1st International Conference on Botany and Mycology, Sofia

25–26 October 2021, Sofia, Bulgaria

Programme Book

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ORGANIZERS

Cover illustrations: Lilium rhodopeum Delip. (left) and Peltigera venosa (L.) Hoffm. (right). Photographs: V.V. Shivarov.

Edited by Cvetomir M. Denchev & Vladimir VladimirovInstitute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research at Bulgarian Academy of Sciences & MYCOBIOTA

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CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRSCvetomir M. Denchev Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem ResearchVladimir Vladimirov Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research

CONFERENCE SECRETARIATMila Andonova Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem ResearchVeselin V. Shivarov Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research

MEMBERSDaniella Ivanova Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem ResearchBoriana Sidjimova Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem ResearchDesislava Sopotlieva Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem ResearchKiril Vassilev Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

CHAIRAnna Ganeva Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgaria

MEMBERS

BOTANYDirk Albach Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, GermanyIna Aneva Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, BulgariaIva Apostolova Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, BulgariaSvetlana Bancheva Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, BulgariaSándor Bartha Centre for Ecological Research, HungaryKetevan Batsatsashvili Ilia State University, GeorgiaStrahil Berkov Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, BulgariaSandro Bogdanović University of Zagreb, CroatiaEvren Cabi Namık Kemal University, Tekirdağ, TurkeyGeorgi Fayvush Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences, ArmeniaMichal Hájek Masaryk University, Czech RepublicFlorian Jabbour National Museum of Natural History of Paris, FranceNejc Jogan University of Ljubljana, SloveniaRamazan A. Murtazaliev Precaspian Institute of Biological Resources of the Dagestan Federal Research Centre,

RussiaRayna Natcheva Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgaria

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Nadja G. Ognjanova-Rumenova Geological Institute, BulgariaMaria Panitsa University of Patras, GreeceHarald Pauli Austrian Academy of Sciences & University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences

Vienna, AustriaAlexander Sennikov University of Helsinki, FinlandAlexey Seregin Lomonosov Moscow State University, RussiaAlexander Tashev University of Forestry, BulgariaLaura Torras-Claveria University of Barcelona, SpainAnita Tosheva St. Kliment Ohridski Sofia University, BulgariaAntoaneta Trendafilova Institute of Organic Chemistry with Center for Phytochemistry, BulgariaAngelo Troia University of Palermo, ItalyRosen Tsonev St. Kliment Ohridski Sofia University, BulgariaLana Zorić University of Novi Sad, Serbia

MYCOLOGYJessica L. Allen Eastern Washington University, U.S.A.Boris Assyov Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, BulgariaTeodor T. Denchev Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, BulgariaMargarita Georgieva Forest Research Institute, BulgariaTine Grebenc Slovenian Forestry Institute, SloveniaMartin Kemler Ruhr-Universität Bochum, GermanyPaul Kirk Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UKHenning Knudsen Natural History Museum of Denmark, DenmarkMaría P. Martín Real Jardín Botánico Madrid, SpainDavid Minter CABI Europe, UKGregory M. Mueller Chicago Botanic Garden, U.S.A.Siranoush G. Nanagulyan Yerevan State University, ArmeniaYuri Novozhilov Komarov Botanical Institute, RussiaMykola P. Prydiuk M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, UkraineErtuğrul Sesli Karadeniz Technical University, TurkeySergey Volobuev Komarov Botanical Institute, RussiaGeorgios I. Zervakis Agricultural University of Athens, Greece

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MONDAY, 25 OCTOBER 2021

▼ MORNING

08:00–09:00 (UTC+3) REGISTRATION

08:00–09:00 Registration

09:00–09:30 (UTC+3) ■ OPENING CEREMONY

09:00–09:05 Welcome: Cvetomir M. Denchev, Conference Co-Chair09:05–09:10 Welcome: Vladimir Vladimirov, Conference Co-Chair09:10–09:20 Welcome: Anna Ganeva, Director of the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem

Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences09:20–09:30 Welcome: Acad. Julian Revalski, President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

