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Ontogenesis of the Lichen Lobaria pulmonaria (L.) Hoffm. in Plant Communities of the Boreal Zone

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The paper describes the ontogenesis of the epiphytic lichen Lobaria pulmonaria. The studies were carried out in the Karelian forest communities with the period since the last disturbance ranging from 80 to 450 years. Based on the concept of a discrete description of plants and lichens, four periods and 14 age-related states have been distinguished in L. pulmonaria’s ontogenesis. Each ontogenetic state of L. pulmonaria is characterized by a certain thallus size as well as by the presence and the level of development of vegetative diaspores and apothecia on the thallus surface. The possible variants of the species ontogenesis are described.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are grateful to our relatives, friends, students, and teachers of the Department of Botany and Plant Physiology of the Petrozavodsk State University for their assistance in the collection of field samples. We are also grateful to the administration and employees of the studied natural reserves and protected areas for their assistance in the organization and conducting of field studies.

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The study was financially supported by the “Complex Evaluation of the Recovery Potential of the Moss and Lichen Cover in the Course of Secondary Autogenic Successions in the Taiga Ecosystems of the Northwest of Russia” project (State Assignment no. 5.8740.2017/BCh).

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Ignatenko, R.V., Tarasova, V.N. & Markovskaya, E.F. Ontogenesis of the Lichen Lobaria pulmonaria (L.) Hoffm. in Plant Communities of the Boreal Zone. Russ J Dev Biol 51, 115–124 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062360420020046

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