Boros István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 8. (Budapest 1957)

Kol, E.: On the snow vegetation of the Grecian Mountains

: • ANNALES HISTORICO-NATURALES MUSEI NATIONALIS HUNGARICI Tomus VIII. Series nova 1957 On the Snow Vegetation of the Grecian Mountains By E. KOL, Budapest Studies of the nivicolous microorganisms of the Bulgarian (Kol, 1956) and Grecian mountains show that the snow vegetation of the Balkanian Mountains is just as interesting and special as its higher flora. As far as I know, no one has as yet examined the nival vegetation of the mountains of Greece. In this paper, I have worked out the nival collections of professor C. R eg e 1, collected for me in 1935. The snow samples examined came from the Taygetos 1900 m, 1. July ; Taygetos 2210 m, July ; Epirus (Smolika) about 2300 m, July. R e g e T s note is as follows : "Leider war der Sommer so trocken, fast kein Schnee auf den Bergen". Microorganisms found in the snow samples. Microorganisms Taygetos Smolika (Epirus) Microorganisms 1000 m 2200 m 2300 m Algae Chlamydotnonas nivalis Wille 2 2 2—3 CystococcLis nivicolus Kol 2—3 Otoeotila protogenita Kg. 2 2 Ophiocytium capitatum Wolle 1—2 Scotiella antarctic a F. E, Frits ch ? 1—2 Scotiella nivalis Chodat 1—2 2 2—3 Tetraedron valdezii Kol 2 Trochiscia nivalis Lagerh. 2 Fungi Chionaster bicornis Kol 2 Selenotila nivalis Lagerh. 1—2 Aside of the microorganisms enumerated above, there were Phanerogamous plant detritus, hyphae of fungi, spores and many cryoconites in the snow samples. As is to be seen in the Table, the snow vegetation of the Smolika is richer, since I found 7 algal and 1 fungus species in the snow samples originating from 5 Természettudományi Múzeum Évkönyve