Heuchert, B. & Braun, U. 2014. Two new lichen-associated Trimmatostroma species. - Herzogia 27: 227–236.

The new species Trimmatostroma umbilicariicola on Umbilicaria sp. known from Canada and Peru and T. varicellariae on Varicellaria rhodocarpa known from Russia and Sweden are described, illustrated and compared with other lichenicolous species assigned to the genus Trimmatostroma. A revised key to the lichenicolous species of the genus is provided.

Schiefelbein, U., Dolnik, C., de Bruyn, U., Schultz, M., Thiemann, R., Stordeur, R., van den Boom, P. P. G., Litterski, B. & Sipman, H. J. M. 2014. Interesting records of lichenized, lichenicolous and saprophytic fungi from northern Germany. — Herzogia 27: 237–256.

Details of 50 lichen species, 19 lichenicolous fungi and two saprophytic fungi from northern Germany are presented. Chrysothrix flavovirens, Opegrapha viridipruinosa and Sclerococcum tephromelarum are new to Germany. Arthonia digitatae, A. molendoi, Calicium parvum, Caloplaca limonia, Cornutispora intermedia, Endococcus rugulosus, Intralichen lichenicola, Lecidea nylanderi, Muellerella erratica, Pycnora sorophora and Verrucaria tristis are recorded for the first time from northern Germany. 38 species are added to the lichen flora of the federal state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, 12 species to Schleswig-Holstein, five species to Lower Saxony and one species to Brandenburg.

Malíček, J., Palice, Z. & Vondrák, J. 2014. New lichen records and rediscoveries from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. — Herzogia 27: 257–284.

Despite over two centuries of fairly intensive study, the lichen flora of Central European countries is still incompletely known. Based on revision of herbarium material and new field work, we report thirty-four species from the Czech Republic for the first time, and twenty-two from Slovakia. Caloplaca brachyspora, Micarea confusa and Sclerophora amabilis are new to Central Europe. Caloplaca alaskensis is reported outside the Arctic for the first time. Other noteworthy records worth of mention are e.g. Arthonia incarnata, Bacidina etayana, Biatora pontica, Bryoria furcellata, Candelariella lutella, C. viae-lactae, Metamelanea caesiella, Peccania cernohorskyi, Rhizoplaca melanophthalma, Thelocarpon imperceptum, Verrucaria ulmi and Xanthoria papillifera. Eight species (mainly from lowland forests) have not been found over 70 or more years from the territory of the Czech Republic or Slovakia. Four species were reported in the past but were omitted from the current national checklists. Other species new to the explored countries are Bacidia pycnidiata, Bacidina brandii, B. saxenii, B. sulphurella, Buellia arborea, Caloplaca arcis, C. dichroa, C. tominii, C. xerica, Candelaria pacifica, Candelariella plumbea, Catillaria fungoides, Cladonia novochlorophaea, Collolechia caesia, Dendrographa decolorans, Fellhanera viridisorediata, Lecania sordida, Lecidea sphaerella, L. strasseri, Lecidella albida, Leptogium intermedium, Micarea globulosella, M. nowakii, Normandina acroglypta, Peltigera extenuata, Reichlingia leopoldii, Rhizocarpon timdalii, Rhizoplaca subdiscrepans, Rinodina capensis, Schismatomma umbrinum, Sclerococcum griseisporodochium, Thelocarpon citrum, Verrucaria beltraminiana, V. breussii, V. fuscovelutina, V. phloeophila, and Xylographa pallens. ITS rDNA was used to confirm the identity of Caloplaca alaskensis and C. arcis. The lichen diversity of Central European countries and their phytogeographical connections are briefly discussed.

Urbanavichus, G. & Urbanavichene, I. 2014. An inventory of the lichen flora of Lagonaki Highland (NW Caucasus, Russia). — Herzogia 27: 285–319.

The lichen flora of the Lagonaki Highland (NW Caucasus) was examined. A list of 677 species, including 610 lichenized fungi, 60 lichenicolous fungi and 7 non-lichenized saprophytic fungi, is presented based on the authors' original observations. Locality and substrate data are additionally given. 491 species are recorded from the Lagonaki Highland for the first time. 125 species are new records for the Russian Caucasus, including 112 not previously recorded from the Greater Caucasus. Thirty-six species are reported from Russia for the first time: Alyxoria variaeformis, Anema tumidulum, Arthonia calcicola, Arthothelium orbilliferum, Bacidia coprodes, Biatora veteranorum, Calicium victorianum, Caloplaca rouxii, C. schoeferi, Candelariella oleaginescens, Didymellopsis pulposi, Endococcus pseudocarpus, Farnoldia muscigena, Fulgensia fulgida, Gyalecta thelotremella, Lecania coeruleorubella, Lecanora reuteri, Lichenochora wasseri, Lobothallia cheresina, Marchandiobasidium aurantiacum, Niesslia peltigericola, Opegrapha rotunda, Physcia erumpens, Placidiopsis tiroliensis, Placynthium posterulum, Polysporina cyclocarpa, Rinodina furfuracea, R. luridata, Scoliciosporum schadeanum, Stigmidium eucline, S. lecidellae, Verrucaria mortarii, V. ochrostoma, Verrucula elegantaria, Vezdaea stipitata. The ecology of some interesting species and the conservation status of the lichen flora in the study region are discussed. The flora contains some interesting indicators of long ecological continuity of the forests.

Kukwa, M., Sipman, H. J. M., Etayo, J., Bach, K., Guzow-Krzemińska, B., Jabłońska, A., Olszewska, S., Rodriguez Flakus, P. & Flakus, A. 2014. The lichen order Peltigerales in Bolivia — the first assessment of the biodiversity. — Herzogia 27: 321–345.