09:30–10:00 (UTC+3) ■ PLENARY LECTURE

CHAIR: Anna Ganeva

09:30–10:00 Strahil Berkov, Hilbert Huaylla & Jaume Bastida The biodiversity of subfamily Amaryllidoideae: an intersection point between bot-

any, phytochemistry, pharmacology, and horticulture Followed by discussion

10:10–12:45 (UTC+3) ■ SESSION 1: FLORISTICS, PLANT TAXONOMY AND PHYLOGENY

CHAIR: Vladimir Vladimirov

10:10–10:25 Nadja Ognjanova-Rumenova, Krisztina Buczkó, Friedel Hinz, Zlatko Levkov & Agata Wojtal

Boreozonacola hustedtii: morphology and distribution in natural populations from eastern European mountain lakes

10:25–10:40 Salvatore Cambria, Gianmarco Tavilla, Saverio Sciandrello, Gianpietro Giusso del Galdo, Pietro Minissale, Marta Puglisi, Giuseppe Siracusa, Alessandro Crisafulli & Salvatore Brullo

Taxonomic and ecological remarks on Cardamine dubia (Brassicaceae), an over-looked endemic species of Italian flora

10:40–10:55 Mareike Daubert & Dirk C. Albach Two becomes one?: Genotyping-by-sequencing elucidates position of Ukrainian

taxa within Veronica subg. Pseudolysimachium10:55–11:10 Christoph Nehrke & Dirk C. Albach The next generation of steps towards a phylogeny of Veronica subg. Pseudolysi-

machium (Plantaginaceae) Followed by discussion

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11:40–11:55 Helena Więcław & Jacob Koopman Section Ammoglochin (Carex, Cyperaceae) in Poland11:55–12:10 Georgi Bonchev BULCODE project – an initiative to foster plant biodiversity research and network-

ing capacity in DNA barcoding studies in Bulgaria12:10–12:25 Vladimir Stupar, Đorđije Milanović & Jugoslav Brujić Diversity of vascular flora of the Republic of Srpska Followed by discussion

12:45–13:30 (UTC+3) ■ BREAK

12:45–13:30 Lunch Break

▼ AFTERNOON

13:30–14:15 (UTC+3) ■ SESSION 2: VEGETATION AND HABITATS

CHAIR: Iva Apostolova

13:30–13:45 Constantin Mardari, Kiril Vassilev, Nikolay Velev, Jozef Šibík, Ciprian Bîrsan, Mom-chil Nazarov, Andreea Natalia Matei & Cătălin Tănase

Nardus stricta assemblages in Romania and Bulgaria – syntaxonomy, ecology, and biogeographical patterns

13:45–14:00 Alessandro Bricca, Maria Laura Carranza, Marco Varricchione, Maurizio Cutini & Angela Stanisci

Plant traits analysis on high-mountain vegetation in central Apennines: do func-tional diversity and redundancy matter?

Followed by discussion

14:15–14:40 (UTC+3) ■ SESSION 3: PLANT CONSERVATION

CHAIR: Daniella Ivanova

14:15–14:30 Aneta Lambevska-Hristova, Mila Andonova, Daniela Borisova & Svetlana Bancheva Revising the precise location and state of conservation of Savin juniper in the Vrat-

sata locality, Northwest Bulgaria Followed by discussion

14:40–16:00 (UTC+3) ■ POSTER SESSION 1: FLORISTICS, PLANT TAXONOMY AND PHYLOGENY

CHAIR: Vladimir Vladimirov

P1 Nadja Ognjanova-Rumenova Taxonomical analysis of the diatom flora from the Euxinograd Formation, NE Bulgaria

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P2 Rayna Nacheva, Tzvetan Zlatanov, Anna Ganeva, Galin Gospodinov, Kiril Vassilev, Melania Gyosheva-Bogoeva, Georgi Hinkov, Magdalena Zlatanova, Nikoleta Sotiro-va & Georgi Gogushev

Distribution of the rare moss Buxbaumia viridis in BulgariaP3 Adam Kantor, Jaromír Kučera, Marek Šlenker, Marián Perný, Joêlle Breidy, Karol

Marhold, Marek Slovák & Judita Zozomová-Lihová Taxonomy and phylogeny of Cardamine (Brassicaceae) species endemic to the Bal-

kan Peninsula, Anatolia, and the CaucasusP4 Desislava Mantovska, Georgi Bonchev, Miroslava Zhiponova & Zhenya Yordanova Taxonomic studies via DNA barcoding of Balkan endemic Stachys speciesP5 Vladimir Vladimirov Legousia hybrida (Campanulaceae): the first report for the Bulgarian floraP6 Svetlana Bancheva, Malina Delcheva & Vladimir Vladimirov Biosystematic study of the Bulgarian endemic Centaurea kerneriana (Asteraceae)P7 Vladimir Vladimirov Chromosome numbers and genome size in Bulgarian species of Hieracium sect.

