TY - CHAP

T1 - Lichen diversity on carbonate stone substrates in St. Petersburg, Russia

T2 - A review

AU - Stepanchikova, Irina S.

AU - Kuznetsova, Oksana A.

AU - Himelbrant, Dmitry E.

AU - Kuznetsova, Ekaterina S.

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

N2 - The review of published records of lichens on carbonate stone substrates (marbles, limestones, limestone tufa, and concrete) in Saint Petersburg has been presented. Altogether, 66 species of lichens from 35 genera and 16 families have been found in more than 40 papers. The most diverse genera are Verrucaria, Physcia, and Lecanora. Most of the species inhabiting carbonate stone materials in Saint Petersburg form episubstratic thalli, only the species of genus Verrucaria, often have endolithic or mostly endolithic thalli and could cause pitting of carbonate materials. Other lichen inhabitants of these substrates could be agents of substrate piling. The majority of taxa were not reported in Saint Petersburg from natural carbonate materials (marbles, limestones, or limestone tufa), but only from concrete; species inhabiting exclusively carbonate stones in Saint Petersburg are very few; lichens strictly confined to natural carbonate substrates are almost absent.

AB - The review of published records of lichens on carbonate stone substrates (marbles, limestones, limestone tufa, and concrete) in Saint Petersburg has been presented. Altogether, 66 species of lichens from 35 genera and 16 families have been found in more than 40 papers. The most diverse genera are Verrucaria, Physcia, and Lecanora. Most of the species inhabiting carbonate stone materials in Saint Petersburg form episubstratic thalli, only the species of genus Verrucaria, often have endolithic or mostly endolithic thalli and could cause pitting of carbonate materials. Other lichen inhabitants of these substrates could be agents of substrate piling. The majority of taxa were not reported in Saint Petersburg from natural carbonate materials (marbles, limestones, or limestone tufa), but only from concrete; species inhabiting exclusively carbonate stones in Saint Petersburg are very few; lichens strictly confined to natural carbonate substrates are almost absent.

KW - Carbonate stones

KW - Lichens

KW - Saint Petersburg

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85003991763&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-24987-2_31

DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-24987-2_31

M3 - Chapter

SN - 978-3-319-24985-8

T3 - Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences

SP - 403

EP - 413

BT - Biogenic—Abiogenic Interactions in Natural and Anthropogenic Systems

PB - Springer Nature

ER -