New records of lichens of the genus Cladonia (Cladoniaceae) for Azerbaijan

When processing the specimens of the lichens from the Cladonia genus (51 taxa), which were collected in various years by different collectors and which are stored in a lichenological and bryological herbarium of Botanical Institute of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (city of Baku), there were revealed three species and two subspecies: C. borealis, C. farinacea, C. mitis, C. gracilis subsp. turbinata and C. uncialis subsp. uncialis. These taxa are considered new and rare for lichen biota of Azerbaijan.