Year: 1987
Type: article
Abstract: The 1986 A. Leroy Andrews Foray met at the Peconic Dunes Camp on the North Fork of Long Island, New York, 19-21 September.The foray was organized by Bill Buck and Barbara Thiers.Joe Beitel led the group to a variety of habitats and provided much background information on the vegetation of Long Island.Long Island is one of the few areas in North America where the lichens have been extensively studied (Brodo, 1968).During the foray we collected ca.25% of the 261 species recorded by Brodo.In addition, five species not previously recorded were found, as well as some which were considered rare by Brodo.Three of the unrecorded species belong to the Caliciales and due to their small size it is no surprise that they have not previously been noted: Calicium parvum, Chaenotheca brunneola and Phaeocalicium polyporaeum.The others are Chrysothrix candelaris and Placynthiella oligotropha.The foray collections also provide indications of the status of the Long Island lichens 20 years after Brodo's study.The recollection of a number of presumably pollution and desiccation sensitive Parmeliaceae con-Sidered more or less rare by Brodo (Cetraria fendleri, C. viridis, Foraminella subambigua, Platismatia tuckermanii and Tuckermanopsis americana), as well as Cladina stellaris, suggest that the lichens on the eastern end of Long Island have held their own.This reflects much credit on the varjous conservation efforts which have so far managed to preserve sufficient natural area close to a major city.In fact, Physcia stellaria and Xanthoria parietina were collected in the business district of Amagansett.The vouchers for the records are those of Harris unless otherwise noted.The vouchers for collections by Harris, Buck and Anderson are at NY and those of Schmitt are in her personal herbarium.All localities are in Suffolk County.CB: Cranberry Bog Nature Preserve, ca.0.5 mi S of Riverhead, 40°54'N, 72°41'W; white cedar swamp.DP: Dwarf Pine Barrens, ca.0.5 mi S of junction of Sunrise Highway and Riverhead Road, 40°51'30"N, 72°39'W.N: Napeague, ca. 2 mi E of Amagansett on Montauk Highway, 40°59'N, 72°06'W; dunes and swales N of railroad.
Source: Evansia
DOI: 10.5962/p.345932
Language: English
Topic: Lichen and fungal ecology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4312723426