Check List 16(6): 1421-1431, doi: 10.15560/16.6.1421
New records of lichenized fungi in Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia
Kevin Ramírez-Roncallo‡, Hugo Gómez-Ramírez‡, María A. Negritto‡‡ Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia
Corresponding author: Kevin Ramírez-Roncallo ( kramirezroncallo@gmail.com ) Academic editor: Jadson Bezerra © Kevin Ramírez-Roncallo, Hugo Gómez-Ramírez, María A. Negritto. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Ramírez-Roncallo K, Gómez-Ramírez H, Negritto MA (2020) New records of lichenized fungi in Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. Check List 16(6): 1421-1431. https://doi.org/10.15560/16.6.1421 |  |
Abstract
The lichen diversity of the Caribbean region of Colombia is one of the least known in the county. In the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (SNSM), whose forests are at risk of disappearing due to deforestation, 114 species of lichens have been recorded. We collected lichens at elevations from 500 to 2500 m on the northwestern slopes of the SNSM, and we report six genera and 19 species from this region for the first time. Our results highlight the importance of exploring new areas to enhance our knowledge of the lichens of SNSM and Colombia.
Keywords
Coffee crops, epiphytic lichens, sub-Andean forest, Neotropics