Abstract
Seventeen Licea species found in Kedrovaya Pad State Biosphere Nature Reserve (Russian Far East, Primorsky Krai) are described and illustrated, including rare species: L. atricapilla, L. craterioides, L. poculiformis, and L. pseudoconica, and two species new for science: L. mariae and L. synchrysospora. Descriptions of the new species are accompanied by LM and SEM microphotographs, which illustrate their main distinguishing features. Some morphological similarity between the species of the genus Licea (L. atricapilla, L. metallica and L. iridescens) with the iridescent peridium is discussed. Some comments on the differentiation between L. pusilla and L. pygmaea are made and data on the intermediate forms between these species are given.
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<p>Wrigley De Basanta, D., Lado, C., Estrada-Torres, A. & Stephenson, S.L. (2013) Biodiversity studies of myxomycetes in Madagascar. <em>Fungal Diversity</em> 59: 55–83. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13225-012-0183-8</p>
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<p>Zukal, H. (1893) Ueber zwei neue Myxomyceten. <em>Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift</em> 43: 73–77. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01797888</p>
<p>Camino, M., Moreno, G., Castillo, A., Mitchell, D.W. & Minter, D.W. (2008) Additions to the myxomycete biota of Cuba. 1. <em>Mycotaxon</em> 106: 75–102.</p>
<p>Centore, P. (2016) <em>The ISCC-NBS Colour System</em>. Available from: https://www.munsellcolourscienceforpainters.com/ISCCNBS/ISCCNBSSystem.html (accessed 21 March 2022)</p>
<p>De Lima, V.X. & Cavalcanti, L.D.H. (2017) Diversity and ecology of Myxomycetes in the Pampa Biome, Brazil. <em>Nova Hedwigia</em> 104: 273–291. https://doi.org/10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2016/0360</p>
<p>Eliasson, U.H. (2017) Review and remarks on current generic delimitations in the myxomycetes, with special emphasis on <em>Licea</em>, <em>Listerella</em> and <em>Perichaena</em>. <em>Nova Hedwigia</em> 104: 343–350. https://doi.org/10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2015/0283</p>
<p>Gilbert, H.C. (1934) Three new species of Myxomycetes. <em>University of Iowa Studies in Natural History </em>16: 153–159.</p>
<p>Gilert, E. (1996) Morphological and ultrastructural features in selected species of <em>Licea</em> (Myxomycetes). <em>Nordic journal of botany</em> 16: 515–547. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-1051.1996.tb00267.x</p>
<p>Ing, B. (1982) Notes on myxomycetes III. <em>Transactions of the British Mycological Society</em> 78: 439–446. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0007-1536(82)80150-2</p>
<p>Ing, B. (1999) <em>The myxomycetes of Britain and Ireland</em>. The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd., London. 374 pp.</p>
<p>Ing, B. & Haynes, C. (1999) Corticolous myxomycetes from Belize. <em>Kew Bulletin</em> 54: 723–730. https://doi.org/10.2307/4110868</p>
<p>Keller, H.W. & Braun, K.L. (1977) Myxomycetes of Mexico II. <em>Boletín de la Sociedad Mexicana de Micología</em> 11: 167–180.</p>
<p>Keller, H.W. & Brooks, T.E. (1977) Corticolous Myxomycetes VII: contribution toward a monograph of <em>Licea</em>, five new species. <em>Mycologia</em> 69: 667–684. https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.1977.12020111</p>
<p>Keller, H.W. & Marshall, V.M. (2019) A new iridescent corticolous myxomycete species (<em>Licea</em>: Liceaceae: Liceales) and crystals on American elm tree bark in Texas, U.S.A. <em>Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas</em> 13: 367–386.</p>
