciares, Seno Mayo, small bay at N.E. of sinus, 50º229S, 73º169W, 185 m a.s.l., on roots of old Nothofagus betuloides trees, in open lower montane evergreen N. betuloides–Drimys winteri forests with Pseudopanax laetevirens and Maytenus magellanica, very abundant and plentifully in fruit, with Bryum perlimbatum and Leptotheca gaudichaudii, leg. Schiavone & Matteri CM 4910, 30 January 1988 (BA). The species, formerly thought to be an Australasian endemic, was reported for the first time from southern South America, in Chile (Magallanes province) by Matteri (1985), based on the examination of type material. Lewinsky (1990) in her fine revision of Australasian species, probably overlooked that record and maintained the species as endemic to Australasia. However, the plant has now been rediscovered in southern South America, this time from Argentina, at the south-western end of Santa Cruz, in the cold temperate Nothofagus forests east of the Andes. The new collections reaffirm its disjunct distribution in the southern hemisphere. These specimens clearly agree with the diagnostic characters pointed out by Lewinsky (1990) to separate Zygodon hookeri from the close relative Z. intermedius Bruch & Schimp. The most important of these are: the synoicous sexual condition, the leaves flat to undulate, entire to slightly dentate, and the spores 20–25 µm in diameter. The species is infrequent in the region, but locally abundant, with a preference for wetter habitats, either on bark or rocks. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS T. Keçeli, B. Çetin and G. Uyar would like to thank Dr T. Hallingbäck for confirming the identity of Riccardia latifrons. T. Keçeli also thanks Dr Jirí Vána for helping with the determination of Pedinophyllum interruptum. These studies were supported by the Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council (TUBITAK) (TBAG-1858). L. Pokorny, F. Lara & V. Mazimpaka are indebted to the Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali for the financial support that made their field work possible, and especially to F. Tisi for her assistance. They also wish to thank Dr H. H. Blom for confirming the identity of S. lancifolium and S. pulchrum. C. M. Matteri and M. Schiavone thank the National Geographic Society for enabling exploration of southern Argentina and southern Patagonia and gratefully acknowledge grant PICT’99, no. 6043 from ANPCyT of Argentina. 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E-mail: Tblockeel@aol.com H. BEDNAREK -OCHYRA & R. OCHYRA, Laboratory of Bryology, Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Lubicz 46, 31–512 Kraków, Poland. E-mail: bednarek@ib-pan.krakow.pl BARBAROS Ç ETIN, Ankara University, Science Faculty, Department of Biology, 06100 Ankara, Turkey. TAMER KEÇELI , Kirikkale University, Science and Arts Faculty, Dept. of Biology, 71100 Kirikkale, Turkey. F. LARA, V. MAZIMPAKA & L. POKORNY, Departamento de Biología (Botánica), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain. E-mail: francisco.lara@uam.es C. M. MATTERI, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia, CONICET, A. Gallardo 470, 1405 Buenos Aires, Argentina. E-mail: matteri@macn.gov.ar B. J. O’SHEA, 141 Fawnbrake Avenue, London SE24 0BG, U.K. E-mail: brian@oshea.demon.co.uk M. M. SCHIAVONE, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo, UNT, Miguel Lillo 205, 4000 Tucumán, Argentina. E-mail: saca@csnat.unt.edu.ar S. ScTEFAbNUT, , Centre of Ecology, Taxonomy and Nature Conservation, Institute of Biology Bucharest, Romanian Academy, 296 Splaiul Independent,ei, 060031 Bucharest, Romania. E-mail: sorin.stefanut@ibiol.ro GURAY UYAR, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Science and Arts Faculty, Department of Biology, 67100 Zonguldak, Turkey. 1 Column editor, to whom contributions should be sent.