Lichen novelties on Corvo island in the Azores archipelago, Portugal

Data Records

The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 40 records.

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Rodrigues A F F, Videira S I R, Aptroot A, Gabriel R (2024). Lichen novelties on Corvo island in the Azores archipelago, Portugal. Version 1.5. Universidade dos Açores. Samplingevent dataset. http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=lichens-azo_cor_afr2024&v=1.5

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GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 04f83194-eb55-4c59-8047-ffbc93c1a4e4.  Universidade dos Açores publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Portugal.

Keywords

Samplingevent; Occurrence

Contacts

Geographic Coverage

Archipelago of the Azores, Corvo Island

Taxonomic Coverage

All lichens were identified to species rank and their higher taxonomic ranks were also noted (phylum, class, order, family).

Temporal Coverage

Project Data

This study reports 68 new records of lichen species on Corvo island, representing an addition of two classes, eight orders, 18 families and 43 genera. It includes three new records for the Azores: Acrocordia conoidea (Fr.) Körb., Chrysothrix flavovirens Tønsberg and Glaucomaria rupicola (L.) P.F. Cannon (syn. Lecanora rupicola (L.) Zahlbr.). Additionally, it confirms the presence of three species previously reported in the archipelago without specific locations: Lecidea phaeops Nyl., Peltigera canina (L.) Willd. and Pertusaria ficorum Zahlbr. This wealth of new lichen species records greatly enriches our understanding of biodiversity and sets a solid groundwork for upcoming ecological investigations in the Azores archipelago.

Sampling Methods

Samples were collected "ad hoc", from different substrates and locations in Corvo island. In June 2009, sampling took place during one and a half days (approximately 4 hours total). In September 2023, sampling took 3 days (approximately 12 hours total).The most common substrate were basalt rocks and basalt walls, followed by Metrosideros excelsa trees.

Method step description:

1. All specimens were thoroughly examined and identified to species level by comparison to works of reference (Schumm 2008, Schumm and Aptroot 2013, McMullin and Anderson 2014, Dobson 2018, Elias et al. 2022) and were further studied following the methodologies described by Schumm (2008) and Schumm and Aptroot (2013) for lichens in the Azores, Madeira and Canary Islands. The species nomenclature follows Index Fungorum (https://www.indexfungorum.org), Mycobank (https://www.mycobank.org/) or recently published literature (e.g. several chapters of Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland 3rd edition (https://britishlichensociety.org.uk/identification/lgbi3)). Distribution data was sourced from multiple reliable sources, including the checklist of the Azores (Aptroot et al. 2010) and the AZORESBIOPORTAL (https://azoresbioportal.uac.pt/).

Bibliographic Citations

1. PBA. (2024, August, 2). Portal da Biodiversidade dos Açores. https://azoresbioportal.uac.pt/ https://azoresbioportal.uac.pt/
2. Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland 3rd edition (LGBI3). (2024, August, 2). https://britishlichensociety.org.uk/identification/lgbi3 https://britishlichensociety.org.uk/identification/lgbi3
3. MycoBank. (2024, August, 2). https://www.mycobank.org/ https://www.mycobank.org/
4. Index Fungorum. (2024, August, 2). https://www.indexfungorum.org https://www.indexfungorum.org
5. Aptroot A, Rodrigues AF, Schumm F, Câmara S, Gabriel R (2010). List of Lichens and Lichenological fungi (Fungi). In Borges, PA, Costa A, Cunha R, Gabriel R, Goncalves V, Martins AF, Melo I, Parente M, Raposeiro P, Rodrigues P, Santos RS, Silva L, Vieira P, Vieira V (Eds.) A list of the terrestrial and marine biota from the Azores. pp. 59-79. Princípia. Cascais. 432 pp.
6. Schumm F (2008) Flechten Madeiras, der Kanaren und Azoren. Schumm,F., 294 pp.
7. Schumm F, Aptroot A (2013) Flechten Madeiras, der Kanaren und Azoren - Band 2 (Ergänzungsband). Schumm,F., 120 pp.
8. McMullin T, Anderson F (2014) Common lichens of northeastern North America: a field guide. The New York Botanical Garden Press, New York, 180 pp.
9. Dobson FS (2018) Lichens: An Illustrated Guide to the British and Irish Species. Richmond Publishing, Oxford, 520 pp.
10. Elias RB, Rodrigues AF, Gabriel R (2022) Guia Prático da Flora Nativa dos Açores. [Field Guide of Azorean Native Flora]. Instituto Açoreano de Cultura, 520 pp.

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