Lichens of abandoned zinc-lead mines

Urszula Bielczyk, Monika Jędrzejczyk-Korycińska, Józef Kiszka

Abstract


A list of lichens from areas of zinc-lead ores in Southern Poland and a review of the characteristic lichen biota of these sites is provided. In spite of the devastated and heavy metal contaminated environment, a highly diverse epigeic and epilithic lichen biota was found, including species characteristic of various anthropogenic habitats, particularly zinc and lead enriched substrates (Diploschistes muscorum, Steinia geophana, Sarcosagium campestre, Vezdaea aestivalis and V. leprosa). Also, the high-mountain species Leucocarpia biatorella, as well as very rare in Europe Thelocarpon imperceptum, and several species categorized as very rare, endangered and protected in Poland were recorded. Crustose lichens are the most abundant; among fruticose forms Cladonia spp. predominate and Stereocaulon incrustatum is common.

Keywords


lichenized fungi; anthropogenic habitats; heavy metals; galena; Silesian-Kraków Upland

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5586/am.2009.012

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  • 2353-074X (online)
  • 0001-625X (print; ceased since 2015)
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