Rhynchostegiella tenella (Dicks.) Limpr.

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 : 164

Rhynchostegiella tenella (Dicks.) Limpr.

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 193495] — Sveti Naum monastery at Ohrid lake, on a shaded limestone rock at the lakeshore, 40°54’51.5”N, 20°44’27.7”E, 700 m a.s.l., 17.X.2016, leg. Papp B. and Pantovi ć J. s.n., BP[BP 193571].

REMARKS

This species is widely distributed in Europe ( Hodgetts 2015; Patiño et al. 2017). Although it is not frequent, it appears in all countries of the Balkans; it was not reported only from Kosovo and Northern Macedonia ( Sabovljević et al. 2008; Ros et al. 2013; Hodgetts 2015; Pantović & Sabovljević 2017). Also in the rest of the Mediterranean area it is widely present ( Ros et al. 2013), being only missing in Andorra, Libya, Syria and Tunisia; Patiño et al. (2017) excluded it from Azores and Madeira. In Bulgaria, it is even considered to be VU ( Natcheva et al. 2006).