Katalog - Lichenological literature

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Košuthová A., Westberg M. & Wedin M. (2022): A revision of the Rostania occultata (Collemataceae) complex in Fennoscandia, Lichenologist, 54(1): 13-24

The Rostania occultata species complex (‘Collema occultatum s. lat.’) is revised in Fennoscandia and found to consist of four species, all epiphytes on deciduous trees: Rostania effusa A. Košuth., M. Westb. & Wedin sp. nov., R. occultata (Bagl.) Otálora et al., R. pallida A. Košuth., M. Westb. & Wedin sp. nov. and R. populina (Th. Fr.) A. Košuth., M. Westb. & Wedin comb. nov. Rostania effusa and R. pallida are newly described from humid habitats in old-growth boreal coniferous forests, usually … Read more...

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Davydov E. & Masson D. (2022): Umbilicaria meizospora comb. nov., a south-western European endemic species of the subgenus Papillophora, Lichenologist, 54(1): 1-12

Detailed morphological investigations and phylogenetic analyses of the ITS/5.8S nrDNA, mtLSU and RPB2 of the Umbilicaria crustulosa– U. spodochroa species complex reveal Umbilicaria hirsuta var. meizospora Harm. to be a separate species. The lectotype has been designated in ANGUC and a new combination Umbilicaria meizospora (Harm.) D. M. Masson & Davydov is proposed. Umbilicaria crustulosa var. badio- fusca was recognized as the heterotypic synonym of U. meizospora and the lectotype was designated … Read more...

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Scur M.C., Kitaura M.J., Bianchi de Paula J. & Spielmann A.A. (2022): Contrasting variation patterns in Austroplaca hookeri and Rusavskia elegans (Teloschistaceae, lichenized Ascomycota) in maritime Antarctica, Polar Biology, 45: 101–111

Teloschistaceae is one of the largest lichen-forming fungal lineages, with more than one thousand species worldwide distributed, including areas with extreme environmental conditions, such as Antarctica. Two species of this family, Austroplaca hookeri and Rusavskia elegans were investigated with molecular, morphological, and anatomical data to understand their diversity patterns in maritime Antarctica. These species can be confounded in a superficial identification due to their apparent similarities … Read more...

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Zorn S., Carvalho A., Bento H., Gambarato B., Pedro G., da Silva A., Gonçalves R., Da Rós P. & Silva M. (2022): Use of fungal mycelium as biosupport in the formation of lichen-like structure: recovery of algal grown in sugarcane molasses for lipid accumulation and balanced fatty acid profile, Membranes, 12(3): 258 [15 p.]

In this study, a lichen-like structure was obtained through the production of a unique biomass, formed by algae cells of Scenedesmus obliquus adhering to the mycelium of filamentous fungal Mucor circinelloides. This structure was composed in two steps; in the first one, microalgal cells and spores were incubated separately, and in the second one, after 72 h of growth, isolated, mature mycelium was harvested and added to cell culture. For spores’ incubation, a culture medium containing only 2 g·L−1 … Read more...

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Ručová D., Đorđević T., Baláž M., Weidinger M., Lang I., Gajdoš A. & Goga M. (2022): Investigation of calcium forms in lichens from travertine sites, Plants, 11(5): 620 [13 p.]

Lichens are symbiotic organisms with an extraordinary capability to colonise areas of extreme climate and heavily contaminated sites, such as metal-rich habitats. Lichens have developed several mechanisms to overcome the toxicity of metals, including the ability to bind metal cations to extracellular sites of symbiotic partners and to subsequently form oxalates. Calcium is an essential alkaline earth element that is important in various cell processes. Calcium can serve as a metal ligand but can … Read more...