Pannosa (Asteraceae)P8 Atanas Tanev & Svetlana Bancheva The overlooked floral microcharacteristics of Crocus olivieri (Iridaceae)P9 Stoyan Stoyanov, Vladimir Vladimirov & Svetlana Bancheva Sisyrinchium rosulatum (Iridaceae), a new alien species to the Bulgarian floraP10 Nikolay Krumov, Boris Tsenov, Viktoria Hristova, Desislava Mantovska, Ganka Cha-

neva & Miroslava Zhiponova Biological characteristics of vegetative organs of the terrestrial orchid Ludisia dis-

colorP11 Galin Gospodinov & Rayna Natcheva The hidden life around the fresh water low tideP12 Constantinou Ioannis, Kougioumoutzis Konstantinos & Maria Panitsa Plant beta-diversity patterns on the island of CyprusP13 Kakampoura Basiliki, Kougioumoutzis Konstantinos & Maria Panitsa Plant beta-diversity patterns on Lesvos islandP14 Narine Zakaryan, Edgar Melkonyan, Astghik Poghosyan, Rusanna Adamyan, Nune

Kartashyan & Siranush Nanagulyan Taxonomical study of imported open-ground ornamental plants in ArmeniaP15 Iva Apostolova, Desislava Sopotlieva, Anna Ganeva, Veselin V. Shivarov, Nikolay

Velev, Magdalena Valcheva, Kiril Vassilev, Tsvetelina Tersiyska & Georgi Nekhrizov First record of vascular and cryptogam flora on ancient mounds in Bulgaria

16:00–16:15 (UTC+3) ■ POSTER SESSION 2: VEGETATION AND HABITATS

CHAIR: Desislava Sopotlieva

P16 Momchil Nazarov, Nikolay Velev, Beloslava Genova, Stoyan Georgiev & Kiril Vassilev The high-rank syntaxa of grassland vegetation in Dolna Banya and Kostenets mu-

nicipalities, Sofia district, Western Bulgaria

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16:15–17:30 (UTC+3) ■ POSTER SESSION 3: APPLIED BOTANY

CHAIR: Strahil Berkov

P17 Mila Andonova Micro CT scanning for the evaluation of archaeological monocotyledonous basket-

ry remainsP18 Maryna Kovalova & Anatolii Goltvianskyi Characterization of the Dunaliella viridis strain, which is resistant to high concen-

trations of copper sulfate, as an object of biotechnologyP19 Karpiuk Viktoriia & Konechna Roksolana Total phenolic content of Caltha palustrisP20 Iva Doycheva & Stefan Philipov Influence of heavy metals on the alkaloid content of Chelidonium majus in vitro

cultivated plantsP21 Milena Nikolova, Anatoli Dzhurmanski, Marina Dimitrova & Strahil Berkov Essential oil profiles of Origanum vulgare subsp. hirtum patternsP22 Milena Nikolova, Genadi Gavrilov, Anna Gavrilova & Strachil Berkov Phytochemical screening of Satureja kitaibelii extracts by GC/MSP23 Marina Stanilova, Boryanka Traykova, Vladimir Vladimirov, Maria Petrova & Elina

Yankova-Tsvetkova In vitro micropropagation of Helichrysum arenarium (Asteraceae) as a tool for in-

troducing the species in agricultureP24 Gabriela Haist, Rumen Denev, Ina Ivanova, Nadejda Michaleva, Preslava Berkova,

Borjana Sidjimova, Milena Nikolova & Strahil Berkov Metabolite profiling of Hippeastrum papilio: a new source of galanthamineP25 Vitalii Gryshko, Olga Lysenko, Tetiana Artiushenko & Strahil Berkov Antioxidant capacity of leaf tissues of different species of Amaryllidaceae family of

