The species Neofuscelia almbornii Henssen, is described from South Africa. It differs from N. squamariata in the smaller size of the lobes and longer asci and conidia. Characteristic features of both species are: a subcrustose thallus with tufts of rhizoidal hyphae arising from a well-developed lower cortex,±bifusiform conidia, and a minutely porous upper surface. The two species differ from Neofuscelia pulla by the lack of a foliose thallus, true rhizines, and epicortical pores in the sense of Hale.

A new genus, Digitothyrea, in the family Lichinaceae, is described. It includes three species formerly placed in Thyrea Massal. Studies on morphology and ascocarp ontogeny show that these are a homogeneous group of closely related species that differ significantly from taxa included in Thyrea.Digitothyrea rotundata is reported for the second time, from Northern Africa, A key is included.

The morphological, anatomical and chemical characteristics of five taxa of Usnea (e.g.U. scabrida, U. elegans, U. molliuscula, U. queenslandica and U.ramulosissima), which belong to the U. scabrida- U. molliuscula complex are described.Usnea scabrida subsp. tayloriana is described as new. Usnea elegans and U.queenslandica are reduced to subspecies: U. scabrida subsp.elegans and U. molliuscula subsp. queenslandica. The species U. consimilis Stirton is considered synonymous with U. scabrida. A canonical discriminant analysis of geographic and climatic data was undertaken, which demonstrated that the species under investigation generally occupied discrete non-overlapping zones, indicating that the differences in thallus morphology correlated with particular climatic regions.

Twenty lichens and a cyanobacterium grow as epiphytes on both shoreline and inland coconut palms (Cocos nucifera) on Caye Caulker, Belize, with a difference in distribution of these epiphytes between shoreline and inland trees. Nine epiphytes were also collected from mangrove (Rhizophora mangle): seven lichens, one moss, and one cyanobacterium.

A number of lichen species presumed to prefer broad-leaved, deciduous woodlands of long continuity were recorded in 101 stands with different histories and in different successional stages in southern Sweden. Of 19 recorded species, Arthonia vinosa, Calicium adspersum, C. salicinum, Lobaria pulmonaria, and Mycobilimbia sabuletorum occurred in ten stands or more. Habitat variables that indicate occurrence of natural forest conditions were registered and also factors of stand and site quality used in forest surveys. The lichen species recorded were significantly correlated with the presence of large, old, deciduous, broad-leaved trees. Deciduous, broadleaved woods with many large old trees are at present being rapidly transformed into forest plantations. The recorded lichen species will decrease unless the woods are protected or have modified management.

The thallus structure of a common epiphytic lichen Hypogymnia physodes growingon the bark of Pinus sylvestris under a variety of microclimatic conditions was studied by means of fluorescence and scanning electron microscopy. The disparity between the thallus layer thicknesses of specimens growing in different habitats proved to be small though obvious, and differences also appeared in the amount of gelatinous substances in the hyphal cell walls ofthe cortex and algal layer. Furthermore, the occurrence of a pored epicortex of H. physodes at dry sites is reported. The size distribution of the thalli, thallus area and the production of soralia showed a complex interaction with microclimate. Against a background of the microclimatic data collected here, humidity is considered to be the most important factor affecting the anatomy and morphology of the thallus.

The ultrastructure of the symbionts within the algal layer of Lasallia hispamca and Umbilicaria spodochroa has been investigated by applying stereological techniques to quantify cellular organelles and structures. The stereological parameters calculated were volume density (Vv) and surface density (Sv). To obtain these parameters for each cellular structure, a systematic sampling of photographic fields of the algal layer for each sample was utilized.Significant differences between the two lichen species with respect to both symbionts were observed. The cellular structures of the photobiont that differed the most between the two lichen species were the chloroplast, which differed by 15°0, in the Vv values and 25°0, in the Sv values, the pyrenoid (as a whole and in the diameter of pyrenoglobuli) and the mitochondria. With respect to the mycobiont, the vacuolar apparatus was of great importance in characterizing the two species, as was to a lesser extent the protoplast volume occupied by concentric bodies.