<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article provides the list of localities of <italic>Letharia vulpina</italic> in the eastern Julian Alps (northwestern Slovenia) that were recorded by the authors in 2010. Prior to this year the knowledge on the occurence of this lichenized fungus in Slovenia was insignificant (only one known locality, recorded already in the 19<sup>th</sup> century). With a phytosociological table we present the species composition and structure of natural subalpine larch stands (<italic>Rhodothamno-Laricetum deciduae</italic>) in which the species <italic>Letharia vulpina</italic> grows as an epiphyte on old and thick trees. It can also be expected in other Alpine regions in Slovenia where similar natural larch stands are preserved and the air is not over polluted.</p></abstract>

The article provides the list of localities of Letharia vulpina in the eastern Julian Alps (northwestern Slovenia) that were recorded by the authors in 2010. Prior to this year the knowledge on the occurence of this lichenized fungus in Slovenia was insignificant (only one known locality, recorded already in the 19th century). With a phytosociological table we present the species composition and structure of natural subalpine larch stands (Rhodothamno-Laricetum deciduae) in which the species Letharia vulpina grows as an epiphyte on old and thick trees. It can also be expected in other Alpine regions in Slovenia where similar natural larch stands are preserved and the air is not over polluted.

Distribution of <italic>Letharia Vulpina</italic> (Lichenized Ascomycetes) in the Subalpine Larch Stands (<italic>Rhodothamno-Laricetum</italic>) in the Eastern Julian Alps (Slovenia)

Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute of Biology, Regional unit Tolmin, Brunov drevored 13, SI-5220 Tolmin

Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute of Biology, Novi trg 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana

Department of Agronomy, Biotechnical Faculty of the University in Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva ulica 111, SI-1000 Ljubljana

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Distribution of  (Lichenized Ascomycetes) in the Subalpine Larch Stands () in the Eastern Julian Alps (Slovenia)

The article provides the list of localities of Letharia vulpina in the eastern Julian Alps (northwestern Slovenia) that were recorded by the authors in 2010....

Distribution of Letharia Vulpina (Lichenized Ascomycetes) in the Subalpine Larch Stands (Rhodothamno-Laricetum) in the Eastern Julian Alps (Slovenia)

Published Online: May 26, 2011

Page range: 95 - 112

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10028-011-0005-7

Keywords
subalpinski gozdovi, biodiverziteta, Julijske Alpe, Slovenija

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