Eastern EuropeP26 Boriana Sidjimova, Milena Nikolova, Vitalii Gryshko, Oksana Dziuba, Alla Liubinska

& Strahil Berkov Alkaloid and phenolic profiles of Ukrainian Amaryllidaceae speciesP27 Boriana Sidjimova, Milena Nikolova, Borislav Georgiev, Elina Yankova-Tsvetkova &

Strahil Berkov Metabolite profiles and bioactivity of alkaloid extracts from Galanthus nivalis and

Galanthus elwesii populationsP28 Milena Nikolova, Anna Dimitrova, Strahil Berkov & Valya Vassileva Metabolite profiling reveals differential drought-induced changes in wheat culti-

vars with contrasting abiotic stress toleranceP29 Marina Stanilova, Boryanka Traykova, Liliya Georgieva & Irena Mincheva Application of hydroponic technologies for growth acceleration of in vitro plants of

Vanda coerulea hybridP30 Genadi Gavrilov, Anna Gavrilova, Rossen Tzonev & Milena Nikolova Resource potential of the populations of Satureja kitaibelii in Central Northern Bul-

garia

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P31 Narine Zakaryan, Nune Kartashyan, Astghik Poghosyan, Rusanna Adamyan, Edgar Melkonyan & Siranush Nanagulyan

Ethnobotanical study in Berd region, Armenia

17:30–18:15 (UTC+3) ■ POSTER SESSION 4: PLANT CONSERVATION

CHAIR: Rayna Natcheva

P32 Alexandros Papanikolaou, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis & Maria Panitsa Climate change impacts and extinction risk assessment of Nepeta argolicaP33 Stoyan Nikolov & Svetlana Bancheva Population state of Centaurea jankae (Asteraceae) in BulgariaP34 Vladimir Vladimirov, Alexander Tashev & Nikolay Tashev Impact of the invasive alien species Heracleum sosnowskyi (Apiaceae) on the na-

tive plant diversity, a case study from BulgariaP35 Svetlana Bancheva, Rayna Natcheva, Daniella Ivanova, Maya Stoyneva, Aneta

Lambevska-Hristova, Stoyan Stoyanov, Vladimir Vladimirov, Blagoy Uzunov & Galin Gospodinov

Monitoring of the wetlands in Mt. Vitosha – a sensitive indicator of climate changeP36 Vladimir Vladimirov, Rayna Natcheva, Svetlana Bancheva, Veselin V. Shivarov, Ma-

lina Delcheva & Anna Ganeva Impact of climate change on the alpine plant and lichen diversity in Bulgarian high-

est mountains

TUESDAY, 26 OCTOBER 2021

▼ MORNING

09:00–10:35 (UTC+3) ■ SESSION 5: FUNGAL TAXONOMY AND PHYLOGENY

CHAIR: Cvetomir M. Denchev

09:00–09:15 Teodor T. Denchev, Cvetomir M. Denchev, Martin Kemler, María P. Martín & Dominik Begerow

Comparative morphological study and molecular evidence support a distinct spe-cies of smut fungus Sporisorium anadelphiae-leptocomae (Ustilaginaceae) on Ana-delphia leptocoma (Poaceae)

09:15–09:30 Fuat Bozok, Boris Assyov, Mahmut Yarar & Hatıra Taşkın ITS-barcoding reveals abundance of white forms in Amanita09:30–09:45 Teodor T. Denchev, Martin Kemler, Dominik Begerow & Cvetomir M. Denchev Molecular and morphological evidence reveals a new smut fungus, Microbotryum

polycnemoides (Microbotryaceae), on Polygonum polycnemoides (Polygonaceae) from Turkey

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09:45–10:00 Danilo Reis Gonçalves, Rodica Pena & Dirk C. Albach Polyploidy and plant-fungus symbiosis: evidence of cytotype-specific microbiomes

in the halophyte Salicornia10:00–10:15 Melek Tikvesli, Saban Gürcan, Hande Güclü & Berrak Cakmakcı A case of fungal keratitis due to Cladosporium anthropophilum and Cladosporium

subuliforme after corneal transplantation Followed by discussion

10:35–11:55 (UTC+3) ■ SESSION 6: SUSTAINABLE USE OF PLANTS AND FUNGI

CHAIR: Boris Assyov

10:35–10:50 Dessislava Dimitrova, Yulia Bosseva & Teodora Ivanova Post-industrial agricultural legacies – Ethnobotanical evidence from rural Bulgaria10:50–11:05 Dessislava Dimitrova, Emanuela Lukach, Yulia Bosseva, Teodora Ivanova & Rositsa

