Distribution of Letharia vulpina (lichenized ascomycetes) in the subalpine larch stands (Rhodothamno- Laricetum) in the eastern Julian Alps (Slovenia)
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Letharia vulpina, Larix decidua, Rhodothamno-Laricetum, subalpine forests, biodiversity, the Julian Alps, SloveniaAbstract
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.
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