Cyanolichens

One hundred new species of lichenized fungi: a signature of undiscovered global diversity

(2016) H. T. Lumbsch et al.   Phytotaxa

Naming Cyanophyta/Cyanobacteria - a bacteriologist's view.

(2015) Aharon Oren   Fottea

Environmental factors that drive the distribution and abundance of a threatened cyanolichen in Southern Europe: A multi-scale approach

(2014) Sonia Merinero et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Phylogenetic placement, species delimitation, and cyanobiont identity of endangered aquatic Peltigera species (lichen-forming Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes)

(2014) J. Miadlikowska et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Distribution and dispersal ecology of Lobaria pulmonaria in the largest primeval beech forest of Europe

(2014) Olga Nadyeina et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Improved appreciation of the functioning and importance of biological soil crusts in Europe: the Soil Crust International Project (SCIN)

(2014) Burkhard Büdel et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Analyses of dryland biological soil crusts highlight lichens as an important regulator of microbial communities

(2014) Stefanie Maier et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Genome characteristics reveal the impact of lichenization on lichen-forming fungus Endocarpon pusillum Hedwig (Verrucariales, Ascomycota)

(2014) Yan-Yan Wang et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Lichen communities and species indicate climate thresholds in southeast and south-central Alaska, USA

(2014) Heather T. Root et al.   BRYOLOGIST

A phylogenetic revision of HawaiianPseudocyphellariasensu lato (lichenized Ascomycota: Lobariaceae) reveals eight new species and a high degree of inferred endemism

(2014) Bibiana Moncada et al.   BRYOLOGIST

Novel bacteria associated with Arctic seashore lichens have potential roles in nutrient scavenging

(2014) Margrét Auður Sigurbjörnsdóttir et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY

Lichen-symbiotic cyanobacteria associated withPeltigerahave an alternative vanadium-dependent nitrogen fixation system

(2014) Brendan P. Hodkinson et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Vertical distribution and nitrogen content of epiphytic macrolichen functional groups in sub-boreal forests of central British Columbia

(2014) Ania Kobylinski et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Size is a main driver for hydration traits in cyano- and cephalolichens of boreal rainforest canopies

(2014) Sonia Merinero et al.   Fungal Ecology

Dictyonema coppinsii, a new name for the European species known as Dictyonema interruptum (Basidiomycota: Agaricales: Hygrophoraceae), with a validation of its photobiont Rhizonema (Cyanoprokaryota: Nostocales: Rhizonemataceae)

(2014) Robert LÜCKING et al.   LICHENOLOGIST

Reassessing evolutionary relationships in the filamentous cyanolichen genus Spilonema (Peltigerales, Lecanoromycetes)

(2014) Toby SPRIBILLE et al.   LICHENOLOGIST

Extended phylogeny and a revised generic classification of the Pannariaceae (Peltigerales, Ascomycota)

(2014) Stefan EKMAN et al.   LICHENOLOGIST

Rain, dew, and humid air as drivers of morphology, function and spatial distribution in epiphytic lichens

(2014) Yngvar GAUSLAA   LICHENOLOGIST

Longitudinal Photosynthetic Gradient in Crust Lichens’ Thalli

(2014) Li Wu et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

A multigene phylogenetic synthesis for the class Lecanoromycetes (Ascomycota): 1307 fungi representing 1139 infrageneric taxa, 317 genera and 66 families

(2014) Jolanta Miadlikowska et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Estimating the Phanerozoic history of the Ascomycota lineages: Combining fossil and molecular data

(2014) Christina Beimforde et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Integrating coalescent and phylogenetic approaches to delimit species in the lichen photobiont Trebouxia

(2014) Anna D. Sadowska-Deś et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Insights into intrathalline genetic diversity of the cosmopolitan lichen symbiotic green alga Trebouxia decolorans Ahmadjian using microsatellite markers

(2014) Francesco Dal Grande et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Molecular phylogeny and symbiotic selectivity of the green algal genusDictyochloropsiss.l. (Trebouxiophyceae): a polyphyletic and widespread group forming photobiont-mediated guilds in the lichen family Lobariaceae

(2014) Francesco Dal Grande et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Is vanadium a biometal for boreal cyanolichens?

(2014) Romain Darnajoux et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A single macrolichen constitutes hundreds of unrecognized species

(2014) R. Lucking et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The conservation of ground layer lichen communities in alvar grasslands and the relevance of substitution habitats

(2013) Ede Leppik et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Whole transcriptome characterization of the effects of dehydration and rehydration on Cladonia rangiferina, the grey reindeer lichen

(2013) Sini Junttila et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Neotropical members of Sticta (lichenized Ascomycota: Lobariaceae) forming photosymbiodemes, with the description of seven new species

(2013) Bibiana Moncada et al.   BRYOLOGIST

Patterns in the occupancy and abundance of the globally rare lichenErioderma pedicellatumin Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska

(2013) Sarah E. Stehn et al.   BRYOLOGIST

The biogeographic history of ruminant faunas determines the phylogenetic structure of their assemblages at different scales

(2013) Juan L. Cantalapiedra et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Does exogenous carbon extend the realized niche of canopy lichens? Evidence from sub-boreal forests in British Columbia

