Náttúrufræðingurinn - 1979, Síða 51

S U M M A R Y
Two species of Gasteromycetes
new to Iceland
by Mikael Jeppson,
fíergkulleviigen 448, Trollhdttan, Sverige.
The gasteromycetes Bovista cretacea
Th. C. E. Fr. (Lycoperdaceae) and Nidu-
laria farcta (Pers.) Fr. (Nidulariaceae) are
reported íronr Iceland. The author gives
hrief descriptions of the species and dis-
cusses tlieir geographical distribution.
Nidularia farcta lias been collected on
rotten wood in SE-Iceland and Bovista
cretacea has been found in moist localities
in tlie northern and eastern parts of the
country.
The Icelandic specimens of the latter
liave been compared with B. cretacea col-
lected in Torne Lappmark (Sweden), with
which they agree in all respects.
It is the first time B. cretacea is record-
ed outside Scandinavia.
The Icelandic collections of both
species are deposited in the herbarium of
the Museurn of Natural History, Akur-
eyri.
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