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 Pohlia lescuriana (Sull.) Ochi SPECIMEN EXAMINED . — Republic of Northern Macedonia . At Prespa lake near Otoševo, on the bank of the lake, 40°58’07.5”N , 20°54’36.7”E , 870 m a.s.l., 16.X.2016 , leg . Papp B. and Pantovi ć J. s.n., BP[BP 193513]. REMARKS The species is widely but scattery distributed in Europe ( Smith 2004 ; Hodgetts 2015 ). In the Balkans, it was not often collected, being known only from Romania , Serbia and Slovenia ( Sabovljević et al. 2008 ; Ros et al. 2013 ; Hodgetts 2015 ). Additionally, in the rest of the Mediterranean, it was reported only from Corse , France , Italy , Portugal and Spain ( Ros et al. 2013 ; Hodgetts 2015 ).The specimen has leaf nerve ending below apex and rhizoidal gemmae pale brown, spherical to pyriform, 90 -110 µm in diameter, while sporophytes are rare (as stated by Smith 2004 ).