Tropcheva Cheers and stay sober! – Traditional knowledge and valorization options for

Langyur beverage Followed by discussion

11:15–11:30 Laura Iglesias-Bernabé, Sarah Bott-Vázquez, María Freiría-Bautista, Xesús Graña, Esteban Sinde-Spompel, María Esther Barreal & Pedro Pablo Gallego

Boletus edulis mycelia culture in liquid medium: selecting media composition11:30–11:45 Mauro Rivas-Ferreiro, Laura Iglesias-Bernabé, María Esther Barreal, María Luisa

Castro-Cerceda & Pedro Pablo Gallego In vitro growth of Boletus reticulatus mycelium: effect of co-cultivation with Bras-

sica rapa seedsFollowed by discussion

11:55–12:55 (UTC+3) ■ POSTER SESSION 5: FUNGAL TAXONOMY AND PHYLOGENY

CHAIR: Teodor T. Denchev

P37 Vassileios Daskalopoulos, Elias Polemis, Vasileios Kaounas, Georgios Konstantinidis, Vassiliki Fryssouli, Vassili N. Kouvelis, Dimitrios M. Dimou & Georgios I. Zervakis

Preliminary reassessment of the diversity of Tuber spp. in GreeceP38 Fuat Bozok, Boris Assyov, Mahmut Yarar & Hatıra Taşkın Little-known species of Amanita section Vaginatae, revealed by ITS-barcoding

from Bulgaria and TurkeyP39 Boris Assyov, Teodor T. Denchev & Cvetomir M. Denchev ITS-barcoding of Pholiota pityrodes, a rarely seen, Phragmites-associated speciesP40 Qëndrim Ramshaj, Katerina Rusevska, Slavica Tofilovska & Mitko Karadelev Macromycetes diversity of Sharr Planina in Kosovo

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P41 Teodor T. Denchev & Cvetomir M. Denchev Anthracoidea kenaica (Anthracoideaceae) – a new record from RussiaP42 Teodor T. Denchev & Cvetomir M. Denchev A second locality of Microbotryum succisae (Microbotryaceae) from the Balkan

PeninsulaP43 Teodor T. Denchev & Cvetomir M. Denchev Entyloma thalictri (Entylomataceae) – a new record from BulgariaP44 Boris Assyov, Teodor T. Denchev & Cvetomir M. Denchev First Bulgarian records of Lepiota elaiophylla and L. xanthophylla, allegedly poison-

ous lepiotoid agarics P45 Veselin V. Shivarov First record of Acrocordia subglobosa (Monoblastiaceae, Ascomycota) from the

Balkan PeninsulaP46 Olga Gavrilova & Tatiana Gagkaeva Toxigenic Fusarium sibiricum – 10 years after the description

12:55–13:30 (UTC+3) ■ BREAK

12:55–13:30 Lunch Break

▼ AFTERNOON

13:30–14:00 (UTC+3) ■ POSTER SESSION 6: SUSTAINABLE USE OF PLANTS AND FUNGI

CHAIR: Veselin V. Shivarov

P47 Margarita Georgieva & Eva Filipova Vegetative compatibility type diversity of Cryphonectria parasitica populations in

BulgariaP48 Iren Shahazizyan, Ruzanna Matevosyan, Inessa Eloyan & Siranush Nanagulyan Biodestruction of natural leather by microscopic fungiP49 Fotios A. Lyssaios, A. González-Coloma, M. Fe. Andres & Carmen E. Díaz Diversity of endolichenic fungi from Hypogymnia tubulosa and their antifungal

propertiesP50 Krešimir Šimunac, Adrijana Novak, Dario Ivić & Lorena Šajbić Susceptibility of the fungus Cercospora beticola to some fungicides

