Pohlia Hedw and Oleolophozia L. Söderstr., De Roo & Hedd. species new to Turkey and South-West Asia Author Erata, Hüseyin Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Bayramiç Vocational School, 17700, Çanakkale (Turkey) Author Özen, Öznur Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Science, Biology Department, 61080, Trabzon (Turkey) Author Batan, Nevzat Karadeniz Technical University, Maçka Vocational School, 61750, Trabzon (Turkey) nevzatbatan @ gmail. com (corresponding author) Author Alataş, Mevlüt Munzur University, Engineering Faculty, Department of Bioengineering, 62000, Tunceli (Turkey) text Cryptogamie, Bryologie 2021 2021-01-27 20 1 1 10 journal article 1776-0992 Pohlia lescuriana (Sull.) Ochi ( Fig. 3 ) SPECIMEN EXAMINED . — Turkey ( Giresun province ): Dereli district, Kümbet plateau, streamside, on moist soil, in the forest ( Picea orientalis (L.) Link), 40°33’04”N , 38°27’18”E , 1610-1630 m , 11.VII.2019 , leg. H. Erata, M. Alataş and N. Batan, KTUB[KTUB 1607]. ECOLOGY . — Pohlia lescuriana usually grows on damp clayey soil on banks by streams, ditches, reservoirs, paths, on woodland rides and in fields ( Smith 2004 ). In addition, P. lescuriana can be found on soil in exposed and disturbed habitats ( Ireland 1982 ). Turkish specimens collected in Kümbet plateau, on damp soil, streamside in area of Picea oritalis forest. It was found together with Mnium spinosum (Voit) Schwägr , Philonotis fontana (Hedw.) Brid. , Brachythecium albicans (Hedw.) Schimp. , Ptychostomum moravicum (Podp.) Ros & Mazimpaka, P. pseudotriquetrum (Hedw.) J.R. Spence & H.P. Ramsay var. pseudotriquetrum and Marchantia polymorpha L. DISTRIBUTION . — Europe ( Denmark , Finland , Norway , Sweden , Britain, Ireland , Corsica , France , Italy , Portugal , Spain , Austria , Belgium , Czech Republic , Germany , Netherlands , Poland , Slovakia , Switzerland , Hungary , Romania , Serbia , Slovenia , Arctic Russia , Central Russia , NE Russia , NW Russia , Estonia , Latvia , Lithuania , Sub-polar & North Urals, Ukraine ); North America; Asia ( China , Japan ) ( Nyholm 1993 ; Smith 2004 ; Frey et al. 2006 ; Da-cheng et al . 2007; Ros et al. 2013 ; Hodgetts 2015 ; Hodgetts et al . 2019). DESCRIPTION Plants Small, 0.3-1.2 cm , dull green, pale green or green to yellowish green, lacking metallic sheen; stems brownish. Leaves 1-3 mm long, flexuose when dry, erect to erect-spreading when moist. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, margin denticulate in upper part, slightly recurved below; costa green to brownish green, ending in or below apex; cells thin walled, narrowly rhomboidal to linear-rhomboidal. Gemmae Present on rhizoids, pale brown, spherical, ellipsoid or pyriform. Capsules With superficial stomata, brownish, neck short or capsules lacking; outer peristome teeth yellow, inner peristome thin and hyaline; spores 12-16 µm. REMARKS This species is similar to Pohlia lutescens (Limpr.) H. Lindb. but differs in the morphology of the rhizoidal gemmae ( Ireland 1982 ; Nyholm 1993 ; Smith 2004 ; Guerra et al. 2006 ).