<p>Kilgore, C.M., Keller, H.W., Everhart, S.E. Scarborough, A.R., Snell, K.L., Skrabal, M.S., Pottorff, C. & Ely, J.S. (2008) Tree canopy research and student experiences using the doubled rope climbing method. <em>Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas</em> 2: 1309–1336.</p>
<p>Kowalski, D.T. (1970) A new foliicolous species of <em>Licea</em>. <em>Mycologia</em> 62: 1057–1061. https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.1970.12019047</p>
<p>Lado, C. (1994) A checklist of myxomycetes of the Mediterranean countries. <em>Mycotaxon</em> 52: 117–185.</p>
<p>Lado, C. (2005–2022) <em>An on-line nomenclatural information system of Eumycetozoa</em>. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC. Madrid, Spain. Available from: https://eumycetozoa.com (accessed February 2022).</p>
<p>Lado, C., Estrada-Torres, A., Stephenson, S.L., Wrigley de Basanta, D. & Schnittler, M. (2003) Biodiversity assessment of myxomycetes from two tropical forest reserves in Mexico. <em>Fungal Diversity</em> 12: 67–110.</p>
<p>Lado, C., Wrigley de Basanta, D. & Estrada-Torres, A. (2011) Biodiversity of myxomycetes from the Monte Desert of Argentina. <em>Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid</em> 68: 61–95. https://doi.org/10.3989/ajbm.2266</p>
<p>Lakhanpal, T.N., Nannenga-Bremekamp, N.E. & Chopra, R.K. (1990) Notes on <em>Licea</em> (Myxomycetes) from India. <em>Proceedings van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Section C</em> 93: 253–264.</p>
<p>Leontyev, D.V., Schnittler, M., Stephenson, S.L., Novozhilov, Y.K. & Shchepin, O.N. (2019) Towards a phylogenetic classification of the Myxomycetes. <em>Phytotaxa</em> 399: 209–238. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.399.3.5</p>
<p>Lister, G. (1911) Two new species of Mycetozoa. <em>Journal of Botany British and Foreign</em> 49: 61–62.</p>
<p>Martin, G.W. (1942) Taxonomic notes on Myxomycetes <em>Mycologia </em>34: 696–704. https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.1942.12020937</p>
<p>Martin, G.W. (1957) A new species of <em>Licea</em> from Panama. <em>Mycologia</em> 49: 439–440. https://doi.org/10.2307/3755696</p>
<p>Martin, G.W. & Alexopoulos, C.J. (1969) <em>The Myxomycetes</em>. University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, 561 pp.</p>
<p>Meylan, C. (1933) Recherches sur les Myxomycètes du Jura 1930-31-32. <em>Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles</em> 58: 81–90.</p>
<p>Mitchell, D.W. & Stampfer, J.F. (2004) Some Myxomycetes from Tanzania. <em>Systematics and Geography of Plants</em> 74: 291–293.</p>
<p>Mitchell, D.W., Moreno, G. (2009) A new species of <em>Licea</em> (Myxomycetes) from New Mexico. <em>Boletín de la Sociedad Micológica de Madrid</em> 33: 171–174.</p>
<p>Morgan, A.P. (1893) The myxomycetes of the Miami valley, Ohio. <em>Journal of Cincinnati Society of Natural History</em> 15: 127–143.</p>
<p>Nannenga-Bremekamp, N.E. (1965) Notes on Myxomycetes IX. The genus <em>Licea</em> in the Netherlands. <em>Acta Botanica Neerlandica</em> 14: 131–147. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1438-8677.1965.tb00183.x</p>
<p>Nannenga-Bremekamp, N.E. (1966) Notes on Myxomycetes X. Some new species of <em>Licea</em>, <em>Reticularia</em>, <em>Cribraria</em>, <em>Dictydiaethalium</em>, <em>Trichia</em> and <em>Metatrichia</em>. <em>Proceedings van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Section C</em> 69: 336–349.</p>
<p>Nannenga-Bremekamp, N.E. (1968) Notes on Myxomycetes. XV. New species of <em>Oligonema</em>, <em>Licea</em>, <em>Clastoderma</em>, <em>Comatricha</em>, <em>Paradiacheopsis</em> and <em>Badhamia</em>. <em>Proceedings van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Section C </em>71: 41–51.</p>
