Additions to the bryophyte flora of the Republic of Northern Macedonia Author Papp, Beáta Botanical Department, Hungarian Natural History Museum, H- 1431, Budapest, Pf. 137 (Hungary) Author Pantović, Jovana Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Takovska 43, 11000 Belgrade (Serbia) Author Sabovljević, Marko S. Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Takovska 43, 11000 Belgrade (Serbia) text Cryptogamie, Bryologie 2019 2019-10-09 20 15 159 166 http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/cryptogamie-bryologie2019v40a15 journal article 10.5252/cryptogamie-bryologie2019v40a15 1776-0992 12215549 Fissidens gracilifolius Brugg. -Nann. & Nyholm SPECIMEN EXAMINED . — Republic of Northern Macedonia . Sveta Bogorodica church in Sveti Naum monastery complex at Ohrid lake, source area of Crni Drim river, limestone rock near the water, 40°54’36.7”N , 20°44’42.8”E , 710 m a.s.l., 17.X.2016 , leg . Papp B. and Pantovi ć J. s.n., BP[BP 193625]. REMARKS This species is widely but scattery distributed in Europe, from south to north and west, reaching Ukraine in the east ( Frey et al. 2006 ; Hodgetts 2015 ). Among the Balkan countries, it was rarely reported: Albania ( Papp et al. 2010 ), Bulgaria , Croatia , Greece , Romania , Slovenia and Serbia ( Sabovljević et al. 2008 ; Ros et al. 2013 ; Hodgetts 2015 ). In the rest of Mediterranean countries, it is present in Baleares, Corsica , Crete, France , Italy , Madeira, Malta , Portugal , Sicily, Spain and Turkey ( Ros et al. 2013 ; Hodgetts 2015 ). In Bulgaria and Romania it is considered to be VU ( Natcheva et al. 2006 ; Ştefănuţ & Goia 2012 ).