B. Papp szerk.: Studia Botanica Hungarica 33. 2002 (Budapest, 2002)
Erzberger, Peter: Funaria muhlenbergii and Funaria pulchella (Funariaceae, Bryophyta) in Hungary
thus been labelled F. mediterranean the coincidence of the two taxonomic concepts is very poor (Pearson chi 2 = 0.906, p = 0.341). Figures 4 and 5 show the records known at present of F. muhlenbergii and F. pulchella, respectively, in Hungary. Both species seem to occur predominantly in the Transdanubial part of the Hungarian hills: the Pilis-Buda Mts, the Gerecse Mts and the Vértes Mts west of the Danube. East of the Danube only one isolated record exists of F. muhlenbergii and two of F. pulchella. Both species also occur in the south of Hungary, in the Villány Mts, and F. muhlenbergii in the Mecsek Mts as well. F. muhlenbergii seems to extend further to the west: there are records from the Bakony Mts, the Keszthely Mts and the hills north of Lake Balaton. No specimen of F. pulchella was seen from these areas. In those regions where the species occur together, they are sometimes found in the same locations. Examples are Remete-hegy (Máriaremete) in the Pilis-Buda Mts; Pes-kő (Vértestolna) and Vörös-hegy (Tatabánya) in the Gerecse Mts; Lófő-hegy (Várgesztes) and Csatorna-völgy (Csákberény) in the Vértes Mts. One of the specimens of this latter location contains a mixed stand of the two species. This proves that the habitat requirements of F. muhlenbergii and F. pulchella are very similar, to say the least. According to the information on specimen labels and field observations of the author, both occur in open calcareous grasslands, on thin layers of soil, often rendzina, in crevices or more frequently on ledges of calcareous rock. It is therefore not astonishing, that they are accompanied by nearly the same bryophytes in the specimens studied. The most frequent companions are: F. muhlenbergii F. pulchella Species Fig. 3. Comparison of revision results (F. muhlenbergii versus F. pulchella) with names on specimen labels (F. dentata versus F. mediterranea). Pearson chi 2 = 0.906, p = 0.341.
