Biatora alnetorum (Ramalinaceae, Lecanorales), a new lichen species from western North America [PDF]
MycoKeys, 2019 Biatora alnetorum S. Ekman & Tønsberg, a lichenised ascomycete in the family Ramalinaceae (Lecanorales, Lecanoromycetes), is described as new to science.
Stefan Ekman, Tor Tønsberg
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Origin and diversification of major clades in parmelioid lichens (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) during the Paleogene inferred by Bayesian analysis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 There is a long-standing debate on the extent of vicariance and long-distance dispersal events to explain the current distribution of organisms, especially in those with small diaspores potentially prone to long-distance dispersal.
Guillermo Amo de Paz +4 more
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Metagenomes in the Borderline Ecosystems of the Antarctic Cryptoendolithic Communities. [PDF]
, 2019 Antarctic cryptoendolithic communities are microbial ecosystems dwelling inside rocks of the Antarctic desert. We present the first 18 shotgun metagenomes from these communities to further characterize their composition, biodiversity, functionality, and ...
Albanese, Davide +7 more
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Plant and Fungal Systematics, 2018 Revision of lichen herbarium specimens at DUKE revealed a species of thelotremoid Graphidaceae new to science. Clandestinotrema carbonera sp. nov. is characterized by an olive-green thallus, dense cortex, the absence of a columella, ascospores 15–24 × 5 ...
Ian D. Medeiros
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Sydowia polyspora dominates fungal communities carried by two Tomicus species in pine plantations threatened by Fusarium circinatum [PDF]
, 2017 Producción CientíficaBark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae) carry a diverse filamentous fungal community sometimes acting as vectors or carriers of phytopathogens.
Díez Casero, Julio Javier +6 more
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Fertile Prototaxites taiti: a basal ascomycete with inoperculate, polysporous asci lacking croziers [PDF]
, 2018 The affinities of Prototaxites have been debated ever since its fossils, some attaining tree-trunk proportions, were discovered in Canadian Lower Devonian rocks in 1859.
Altmeyer H +28 more
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A further new species in the lichen genus Arctomia: A. borbonica from Reunion (Mascarene archipelago) [PDF]
, 2012 peer reviewedArctomia borbonica sp. nov. is described as new for science from montane natural and secondary habitats in Reunion in the Mascarene archipelago (Indian Ocean).
Magain, Nicolas, Sérusiaux, Emmanuël
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Resolving the species of the lichen genus Graphina Müll. Arg. in China, with some new combinations [PDF]
, 2017 In the framework of continuing studies on the Graphidaceae in China, the status of all taxa traditionally assigned to the genus Graphina reported from China are resolved in the present paper. Five new combinations are made, namely Diorygma isabellinum
Jia, Ze-Feng, Lüking, Robert
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Content assessment of the primary biodiversity data published through GBIF network: Status, challenges and potentials [PDF]
, 2013 With the establishment of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) in 2001 as an inter-governmental co-ordinating body, concerted efforts were made during the past decade to establish a global research infrastructure to facilitate the sharing,
Ariño, Arturo H. +6 more
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Alectorioid Morphologies in Paleogene Lichens: New Evidence and Re-Evaluation of the Fossil Alectoria succini Mägdefrau. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 One of the most important issues in molecular dating studies concerns the incorporation of reliable fossil taxa into the phylogenies reconstructed from DNA sequence variation in extant taxa.
Ulla Kaasalainen +6 more
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