Lobothallia is a species-rich genus of crustose lichens that is mainly distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. In recent years, significant advancements have been made in the taxonomy and phylogeny of this genus, leading to the description of numerous new species. However, Lobothallia in China has never been systematically revised. In this study, approximately 500 specimens of Lobothallia collected from different provinces of China were examined. Based on morphological and multi-gene phylogenetic … Read more... 

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[in Persian with English abstract: ] This study aimed to identify specific phytochemical properties associated with five distinct lichen ecotypes of Ramalina farinacea from different regions in Iran: Golestan (Kordkooy, Gorgan), Mazandaran (Farim and Galugah), and Semnan (Shahrud, Kalpush region). In order to determine intraspecific chemotype diversity, qualitative differences in chemical profiles were investigated using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-ESI/MS/MS). The following … Read more... 

[in French with additional abstract in Esperanto and English: ] Morpho–anatomical description and chemistry of Leprocaulon pseudocalcicola Cl. Roux et Magain sp. nov., close to but distinct from L. calcicola. Phylogenetic tree of the Leprocaulon known worldwide, based on the ITS and mtSSU loci. Key to the determination of the Leprocaulon of Europe. Read more... 

Herewith, we continue to upgrade the Estonian checklist of lichenized, lichenicolous and allied fungi, and report 14 fungal species new for Estonia, nine of them lichenized (Absconditella pauxilla, Aquacidia trachona, Arthonia helvola, A. reniformis, Lecidea fuliginosa, Lempholemma chalazanum, Lepraria membranacea, Phaeophyscia hirsuta and Trapelia elacista), and four lichenicolous (Bryostigma phaeophyciae, Endococcus verrucosus, Everniicola flexispora and Tetramelas pulverulentus), while Melaspilea … Read more...