Sixty-six species belonging to the order Peltigerales are reported from Bolivia. Four species, Coccocarpia gallaicoi, C. microphyllina, Lobariella spathulifera and L. subcrenulata, are new to the Southern Hemisphere and Coccocarpia adnata is new to South America. 29 taxa are recorded for the first time in Bolivia. Several other taxa are reported for the first time from contemporary localities. The taxonomic placement of specimens lacking secondary metabolites within Peltigera ulcerata is supported by analyses of ITS nu-rDNA sequences. As a result we found that P. ulcerata is chemically more variable than previously reported. Notes on the habitat and general distribution of all species are presented, with taxonomic remarks provided for some taxa.

Aptroot, A. & Moon, K. H. 2014. 114 New reports of microlichens from Korea, including the description of five new species, show that the microlichen flora is predominantly Eurasian. — Herzogia 27: 347–365.

New microlichens are reported from Korea. In total, 114 species are reported, including eleven new records for Asia. Most microlichen species have an Eurasian distribution. The following species are described new to science: Gyalecta ancistrospora, Hymenelia grossa, Septotrapelia multiseptata, Splanchnonema lichenisatum, and Strigula bispora. The Splanchnonema is the first species that is lichenized known in the genus. Strigula pallidocarpa is a new name for the illegitimate S. pallida. The following eleven species are reported new to Asia: Catillaria atomarioides, Circinaria leprosescens, Eopyrenula leucoplaca, Fellhanera subtilis, Fellhaneropsis myrtillicola, Fuscidea austera, F. intercincta, Hymenelia ceracea, Psilolechia clavulifera, Strigula brevis, and Verrucaria simplex.

Haji Moniri, M., Sipman, H. J. M. & Schultz, M. 2014. New records of lichenized and lichenicolous fungi from Northeastern Iran. — Herzogia 27: 367–376.

A total of 111 species of lichenized and lichenicolous fungi is reported from two provinces in Northeastern Iran. These species include 22 taxa new to Iran, and another 15 and 34 new to the provinces of Northern Khorasan and Razavi Khorasan, respectively. This brings a 22% increase in the number of species known from the two provinces.

Zhurbenko, M. P. & Kobzeva, A. A. 2014. Lichenicolous fungi from Northwest Caucasus, Russia. — Herzogia 27: 377–396.

One hundred species of lichenicolous fungi are reported from Northwest Caucasus; 64 of them are new to the Caucasus. Hainesia aeruginascens, H. brevicladoniae, Minutoexcipula calatayudii, Neobarya peltigerae, Opegrapha anomea, O. rotunda, Polycoccum arnoldii, P. kaernefeltii, Pronectria echinulata and P. santessonii are newly reported for Asia and Russia. Abrothallus cetrariae, Pyrenochaeta xanthoriae, Taeniolella delicata, Trichonectria anisospora and Zwackhiomyces echinulatus are new to Asia, but not Russia. Cercidospora melanophthalmae, Lichenostigma rupicolae, Marchandiobasidium aurantiacum and Stigmidium xanthoparmeliarum are new to Russia, but not Asia. Endococcus incrassatus and Xanthoriicola physciae are new to Asian Russia. Lichenochora rinodinae is first reported from outside the Arctic. Finds of specimens presumably belonging to the insufficiently known species Merismatium cladoniicola, Phacopsis usneae and Sphaerellothecium gowardii are discussed. Dactylospora deminuta is newly reported on Gyalecta foveolaris and Fuscopannaria praetermissa, Neobarya peltigerae on Peltigera polydactylon and Taeniolella delicata on Lecanora intumescens. Nephroma is a new host genus for Paranectria oropensis and Caloplaca for Polycoccum kaernefeltii.

Ochyra, R., Váňa, J., Smith, V. R. & Cykowska-Marzencka, B. 2014. Seven liverwort species new or confirmed from subantarctic Prince Edward Island. — Herzogia 27: 397–407.

Seven species of liverwort are reported from subantarctic Prince Edward Island in the Prince Edward Islands archipelago. Five of these, Hygrolembidium ventrosum, Clasmatocolea rigens, Anastrophyllum auritum, Andrewsianthus marionensis and Tylimanthus viridis, are new additions and the occurrence of Marchantia berteroana and Clasmatocolea vermicularis is confirmed for the island's flora. Global distribution maps for Hygrolembidium ventrosum, Clasmatocolea rigens and Tylimanthus viridis are provided. Considering these records, the liverwort flora of the Prince Edward Island now totals 42 species and is much richer in the number of species than that of the much larger Îles Kerguelen.

Pérez-Vargas, I, Hernández Padrón, C. & Losada-Lima, A. 2014. Moelleropsis nebulosa subsp. frullaniae (Pannariaceae), a disjunct and poorly known lichen, new to Macaronesia. — Herzogia 27: 409–412.

Moelleropsis nebulosa subsp. frullaniae has been discovered in the Canary Islands for the first time in the Macaronesian Region growing on two species of the liverwort genus Frullania. A revised description based on our own observations, data on their habitats and ecology are presented. Similar taxa are briefly discussed.

Müller, F. 2014. Tortula randii (Pottiaceae) new for Slovakia and comments on its distinction from Tortula cernua. — Herzogia 27: 413–417.

The rare moss Tortula randii(Desmatodon randii) is reported as new for Slovakia from the area of a travertine spring in the district of Levoča. The species grows here in the halophilous community Scorzonero parviflorae-Juncetum gerardii together with other halophilous vascular plants and mosses.

General distribution and habitat preferences of the species are summarized. Sometimes, especially from North American bryologists, T. randii is treated as a synonym of T. cernua. Based on literature reports and field observations, T. randii is distinct and worthy of species recognition.