14:00–14:45 (UTC+3) ■ SESSION 7: FUNGAL CONSERVATION

CHAIR: Teodor T. Denchev

14:00–14:20 Gregory M. Mueller Fungal conservation: accomplishments and next steps

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14:20–14:35 Maoulida Mohamed Abdillahi & Frédéric Bioret Contribution to the study of forest fungi on the island of Ngazidja: diversity, con-

servation and perspective Followed by discussion

14:45–15:05 (UTC+3) ■ POSTER SESSION 7: FUNGAL CONSERVATION

CHAIR: Cvetomir M. Denchev

P51 Siranush Nanagulyan, Lusine Margaryan, Yeva Hovhannisyan, Ruzanna Matevo-syan & Emma Boyajyan

Polypore fungi of Shikahogh State Reserve (Armenia)P52 Eglė Semaškaitė & Ernestas Kutorga Protected non-lichenised ascomycetes in Lithuania: the assessment of their con-

servation status

15:05–16:30 (UTC+3) ■ POSTER SESSION 8: CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS IN BOTANY AND MYCOLOGY

CHAIR: Boriana Sidjimova

P53 Barbora Šingliarová, Judita Zozomová-Lihová, Vladimir Vladimirov & Patrik Mráz Tracking the effects of the whole-genome multiplication on clonal reproduction in

plantsP54 Vladimir Vladimirov, Alexander Tashev, Nikolay Tashev, Igor Dalke, Dmitry Shadrin,

Ivan Chadin, Ruslan Malyshev & Ilya Zakhozhiy Modeling of the potential distribution ranges of the invasive alien species Hera-

cleum sosnowskyi and Heracleum mantegazzianum in Eastern Europe

CHAIR: Boris Assyov

P55 Guillaume Delhaye, Sietse van der Linde, Filipa Cox, Alexander Byrne, Jessica Bode, Martin I. Bidartondo & Laura M. Suz

Taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungi in for-ests across Europe

P56 Siranush Nanagulyan, Iren Shahazizyan, Inessa Eloyan, Lusine Margaryan & Yeva Hovhannisyan

Current status of mycological investigation in Republic of ArmeniaP57 Slavica Tofilovska, Katerina Rusevska, Tine Grebenc, Tome Jovanovski & Mitko Ka-

radelev New records of sequestrate Balsamia, Fischerula, Geopora, Hydnocystis, Leucan-

gium, and Pachyphlodes in RN Macedonia, and first record of P. conglomerata for the Balkan Peninsula

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P58 Cvetomir M. Denchev, Boris Assyov, Teodor T. Denchev, Veselin V. Shivarov, Plamen B. Mirchev, Georgi T. Georgiev, Margarita I. Georgieva, Rostislav H. Bek-chiev, Rumyana D. Kostova, Monica T. Slavova & Sevdalin V. Belilov

Structural and functional characteristics and perspectives for diverse use of en-demic relict coniferous forest communities in Bulgaria

P59 Veselin V. Shivarov, Rumyana D. Kostova & Cvetomir M. Denchev Epiphytic lichens on Pinus peuce and P. heldreichii as a tool for monitoring forest

health and climate changeP60 Teodor T. Denchev, Veselin V. Shivarov, Boris Assyov, Gergana P. Vasileva & Cvetomir

M. Denchev Establishment of Mycology Laboratory at Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem

Research, SofiaP61 Elizaveta Lukina, Maria Gomzhina, Anna Dalinova, Vsevolod Dubovik & Alexander

Berestetskiy Identification of the causal agent of the field thistle shoot bleaching and its biolog-

ically active metabolitesP62 Georgi Georgiev, Plamen Mirchev, Margarita Georgieva, Daniela Pilarska, Mihail

Kechev, Sevdalin Belilov, Boryana Katinova, Vyara Petrova, Lyubomira Georgieva, Christa Schafellner, Gernot Hoch, Martin Schebeck, Peter Zelinka & Elisabeth We-denig

Expansion of the invasive insect pest Corythucha arcuata (Hemiptera: Tingidae) in the oak forests of Bulgaria and Austria

16:30–16:40 (UTC+3) ■ CLOSING CEREMONY

16:40 (UTC+3) ■ END OF THE CONFERENCE