Cynodontium tenellum (Schimp.) Limpr.

Alegro, Antun, Šegota, Vedran, Rimac, Anja, Kiebacher, Thomas, Prlić, Dragan, Sedlar, Zorana, Vuković, Nina & Papp, Beata, 2019, New and noteworthy bryophyte records from Croatia, Cryptogamie, Bryologie 20 (2), pp. 5-13 : 7

Cynodontium tenellum (Schimp.) Limpr.

SPECIMEN EXAMINED. — Croatia. Papuk Nature Park, rocks on eastern slopes of Mališćak Peak, 45°29’14.1’’N, 17°38’15.1’’E, 725 m a.s.l., 13.X.2016, leg. and det. A. Alegro & V. Šegota s.n., conf. B. Papp, BP(BP193751), ZA(ZA45474, ZA45493).

The species was found in a restricted area of several hundred square meters on steep slopes with huge siliceous outcrops and screes within an acidothermophilic Quercus petrea (Matt.) Liebl. forest, where it was confined to rocks, shallow crevices, cracks and fissures. The plants formed dense cushions with numerous sporophytes. This locality is not situated in the Mediterranean part of Croatia. The particular site was very rich in bryophytes, which covered the shaded parts of the rocks and forest floor in carpets ( Barbilophozia hatcheri (A. Evans) Loeske , Brachythecium rutabulum (Hedw.) Schimp. , Dicranum scoparium Hedw. , Hedwigia ciliata (Hedw.) P. Beauv. , Hylocomium splendens (Hedw.) Schimp. , Hypnum cupressiforme Hedw. , Lophozia ventricosa (Dicks.) Dumort. , Pleurozium schreberi (Willd. ex Brid.) Mitt. , Pohlia nutans (Hedw.) Lindb. , Polytrichum formosum Hedw. P. piliferum Hedw. , Rhabdoweisia fugax (Hedw.) Bruch & Schimp. ). Cynodontium tenellum is a Circumpolar Boreoarctic Montane species ( Hill & Preston 1998; Smith 2004), present in Central and Northern Europe ( Smith 2004). From Balkans it is known from Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Głowacki 1906), Bulgaria ( Papp & Erzberger 2007), Romania ( Stefănuţ & Goia 2012), Slovenia (Martinčič 2003) and Serbia ( Papp & Erzberger 2005; Erzberger & Papp 2007). The species is known also from neighbouring Hungary ( Erzberger & Papp 2004) and Italy ( Aleffi et al. 2008). It is EN in Romania ( Stefănuţ & Goia 2012).