NEW RECORDS OF THE LICHEN SPECIES FROM IRAN

Morphological characters of the lichen samples were investigated by stereomicroscope following identification keys (Sipman 2003, Brodo & al. 2001). Sexual and asexual reproductive structures were studied in order to observe their development by means of light microscope. Afterwards the samples were identified on the basis of morphological and anatomical analyses and chemical spot tests in 2004, using the literature listed below. The identifications were approved by Dr. M. Schultz (Hamburg, Germany) in 2005. The material is deposited in the lichen herbarium of the Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Tehran; duplicates are in HBG.