Abstract
In this contribution, new data concerning red algae, lichens and bryophytes of the Italian flora are presented. It includes new records and confirmations for the algal genus Grateloupia, the bryophyte genus Didymodon, and the lichen genera Buellia, Cladonia, Letharia, Pertusaria, and Pyrenula.
Highlights
An exotic species with Indo-Pacific chorology, Grateloupia turuturu was originally widespread in the northwestern Pacific, especially in the Japanese seas (Yoshida 1998, Xia 2004)
Grateloupia turuturu occurs along the coasts of Japan, China, Korea, the Russian Far East, along the US Pacific coast, especially in California (AguilarRosas et al 2010, Miller 2012), along the American Atlantic coast (Villalard-Bohnsack and Harlin 1997, Mathieson et al 2008), along the Atlantic coast of Africa from Namibia to Mauritania, in New Zealand, and in Tasmania (D’Archino et al 2007)
The first report for Italy was for the Venice lagoon (Solazzi et al 1991-1994), where this species was reported as G. doryphora (Montagne) M.Howe
Summary
An exotic species with Indo-Pacific chorology, Grateloupia turuturu was originally widespread in the northwestern Pacific, especially in the Japanese seas (Yoshida 1998, Xia 2004). + PIE: Greggio (Vercelli), within the Lame del Sesia Natural Park, on sandy-pebbly soil in a dry grassland (Thero-Airion) developed in the active riverbed of the Sesia river (UTM WGS84: 32T 452817.5033781), 159 m, 4 March 2016, G.
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