RECENT PROGRESS IN THE STUDY OF LICHENS IN KENYA AND TANZANIA (EAST AFRICA)

Abstract

Hungarian collections of lichens from Kenya and Tanzania were studied recently analysing morphological and anatomical characters, as well as secondary chemistry by hih performance thin layer chromatography. Altogether 39 species of lichen-forming fungi have been recognized and deposited in VBI. The lichens Bulbothrix kenyana Kirika, Divakar & Lumbsch, Chrysothrix xanthina (Vain.) Kalb , Lobaria discolor (Bory ex Delise) Hue , Parmotrema durumae (Krog & Swinscow) Krog & Swinscow and P. taitae (Krog & Swinscow) Krog & Swinscow were discovered as new for Tanzania; Usnea abissinica Motyka and U. sanguinea Swinscow & Krog are new for Kenya