Lichens are abundant and highly diverse in tropical areas such as the Philippines due to its climate and geographical features.However,several regions of the country remained underexplored or unexplored and many speci...Lichens are abundant and highly diverse in tropical areas such as the Philippines due to its climate and geographical features.However,several regions of the country remained underexplored or unexplored and many species remained undiscovered in the country’s many unique habitats.This study determines the occurrence of foliose lichens in Casaroro Falls and Pulangbato Falls in Valencia,Negros Oriental,Philippines.The lichen morphologies were characterized using available taxonomic keys.Among the 26 lichen samples collected from the two falls,23 specimens were identified based on their morphological and biochemical characteristics.Of these,8 species were specific to Casaroro Falls and 13 species to Pulangbato Falls,with only 2 species of lichens found on both waterfalls.Interestingly,17 species are new records for the Philippines.展开更多
Various species of mangrove trees thrive in the mangrove forests of Calabarzon,Philippines including species of Avicennia marina,Rhizophora mucronata,and Rhizophora apiculata,which house various lichen species but ver...Various species of mangrove trees thrive in the mangrove forests of Calabarzon,Philippines including species of Avicennia marina,Rhizophora mucronata,and Rhizophora apiculata,which house various lichen species but very little available information on the diversity of these epiphytes is known.A survey of 90 decaying mangrove woods from 3 mangrove sites in Calabarzon including Laiya Batangas,Tanza Cavite and Pagbilao Quezon recorded a total of 40 lichen species classified under 25 genera and 14 families.Rhizophora apiculata(bakawang lalaki)was found the most preferred lichen establishment host as it housed 23 lichen species followed by Rhizophora mucronata(bakawang babae)with 17 lichen species and Avicenia marina with 7 lichen species.Lichens that belong to family Arthoniaceae,Caliciaceae,Parmeliaceae,Collemataceae,and Graphidaceae were the highest recorded.Most of these manglicolous lichens were classified as crustose(60%)and foliose(40%)lichens.Out of these manglicolous lichens identified,29 species were found to be new records of lichens in the Philippines.展开更多
文摘Lichens are abundant and highly diverse in tropical areas such as the Philippines due to its climate and geographical features.However,several regions of the country remained underexplored or unexplored and many species remained undiscovered in the country’s many unique habitats.This study determines the occurrence of foliose lichens in Casaroro Falls and Pulangbato Falls in Valencia,Negros Oriental,Philippines.The lichen morphologies were characterized using available taxonomic keys.Among the 26 lichen samples collected from the two falls,23 specimens were identified based on their morphological and biochemical characteristics.Of these,8 species were specific to Casaroro Falls and 13 species to Pulangbato Falls,with only 2 species of lichens found on both waterfalls.Interestingly,17 species are new records for the Philippines.
基金the College of Science,University of Santo Tomas the Fungal Biodiversity Ecogenomics and Systematics(FBeS)Group for their unwavering support in the performance of this study.
文摘Various species of mangrove trees thrive in the mangrove forests of Calabarzon,Philippines including species of Avicennia marina,Rhizophora mucronata,and Rhizophora apiculata,which house various lichen species but very little available information on the diversity of these epiphytes is known.A survey of 90 decaying mangrove woods from 3 mangrove sites in Calabarzon including Laiya Batangas,Tanza Cavite and Pagbilao Quezon recorded a total of 40 lichen species classified under 25 genera and 14 families.Rhizophora apiculata(bakawang lalaki)was found the most preferred lichen establishment host as it housed 23 lichen species followed by Rhizophora mucronata(bakawang babae)with 17 lichen species and Avicenia marina with 7 lichen species.Lichens that belong to family Arthoniaceae,Caliciaceae,Parmeliaceae,Collemataceae,and Graphidaceae were the highest recorded.Most of these manglicolous lichens were classified as crustose(60%)and foliose(40%)lichens.Out of these manglicolous lichens identified,29 species were found to be new records of lichens in the Philippines.
