CONTRIBUTION TO THE CLAVARIOID FUNGI OF LITHUANIA.

Eighty seven species of clavarioid fungi are reported from Lithuania, including 50 species new for the country. The most frequently recorded species are Typhula erythropus, Clavulina cinerea, Clavulina coralloides, Macrotyphula juncea, Lentaria byssiseda, Typhula setipes, and Ramaria stricta. They account for around 40 % of all observations, though comprise only 12 % of all the species. 36 % of species were found less than four times (only 9 % of specimens), and altogether these rare species make up three quarters of the total species richness. For some species Lithuania is apparently the southern limit of their lowland distribution in the Northern Hemisphere (Clavaria argillacea var. sphagnicola, Clavariadelphus sachalinensis, Multiclavula vernalis, Typhula lutescens). At present, the Eastern Baltic hemiboreal complex of the clavarioid fungi includes 118 species, whilst 106 are known from the temperate zone. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]