Katalog - Lichenological literature

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Carmona-Higuita M.J., García-Arias M., Duque-Trujillo J.F. & Benavides A.M. (2026): Integrating magnetic and elemental analyses to evaluate epiphytes as biomonitors of urban air pollution in a tropical city (Medellín, Colombia), Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 198: 386 [15 p.]

Urban air pollution is a major challenge for environmental health, especially in tropical cities where complex topography and fossil fuel dependence exacerbate poor air quality. Epiphytes, which rely on atmospheric water and nutrients, are particularly sensitive to airborne contaminants and represent promising biomonitors. This study compares the potential of vascular and non-vascular epiphytes to accumulate airborne pollutants, providing a direct assessment of their biomonitoring performance. We … Read more...

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Beard C., Sancho L.G., Vivas M., Hogg I.D., Brabyn L., Cary S.C. & Green T.G.A. (2026): Lichen growth rates over 51 years at Cape Hallett, Northern Victoria Land, support a large (100x) cline across Antarctica, Polar Biology, 49: 35 [10 p.]

Crustose lichens show a very large (roughly 100 times) growth rate cline across Antarctica from some of the lowest known growth rates in the McMurdo Dry Valleys (78° S) to near fastest in the maritime Livingston Island, 63° S. This gradient, which correlates with changes in temperature and precipitation, provides an ideal opportunity to monitor climate-driven change across Antarctica. Although the cline is based on reasonably large sample sizes at its geographic limits, a central site at Cape Hallett … Read more...

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Moseev D.S., Kotova E.I. & Suetin Y.A. (2026): Metal accumulation by the lichen Flavocetraria nivalis on the coast of the southern part of Vaygach Island, Contemporary Problems of Ecology, 19: 261–268

[original Russian Text published in Sibirskii Ekologicheskii Zhurnal, 2026, No. 2, pp. 324–334.] The results of the accumulation of metals by the epigeal lichen Flavocetraria nivalis, which is widespread on Vaygach Island, are presented. Lead–zinc ore deposits are one of the sources of environmental pollution on the island. However, the influence of lead–zinc ore mines on metal concentrations in F. nivalis has not been established, since the metal content in lichen only increased with distance … Read more...

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Meysurova A.F. (2026): Comparative analysis of morphophysiological responses of the lichen Parmelia sulcata and the moss Orthotrichum speciosum to simulated acidic and ammonium air pollution, Contemporary Problems of Ecology, 19: 251–260

[original Russian Text published in Sibirskii Ekologicheskii Zhurnal, 2026, No. 2, pp. 312–323.] This study presents the results of a model experiment investigating the effects of atmospheric pollutants – sulfuric and nitric acids, ammonium sulfate, and ammonium nitrate – on the epiphytic organisms Parmelia sulcata and Orthotrichum speciosum. The experiment simulated the deposition of polluted atmospheric precipitation. The assessment included spectrophotometric analysis of photosynthetic … Read more...

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Osyczka P., Kościelniak R. & Stanek M. (2026): Forest interior versus forest edge: the influence of microclimatic conditions on the functioning of epiphytic lichens—inference from a three-year transplant experiment, European Journal of Forest Research, 145: 59 [16 p.]

Lichens contribute to increasing biodiversity in forests and have a substantial impact on forest dynamics, including water cycling and microclimate shaping. Natural disturbances, ongoing climate change, forestry practices, and habitat fragmentation disrupt the structural complexity of the woodland landscape, posing a serious threat to sensitive stenoecious species. Long-term studies on the acclimation abilities and physiological response of lichens to altered microclimatic conditions at the local … Read more...

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Dong Z., Sun M.S., He Y.D., Zhou L., Xiang W., Yao X., Huang P. & Zeng J.G. (2026): Fungal photobiont and microbiome genome composition in the Cladonia uncialis tripartite symbiosis, Scientific Data, 13: 319 [12 p.]

As symbiotic complexes formed through the association of bacteria or algae with fungi, lichens exhibit exceptional adaptability to extreme environments and function as pioneer species in rocky habitat ecological succession. The absence of high quality chromosome-level genome has constrained investigations into lichen adaptive evolution, while functional contributions of symbiotic bacterial communities remain inadequately explored. This study presents the chromosome-level genome assembly of the mycobiont … Read more...

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Mazza I., Salerni E., Cecchi L., Benesperi R., Natale S.D. & Perini C. (2026): From historical collection to digital data: A 150-year-old mycological collection reveals the earliest documented fungal records from Sarawak and provides historical fungal data from Borneo and Sumatra, Diversity, 18(5): 251 [15 p.]

Historical fungaria serve as critical repositories for documenting fungal diversity and establishing historical baselines, particularly in biodiversity hotspots. This study presents a systematic revision of the mycological collection of Odoardo Beccari, gathered during expeditions to Southeast Asia and Oceania (1865–1878). While part of this collection was examined by Vincenzo Cesati in 1879, a substantial portion remained unstudied at the Natural History Museum, University of Florence, for over … Read more...

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Aramburu A., Beltran-Sanz N., Raggio J., Divakar P.K., Pintado A., de los Ríos A. & Sancho L.G. (2026): Islands of biodiversity: Characterization of lichen flora in Antarctic nunataks, Journal of Fungi, 12(5): 314 [39 p.]

Antarctic terrestrial photosynthetic biota is dominated by cryptogamic communities, which are largely restricted to scarce ice-free areas. Among these, nunataks constitute habitats of remarkable biogeographical interest, as they may harbor distinctive biotic assemblages worthy of investigation. This work presents a comprehensive assessment of lichen diversity on Antarctic nunataks. The lichen flora of four nunataks on the Hurd Peninsula (Livingston Island, maritime Antarctica) was investigated. … Read more...

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Knudsen K., Kocourková J., Pušová T., Kondrysová E. & Malíček J. (2026): A study of Acarospora nitrophila, a rare and misunderstood lichen species, and the sister species A. praeruptorum (Acarosporales, Lecanoromycetes), Folia Cryptogamica Estonica, 63: 25–36

Revised descriptions with new images and records of the European species Acarospora nitrophila and A. praeruptorum are published. Acarospora moraviae is treated as synonym of A. nitrophila. Acarospora matraensis, incorrectly reported as A. nitrophila, is described from Hungary. Keywords: Acarospora suzae, DNA barcodes, Iceland, integrative taxonomy, Korea, medullary anatomy. Read more...

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Ferron S., Chollet-Krugler M., Pinson H., Marzoug R., Uriac P. & Lohézic-Le Dévéhat F. (2026): Dereplicative combination of HPLC/DAD/MS and 2D NMR to identify lichexanthone isomers in lichen extracts, Phytochemical Analysis, 37(2): 330–343

Introduction: Lichexanthones are the major xanthones found in lichens. They present a high degree of isomerism, which makes their identification tedious. Xanthones are known to occur in lichens according to chemosyndromes, and these compounds act as chemotaxonomic markers. Many lichens that produce xanthones are crustose lichens from Lecanora or Pertusaria genera, which often leads to small amounts of extracts being analyzed. Objective: We aimed to set up a method able to identify the right isomers … Read more...