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Honegger R. (2022): Lichens and their allies past and present. – In: Scott, B.& Mesarich, C. (eds.), Plant relationships. Fungal-plant interactions - The Mycota, 3rd. ed., 5: 133–183. – Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. ISBN13: 978-3-031-16502-3 (eBook 2023 – Cham: Springer N

This chapter gives an overview on (1) lichen-forming fungi, lichen photobionts and peculiarities of lichen symbiosis such as gains and losses of lichenization, species concepts, specificity, morphodemes and morphotype pairs, non-lichen mutualistic fungal interactions with unicellular algae and cyanobacteria and mycophycobioses; (2) the mycobiont–photobiont interface, water relations and gas exchange, mycobiont-derived secondary metabolites and the accumulation of heavy metals or radionuclides; … Read more... 

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Timdal E. (2022): Nephroma tangeriense new to Oceania, from Hawaii - Opuscula Philolichenum, 21: 182-189

Nephroma tangeriense was previously known from Macaronesia, the Mediterranean Basin, and western Europe north to Norway, and is here reported from the island of Kauai, Hawaii. The ITS sequence obtained from the specimen differs from the main European/Macaronesian genotype in only a single nucleotide substitution. A haplotype network of the N. laevigatum group is presented. Biogeography, haplotype network, lichenized fungi, Nephroma washingtoniense, Nephromataceae, Peltigerales Read more... 

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Ashraf A., Habib K. & Khalid A. (2022): Leprocaulon nicholsiae and Candelaria asiatica Reported New to Pakistan - Biology Bulletin, 9(Suppl. 2): S73–S78

As a contribution to the lichen flora, two taxa of lichens are reported for the first time. The critical morpho-anatomical comparison and molecular phylogenetic construction based on Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS-5.8-ITS2) barcode region revealed the identity of two lichenized Ascomycetes Leprocaulon nicholsiae and Candelaria asiatica from Margalla Hills of Pakistan. Their existence here indicates their first contemporary report from South Asia. We present the taxonomic characters, ecology, distribution … Read more... 

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Brovko O., Ivakhnov A., Zhiltsov D. & Boitsova T. (2022): Isolation of Chitin-Containing Complexes from the Thallus of the Lichen Species Peltigera aphthosa - Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 16(8): 1332-1340

Chitin-containing complexes were obtained from the thalli of the foliose lichen Peltigera aphthosa by supercritical fluid extraction (SCFE) and acid-base hydrolysis. In an active designed experiment, the optimal SCFE conditions were determined, which made it possible to obtain a complex with a yield of 96% and a sorption capacity for methylene blue of 125 mg/g. The polyampholytic nature of the resulting sorbent complexes is shown, and their morphology and chemical composition are characterized. The … Read more... 

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de Salas M.F., Baker M.L., Cave L. & Kantvilas G. (2022): The botany of the Stony Head Training Area: new records for a biodiverse remnant in northern Tasmania, Australia - Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 134: 85–107

A flora survey of the Stony Head Training Area, northern Tasmania, was conducted in 2020–2021 as a collaboration between the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery’s Expeditions of Discovery and the Australian Biological Resources Study Bush Blitz programs. With a long historical use as an artillery range, the 5000-ha area contains a range of geologies, has a low profile with average elevations under 100 m asl, and its vegetation consists largely of heathy woodlands and coastal heathlands. It contains … Read more...