Myriocoleopsis minutissima subsp. minutissima (Sm.) R.L. Zhu, Y. Yu & Pócs

Hugonnot, Vincent, 2019, New records for the bryophyte flora of Corsica, Cryptogamie, Bryologie 20 (14), pp. 153-158 : 154-155

Myriocoleopsis minutissima subsp. minutissima (Sm.) R.L. Zhu, Y. Yu & Pócs

SPECIMEN EXAMINED. — France. Corse-du-Sud, Suartone, Natural Reserve of Tre Padule, Campu Celi, on bark of living Quercus ilex , 24.IV.2017, 80 m a.s.l., V. Hugonnot s.n.

Remarks

It was observed on bark of living Quercus ilex in a dense Mesomediterranean woodland. The vegetation stand was referable to Quercus ilex -maquis (Erico arboreae-Arbutetum unedonis Allier & Lacoste, 1980, Quercetosum ilicis Allier & Lacoste, 1980). Hébrard & Roux (1991) described the habitat of the species in the French Port-Cros Island and stated to be comparable to that of Corsica. Sporophytes were produced abundantly in the Corsican locality.

Myriocoleopsis minutissima has a Mediterranean-oceanic character in Europe ( Düll 1983). Its distribution includes western and central Europe, tropical and southern Africa, the South Indian Ocean islands, central and eastern Asia, North, Central and South America, and Oceania ( Bischler 2004). It is a species of rare occurrence in the Mediterranean Region, recorded from the Azores, Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands and Madeira in Macaronesia; Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Montenegro, Portugal, Sicily, Serbia and Spain in southern Europe; Algeria and Tunisia in northern Africa; and Lebanon in south-western Asia ( Bischler 2004; Patiño Llorente & González Mancebo 2005; Ros et al. 2007; Gabriel et al. 2010). In Mediterranean France it is recorded locally in Var and Alpes-Maritimes Departments ( Hébrard & Roux 1991).