<p>Nannenga-Bremekamp, N.E. & Yamamoto, Y. (1983) Additions to the Myxomycetes of Japan. I. <em>Proceedings van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Section C</em> 82: 207–241.</p>
<p>Nannenga-Bremekamp, N.E. & Yamamoto, Y. (1987) Additions to the Myxomycetes of Japan III. <em>Proceedings van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Section C</em> 90: 311–349.</p>
<p>Nawawi, A. (1973) A new species of <em>Licea</em> from Malaysia. <em>Transactions of the British Mycological Society</em> 60: 153–154. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0007-1536(73)80072-5</p>
<p>Novozhilov, Y.K., Schnittler, M., Erastova, D.A. & Shchepin, O.N. (2017) Myxomycetes of the Sikhote-Alin State Nature Biosphere Reserve (Far East, Russia). <em>Nova Hedwigia</em> 104: 183–209. https://doi.org/10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2016/0394</p>
<p>Parker, E.E. & Keller, H.W. (2003) Correlation of pH with assemblages of corticolous myxomycetes. <em>Journal of the McNair Central Achievers Program, University of Central Missouri</em> 12: 4–8.</p>
<p>Poulain, M., Meyer, M. & Bozonnet, J. 2011 – <em>Les Myxomycétes. Tome 2.</em> Fédération mycologique et botanique Dauphiné-Savoie, Sévrier France. 557 pp.</p>
<p>Ronikier, A., Bochynek, A., Chachuła, P., Kozik, J., Kubiak, D., Perz, P. & Salamaga, A. (2017) Revision of the genus <em>Licea</em> (Myxomycetes) in Poland. <em>Nova Hedwigia</em> 104: 243–272. https://doi.org/10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2016/0373</p>
<p>Schrader, H.A. (1797) <em>Nova genera plantarum</em>. <em>Pars prima</em>. Lipsiae. 32 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.12910</p>
<p>Takahashi, K. (2014) Influence of bark characteristics on the occurrence of corticolous myxomycetes in western Japan. <em>Journal of Japanese Botany</em> 89: 35–47.</p>
<p>Ukkola, T. (1998) Myxomycetes of the Usambara Mountains, northeast Tanzania. <em>Acta botanica Fennica</em> 160: 1–37.</p>
<p>Vasilev, N.G., Kharkevich, S.S. & Shibnev, Yu.B. (1984) “Kedrovaya Pad” Reserve. Lesnaja promyshlennost’, Moscow, 197 pp. [in Russian]</p>
<p>Wingate, H. (1889) <em>Orcadella operculata</em> Wing., a new myxomycetes. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia</em> 41: 280–281.</p>
<p>Wrigley De Basanta, D. & Lado, C. (2005) A taxonomic evaluation of the stipitate <em>Licea</em> species. <em>Fungal Diversity</em> 20: 261–314.</p>
<p>Wrigley De Basanta, D., Lado, C., Estrada-Torres, A. & Stephenson, S.L. (2013) Biodiversity studies of myxomycetes in Madagascar. <em>Fungal Diversity</em> 59: 55–83. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13225-012-0183-8</p>
<p>Wrigley De Basanta, D., Ko Ko, T.W., Rosing, W.C. & Stephenson, S.L. (2017) <em>Licea metallica</em>, a new myxomycete from Laos. <em>Nova Hedwigia</em> 104: 237–242. https://doi.org/10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2016/0357</p>
<p>Yamamoto,Y. (1991) Notes on Japanese myxomycetes I. A new species of <em>Licea</em>. <em>Japanese Journal of Botany</em> 66: 12–13.</p>
<p>Yamamoto, Y. (1998) <em>The Myxomycete Biota of Japan</em>. Toyo Shorin Publishing Co., Ltd. Tokyo, 700 pp.</p>
<p>Yamamoto, Y. (2006) <em>Supplement of the myxomycete biota of Japan</em>. Fukui Botanical garden, Fukui, 123 pp.</p>
<p>Zukal, H. (1893) Ueber zwei neue Myxomyceten. <em>Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift</em> 43: 73–77. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01797888</p>