Pohlia lescuriana (Sull.) Ochi, 1968

Papp, Beáta, Pantović, Jovana & Sabovljević, Marko S., 2019, Additions to the bryophyte flora of the Republic of Northern Macedonia, Cryptogamie, Bryologie 20 (15), pp. 159-166 : 163

Pohlia lescuriana (Sull.) Ochi

SPECIMEN EXAMINED. — Republic of Northern Macedonia. At Prespa lake near Otoševo, on the bank of the lake, 40°58’07.5”N, 20°54’36.7”E, 870 m a.s.l., 16.X.2016, leg. Papp B. and Pantovi ć J. s.n., BP[BP 193513].

REMARKS

The species is widely but scattery distributed in Europe ( Smith 2004; Hodgetts 2015). In the Balkans, it was not often collected, being known only from Romania, Serbia and Slovenia ( Sabovljević et al. 2008; Ros et al. 2013; Hodgetts 2015). Additionally, in the rest of the Mediterranean, it was reported only from Corse, France, Italy, Portugal and Spain ( Ros et al. 2013; Hodgetts 2015).The specimen has leaf nerve ending below apex and rhizoidal gemmae pale brown, spherical to pyriform, 90 -110 µm in diameter, while sporophytes are rare (as stated by Smith 2004).