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Di Nuzzo L., Masoni A., Frizzi F., Bianchi E., Castellani M.B., Balzani P., Morandi F., Sozzi Y., Vallese C., Santini G. & Benesperi R. (2022): Red wood ants shape epiphytic lichen assemblages in montane silver fir forests, iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, 15(1): 71–76

The Formica rufa group comprises several ant species which are collectively referred to as “red wood ants” (hereafter RWA). These species have key roles in forest ecosystems, where they are ecologically dominant and greatly influence the dynamics of the habitat they colonise. Various studies have shown how their trophic activity may affect other organisms, which include both other invertebrates and plants. We can therefore hypothesize that their presence could affect the taxonomic and functional … Read more...

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Wijayawardene N.N., Hyde K.D., Dai D.Q., Sánchez-García M., Goto B.T., Saxena R.K., Erdoğdu M., Selçuk F., Rajeshkumar K.C., Aptroot A., Błaszkowski J., Boonyuen N., da Silva G.A., de Souza F.A., Dong W., Ertz D., Haelewaters D., Jones E.B.G., Karunarathna S.C., Kirk P.M., Kukwa M., Kumla J., Leontyev D.V., Lumbsch H.T., Maharachchikumbura S.S.N., Marguno F., Martínez-Rodríguez P., Mešić A., Monteiro J.S., Oehl F., Pawłowska J., Pem D., Pfliegler W.P., Phillips A.J.L., Pošta A., He M.Q., Li J.X., Raza M., Sruthi O.P., Suetrong S., Suwannarach N., Tedersoo L., Thiyagaraja V., Tibpromma S., Tkalčec Z., Tokarev Y.S., Wanasinghe D.N., Wijesundara D.S.A., Wimalaseana S.D.M.K., Madrid H., Zhang G.Q., Gao Y., Sánchez-Castro I., Tang L.Z., Stadler M., Yurkov A. & Thines M. (2022): Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021, Mycosphere, 13(1): 53–453

This paper provides an updated classification of the Kingdom Fungi (including fossil fungi) and fungus-like taxa. Five-hundred and twenty-three (535) notes are provided for newly introduced taxa and for changes that have been made since the previous outline. In the discussion, the latest taxonomic changes in Basidiomycota are provided and the classification of Mycosphaerellales are broadly discussed. Genera listed in Mycosphaerellaceae have been confirmed by DNA sequence analyses, while doubtful … Read more...

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Lee B.G. & Hur J.-S. (2022): Two new Rinodina lichens from South Korea, with an updated key to the species of Rinodina in the far eastern Asia, MycoKeys, 87: 159–182

Rinodina salicis Lee & Hur and Rinodina zeorina Lee & Hur are described as new lichen-forming fungi from forested wetlands or a humid forest in South Korea. Rinodina salicis is distinguishable from Rinodina excrescens Vain., the most similar species, by its olive-gray thallus with smaller areoles without having blastidia, contiguous apothecia, non-pruinose discs, paler disc color, wider ascospores in the Pachysporaria type II, and the absence of secondary metabolites. Rinodina zeorina differs … Read more...

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Gueidan C. & Li L. (2022): A long-read amplicon approach to scaling up the metabarcoding of lichen herbarium specimens, MycoKeys, 86: 195–212

Reference sequence databases are critical to the accurate detection and identification of fungi in the environment. As repositories of large numbers of well-curated specimens, herbaria and fungal culture collections have the material resources to generate sequence data for large number of taxa, and could therefore allow filling taxonomic gaps often present in reference sequence databases. Financial resources to do that are however often lacking, so that recent efforts have focused on decreasing … Read more...

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Soofi M., Sharma S., Safaei-Mahroo B., Sohrabi M., Organli M.G. & Waltert M. (2022): Lichens and animal camouflage: some observations from central Asian ecoregions, Journal of Threatened Taxa, 14(2): 20672–20676

Camouflage is a fitness-relevant trait that supports survival and fosters evolutionary adaptation by which animals match their body pattern to a background setting. Lichens are among the most common of these backgrounds that several animal species use for camouflage. Lichens are omnipresent and grow in wide arrays of colorations and compositions. Their composition and phenotypic diversity might facilitate cryptic coloration and habitat matching by various animal species. Here, we describe the … Read more...