Description

Ecology Nemastoma b. sneznikensis ssp. nov. is a psychrophilous subspecies. To date it has been recorded only in a cold, well-drained, deep mull humus Dinaric Pinus mugo scrub in contact with the Dinaric Fagus sylvatica – Abies alba treeline on calcareous soils. Likely, it inhabits other cold habitats, like scree and stone heap edges in contact with humus accumulations, as is known for N. relictum (Komposch 1999; Komposch & Gruber 2004), and perhaps a humus-rich shallow subterranean habitat (SSH), i. e., Milieu Souterrain Superficiel (MSS) (Mammola et al. 2016; Halse 2018). Since this habitat is restricted to an area of less than 1 km 2 on Mt. Snežnik, this subspecies is considered highly endangered. Phenology: probably eurychronous. Hybrids among the subspecies of Nemastoma bidentatum

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Rhodophyta

Class: Florideophyceae

Order: Nemastomatales

Family: Nemastomataceae

Genus: Nemastoma

Species: Nemastoma bidentatum subsp. sneznikensis Novak, Komposch, Slana Novak & Raspotnig, 2021