Pseudocrossidium revolutum (Brid.) R.H. Zander

Papp, Beáta, Pantović, Jovana & Sabovljević, Marko S., 2019, Additions to the bryophyte flora of the Republic of Northern Macedonia, Cryptogamie, Bryologie 20 (15), pp. 159-166 : 164

Pseudocrossidium revolutum (Brid.) R.H. Zander

SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — Republic of Northern Macedonia. At Prespa lake near Otoševo, on limestone rock, 40°58’07.5”N, 20°54’36.7”E, 870 m a.s.l., 16.X.2016, leg. Papp B. and Pantovi ć J. s.n., BP[BP 193494] — From Otoševo to the hill, eastern slope limestone rocky grassland, 40°58’30.0”N, 20°53’02.7”E, 1165 m a.s.l., 16.X.2016, leg. Papp B. and Pantovi ć J. s.n., BP[BP 183532] — From the asphalt road from Otoševo to Ohrid towards Asan Gura, karst plateau at the old ski lift before Suvo pole, on limestone rock, 40°59’15.8”N, 20°52’01.8”E, 1500 m a.s.l., 16.X.2016, leg. Papp B. and Pantovi ć J. s.n., BP[BP 193560] — Querco-Carpinetum orientalis Horvatić, 1939, forest between Trpejca and Peštani at Ohrid lake, on soil among limestone rocks, 40°58’17.3”N, 20°47’24.0”E, 795 m a.s.l., 17.X.2016, leg. Papp B. and Pantovi ć J. s.n., BP[BP 193669] — Towards Otoševo from Ohrid lake, at the roadside before Vidikovec, on conglomerate rock, 40°57’57.1”N, 20°48’20.8”E, 1135 m a.s.l., 21.X.2016, leg. Papp B. and Pantovi ć J. s.n., BP[BP 193746].

REMARKS

It is widespread but scattered in Europe decreasing from southern to northern Europe, and being also present from western to eastern till Crimea and Ukraine ( Smith 2004; Hodgetts 2015). This is not a rare species in the Balkans and it has been recorded from many areas. Sabovljević et al. (2008) reported its presence from all their territories except Macedonia, but it is also not known from Kosovo ( Pantović & Sabovljević 2017). In the rest of the Mediterranean area, it is also widely distributed, being only absent in Andorra and Egypt ( Ros et al. 2013; Hodgetts 2015).