Abstract
Como consecuencia de la revision, reidentificación y actualización de los 1306 ejemplares depositados en el herbario de Tbilisis (TBI), y las nuevas recolecciones efectuadas en el verano de 2015 en las montañas del Gran Caucaso de Georgia, se presenta una relación de cuarenta y tres especies del género Cladonia así como una clave de identificación. Cladonia acuminata, C. bacilliformis, C. borealis, C. conista, C. cyanipes, C. cyathomorpha, C. cf. libifera, C. macrophyllodes, C. sulphurina, y C. symphycarpa son nuevas citas para Georgia. Trece especies citadas con anterioridad no han podido ser confirmadas.
Highlights
Georgia is a rather contrasted country located at the intersection of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, and is included in the Colchic ecoregion
The specimen analysed contains fumarprotocetraric and usnic acids. It was collected in Adjara, Guria, Kakheti, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Racha-Lechkhumi y Kvemo Svaneti, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Abkhazia and Shida Kartli
Spicil. 1(1): 35 (1823) It grows on decaying wood and is mainly a Holarctic species with some outposts in Argentina and Chile (Ahti & Stenroos 2013). It is widely distributed in Adjara, Guria, Imereti, Kakheti, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Racha-Lechkhumi - Kvemo Svaneti, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Samtskhe-Javakheti and Shida Kartli
Summary
Georgia is a rather contrasted country located at the intersection of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, and is included in the Colchic ecoregion. Of the 43 analysed species the following are new records to the former lichen checklist of Georgia (*): Cladonia acuminata, C. bacilliformis, C. borealis, C. conista, C. cyanipes, C. cyathomorpha, C. cf libifera, C. macrophyllodes, C. stellaris, C. sulphurina, and C. symphycarpa. It is widely distributed in Adjara, Guria, Imereti, Kakheti, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Racha-Lechkhumi - Kvemo Svaneti, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Samtskhe-Javakheti and Shida Kartli. It is a cosmopolite species (Ahti & Stenroos 2013) widely distributed in Kakheti, Kvemo Kartli, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Racha-Lechkhumi - Kvemo Svaneti, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Abkhazia and Mtskheta-Mtianeti.
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