Checklist of lichenized and lichenicolous fungi from the Penyagolosa Massif and nearby areas (Castelló, eastern Iberian Peninsula)

• Isaac Garrido-Benavent ^[1] ; Laura Escribano ^[1] ; Violeta Atienza ^[1] ; Lucía Vidal ^[1] ; Juan Carlos Zamora ^[3] ; María José Chesa ^[4] ; Laura Force ^[2] ; Simón Fos ^[5]
  1. [1] Universitat de València

     Universitat de València

     Valencia, España

     
  2. [2] Centro de Investigación Ecológica y Aplicaciones Forestales

     Centro de Investigación Ecológica y Aplicaciones Forestales

     Sardañola del Vallés, España

     
  3. [3] Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève
  4. [4] Barcelona Cicle de l’Aigua, S.A. (BCASA)
  5. [5] VAERSA-Servei de Vida Silvestre i Xarxa Natura 2000, Conselleria de Medi Ambient, Aigua, Infraestructures i Territori

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• Localización: Mediterranean Botany, ISSN-e 2603-9109, Vol. 46, Vol. 1, 2025
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The Penyagolosa Massif (Castelló, Valencian Community), which includes the Penyagolosa Natural Park, is one of the most emblematic natural landscapes of the eastern Iberian Peninsula. It hosts a wide variety of Mediterranean habitats, including groves of several Quercus species and extensive Pinus spp. forests. The present checklist represents the first compilation of lichenized and lichenicolous fungi for the protected as well as nearby areas and is mostly based on species records available at the Biodiversity Data Bank of the Valencian Community (BDBCV). We report 221 and 12 infrageneric taxa of lichenized and lichenicolous fungi, respectively. Punctelia caseana is reported for the first time for the European continent. Six lichenicolous fungi are newly reported for the Valencian Community. The study area includes the red-listed lichen Xanthoparmelia camtschadalis. The families Parmeliaceae and Teloschistaceae were the most represented. By evaluating the functional traits, we found that the most abundant lichens are those having (1) crustose thalli, (2) with sexual reproduction, mainly through the formation of apothecia, and (3) that are associated with trebouxioid green microalgae. Furthermore, the most frequent lichen community in the study area is formed by xerophytic lichens that can tolerate very high direct solar irradiation and grow under weak eutrophication conditions. Finally, we emphasize the need to accelerate the compilation of the diversity of lichenized and lichenicolous fungi in the park through DNA sequencing and molecular phylogenetic studies.