New and rare species of jelly cyanolichens for Asia and the Russian Far East

The locations of nine species of jelly cyanolichens of the families Coccocarpiaceae, Heppiaceae, Koerberiaceae, Lichinaceae, Massalongiaceae found in the Magadan Region are reported. Spilonema paradoxum Bornet is recorded for the first time in Asia; five species, Ephebe perspinulosa Nyl., Heppia lutosa (Ach.) Nyl., Koerberia biformis A. Massal., Peccania coralloides (A. Massal.) A. Massal., and Thallinocarpon nigritellum (Letau) P.M. Jørg., are new for the Russian Far East; Polychidium muscicola (Sw.) Gray is first found in the Magadan Region, and the two species, Euopsis granatina (Sommerf.) Nyl. and Spilonema revertens Nyl., are rare lichens in this region. The geographical distribution patterns and ecology of these species are discussed. Findings in the north of the Russian Far East of such lichens as Heppia lutosa, Koerberia biformis, Peccania coralloides, and Thallinocarpon nigritellum are the most interesting and unexpected in the phytogeographical respect. All of them are relic elements in the flora of the Magadan Region.