Gymnostomum viridulum Brid.

Papp, Beáta, Pantović, Jovana & Sabovljević, Marko S., 2019, Additions to the bryophyte flora of the Republic of Northern Macedonia, Cryptogamie, Bryologie 20 (15), pp. 159-166 : 163

Gymnostomum viridulum Brid.

SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — Republic of Northern Macedonia. At Prespa lake near Otoševo, on limestone rock crevices, 40°58’07.5”N, 20°54’36.7”E, 870 m a.s.l., 16.X.2016, leg. Papp B. and Pantovi ć J. s.n., BP[BP 193487] — From Otoševo to the hill, eastern slope limestone rocky grassland, 40°58’30.0”N, 20°53’02.7”E, 1165 m a.s.l., 16.X.2016, leg. Papp B. and Pantovi ć J. s.n., BP[BP 193531] — Dolno Konjsko village at Ohrid lake, lime containing schistose rock on roadside, 41°03’37.6”N, 20°48’11.6”E, 705 m a.s.l., 21.X.2016, leg. Papp B. and Pantovi ć J, s.n., BP[BP 193731] — towards Otoševo from Ohrid lake, at the roadside before Vidikovec, on conglomerate rock 40°57’57.1”N, 20°48’20.8”E, 1135 m a.s.l., 21.X.2016, leg. Papp B. and Pantovi ć J. s.n., BP[BP 193742].

REMARKS

This species was recorded in central and southern parts of Europe, generally missing in northern and eastern ( Hodgetts 2015). Only few records of this species are known in the Balkans, where it is rather rare, being reported from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Romania and Slovenia ( Sabovljević et al. 2008; Ros et al. 2013; Hodgetts 2015). In the rest of Mediterranean areas, Ros et al. (2013) stated the records in almost all other areas except Libya and Malta. According to Natcheva et al. (2006), it is VU in Bulgaria and according to Martinčič (2006), it is EN in Slovenia.