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Pykälä J. (2019): Habitat loss and deterioration explain the disappearance of populations of threatened vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens in a hemiboreal landscape, Global Ecology and Conservation, 18: e00610

Why populations of threatened species disappear is among the key questions in conservation biology. However, very few local and regional studies have attempted to quantify the importance of the various causes. In this investigation, the status of the populations of threatened vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens found between the years 1860–1979 in a national biodiversity hot spot in SW Finland was studied during the years 1990–2008. Of the populations, 82% had disappeared and 18% were re-discovered. … URL EN Read more... 

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Challacombe J.F., Hesse C.N., Bramer L.M., McCue L.A., Lipton M., Purvine S., Nicora C., Gallegos-Graves V., Porras-Alfaro A. & Kuske C.R. (2019): Genomes and secretomes of Ascomycota fungi reveal diverse functions in plant biomass decomposition and pathogenesis, BMC Genomics, 20(1): 976

The dominant fungi in arid grasslands and shrublands are members of the Ascomycota phylum. Ascomycota fungi are important drivers in carbon and nitrogen cycling in arid ecosystems. These fungi play roles in soil stability, plant biomass decomposition, and endophytic interactions with plants. They may also form symbiotic associations with biocrust components or be latent saprotrophs or pathogens that live on plant tissues. However, their functional potential in arid soils, where organic matter, nutrients … URL EN Read more... 

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Prateeksha, Bajpai R., Yusuf M.A., Upreti D.K., Gupta V.K. & Singh B.N. (2020): Endolichenic fungus, Aspergillus quandricinctus of Usnea longissima inhibits quorum sensing and biofilm formation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1, Microbial Pathogenesis, 140: 103933

Lichens are composite organisms, comprising of a fungus (mycobiont) and a blue-green alga (photobiont). Along with the mycobiont, numerous non-obligate microfungi live in lichen thalli. These microfungi are called endolichenic fungi (ELF). In recent years, the ELF are emerging as promising natural sources because of their capability to exert unique drug molecules. The current study aimed to isolate the ELF from the lichen, Usnea longissima Ach., to control of biofilm formation and quorum sensing … URL EN Read more... 

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Agrawal S., Deshmukh S.K., Reddy M.S., Prasad R. & Goel M. (2020): Endolichenic fungi: A hidden source of bioactive metabolites, South African Journal of Botany, 134: 163-186

Lichens are synergetic organisms composed of a mycobiont in relationship with one or more photosynthetic partners (photobiont). These organisms grow on various substrates and sometimes under extreme ecological environments. A different group of non-obligate micro-fungi also resides inside the internal tissues of the lichen thalli without causing any harm to them. These microfungi are called as endolichenic fungi (ELF). Among various natural alternatives for the bioactive molecules, ELF are emerging … URL EN Read more... 

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Thermozier K.N., Fawley M.W. & Fawley K.P. (2024): A new terrestrial species of Diplosphaera (Trebouxiophyceae), Diplosphaera sundellii, from a sodic-saline slick in Warren Prairie Natural Area, Arkansas, USA, Fottea, 24(1): 109–117

Diplosphaera Bialosuknia emend. Vischer (Chlorophyta; Trebouxiophyceae) is a very small green alga commonly found as a photobiont in lichens and free–living in soil. Cells of Diplosphaera are spherical or nearly so and often grouped in short chains. There is essentially no morphological variation among the strains of the single recognized species of this genus, D. chodatii. In our study of the soil algal communities of Warren Prairie Natural Area in southeast Arkansas, USA, we isolated several … URL EN Read more... 

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Pazos T., Moya P., Garrido-Benavent I., Bordenave C.D., Gazquez A. & Chiva S. (2025): Trebouxia barrenoae sp. nov. (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta), a new lichenized microalga widespread in temperate ecosystems, Fottea, 25(1): 68–80

The genus Trebouxia includes the most widespread green microalgae inhabiting lichen thalli worldwide. Nonetheless, the vast majority of species-level phylogenetic lineages within this genus lack a formal taxonomic description and, to date, only 31 species have been accepted. In this study, we utilized an integrative taxonomic approach to describe the new species Trebouxia barrenoae Pazos, Chiva, Garrido-Benavent et Moya, a frequent symbiont in different lichens which is phylogenetically circumscribed … URL EN Read more... 

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Wang M., Song B., Yin B., Tao Y., Zhang J., Rong X., Li Y., Zhang S., Kan Z., Lu Y., Guo H., Guo X., Hang W., Yang J., Du F., Zhang Y., Zhou X. & Durán J. (2025): The development of biological soil crusts shifts the drivers of soil multifunctionality in drylands, CATENA, 258: 109238 [12 p.]

Biological soil crusts (BSCs) are essential components of drylands, yet the effects of their development on soil multifunctionality (SMF) and the drivers behind these effects remain unclear. We sampled 11 sites in Northwest China’s deserts, representing different successional stages of BSC development (i.e. cyanobacterial, lichen and moss crusts) as well as bare sand areas. We assessed the SMF of the crust layer and underlying soil at various depths (0–2, 2–5, 5–10, 10–20 cm) and also explored … URL EN Read more... 

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Roychowdhury R., Maiti S., Adivarekar R.V. & Singhal R.S. (2025): Unveiling the physical chemistry behind sustainable silk dyeing using an acetylshikonin based extract from lichen Parmotrema perlatum: Adsorption kinetics, thermodynamic modelling and docking studies, Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 46: 102088 [18 p.]

The present research work involves studies of the physical chemistry behind silk dyeing using the natural colourant extracted from lichen Parmotrema perlatum. The dye was extracted using an environmentally benign Ammonia Fermentation Method that consists of acetylshikonin and the methyl ester of nogalonic acid. A comprehensive kinetic and thermodynamic studies were undertaken to elucidate the adsorption behaviour of the extracted dye on silk fibre. Experimental procedures were conducted at various … URL EN Read more... 

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Boddy L. & Mills M.E.H.-O. (2025): The visual art of mycology, Current Biology, 35(11): R440–R447

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Mawarda P.C., van der Kaaij R., Dini-Andreote F., Duijker D., Stech M. & Speksnijder A.G.C.L. (2025): Unveiling the ecological processes driving soil and lichen microbiome assembly along an urbanization gradient, npj Biofilms Microbiomes, 11: 99 [16 p.]

Global biodiversity loss is accelerating due to the transformation of natural landscapes into agricultural and urban areas. Yet, research on the urbanization impact on environmental and host-associated microbiomes, particularly on the ecological processes that mediate their assembly and function, remains scarce. This study investigated the effects of an urbanization gradient on the diversity and assembly processes of the soil microbiome and the microbiomes of three epiphytic lichen species (Candelaria … URL EN Read more... 

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