(2013) Jocelyn Campbell et al.   ECOLOGY

Effects of forest management on epiphytic lichens in temperate deciduous forests of Europe – A review

(2013) Juri Nascimbene et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Starting from scratch: Evolution of the lichen thallus in the basidiolichen Dictyonema (Agaricales: Hygrophoraceae)

(2013) Manuela Dal-Forno et al.   Fungal Biology

A revised generic classification of the jelly lichens, Collemataceae

(2013) Mónica A. G. Otálora et al.   FUNGAL DIVERSITY

Molecular phylogeny of the genus Sticta (lichenized Ascomycota: Lobariaceae) in Colombia

(2013) Bibiana Moncada et al.   FUNGAL DIVERSITY

Patterns and drivers of β-diversity and similarity ofLobaria pulmonariacommunities in Italian forests

(2013) Juri Nascimbene et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

New morphological aspects of cephalodium formation in the lichen Lobaria pulmonaria (Lecanorales, Ascomycota)

(2013) Carolina CORNEJO et al.   LICHENOLOGIST

Morphological aspects associated with repair and regeneration in Lobaria pulmonaria and L. amplissima (Peltigerales, Ascomycota)

(2013) Carolina CORNEJO et al.   LICHENOLOGIST

Diversity of Endosymbiotic Nostoc in Gunnera magellanica (L) from Tierra del Fuego, Chile

(2013) M. A. Fernández-Martínez et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Cardinal characters on a slippery slope – A re-evaluation of phylogeny, character evolution, and evolutionary rates in the jelly lichens (Collemataceae s. str)

(2013) Mónica A.G. Otálora et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Lichen species identity and diversity of cyanobacterial toxins in symbiosis

(2013) Ulla Kaasalainen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Assessing population structure and host specialization in lichenized cyanobacteria

(2013) Heath E. O'Brien et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Seasonal and spatial variation in carbon based secondary compounds in green algal and cyanobacterial members of the epiphytic lichen genus Lobaria

(2013) Yngvar Gauslaa et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

Fungal Parasitism: Life Cycle, Dynamics and Impact on Cyanobacterial Blooms

(2013) Mélanie Gerphagnon et al.   PLoS One

Metagenomic natural product discovery in lichen provides evidence for a family of biosynthetic pathways in diverse symbioses

(2013) A. Kampa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biological soil crust community types differ in key ecological functions

(2013) Nicole Pietrasiak et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Characterization of Microsatellite Loci in the Lichen Fungus Lobaria pulmonaria (Lobariaceae)

(2013) Silke Werth et al.   Applications in Plant Sciences

Molecular studies on cyanobacterial diversity in lichen symbioses

(2013) Jouko Rikkinen   MycoKeys

Host and geographic structure of endophytic and endolichenic fungi at a continental scale

(2012) Jana M. U'Ren et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Cyanolichens can have both cyanobacteria and green algae in a common layer as major contributors to photosynthesis

(2012) F. L. Henskens et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Factors influencing epiphytic bryophyte and lichen species richness at different spatial scales in managed temperate forests

(2012) Ildikó Király et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Dramatic diversity losses in epiphytic lichens in temperate broad-leaved forests during the last 150years

(2012) Markus Hauck et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Relative growth rates of two epiphytic lichens, Lobaria pulmonaria and Hypogymnia occidentalis, transplanted within and outside of Populus dripzones

(2012) Yngvar Gauslaa et al.   Botany

Biotic soil crust lichen diversity and conservation in shrub-steppe habitats of Oregon and Washington

(2012) Heather T. Root et al.   BRYOLOGIST

Further photomorphs in the lichen family Lobariaceae from Reunion (Mascarene archipelago) with notes on the phylogeny of Dendriscocaulon cyanomorphs

(2012) Nicolas Magain et al.   BRYOLOGIST

Eutrophic lichens respond to multiple forms of N: implications for critical levels and critical loads research

(2012) Sarah Jovan et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Metapopulation dynamics and future persistence of epiphytic cyanolichens in a European boreal forest ecosystem

(2012) Katja Fedrowitz et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Signatures of autogenic epiphyte succession for an aspen chronosequence

(2012) Christopher J. Ellis et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Species delimitation, bioclimatic range, and conservation status of the threatened lichen Fuscopannaria confusa

(2012) Tor CARLSEN et al.   LICHENOLOGIST

Does the Reproductive Strategy Affect the Transmission and Genetic Diversity of Bionts in Cyanolichens? A Case Study Using Two Closely Related Species

(2012) Mónica A. G. Otálora et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Contribution of cryptogamic covers to the global cycles of carbon and nitrogen

(2012) Wolfgang Elbert et al.   Nature Geoscience

Microbial colonization and controls in dryland systems

(2012) Stephen B. Pointing et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Gene expression indicates a zone of heterocyst differentiation within the thallus of the cyanolichenPseudocyphellaria crocata

(2012) Jocelyn P. S. Chua et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The paradox of higher light tolerance during desiccation in rare old forest cyanolichens than in more widespread co-occurring chloro- and cephalolichens

(2012) Yngvar Gauslaa et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The earliest records of internally stratified cyanobacterial and algal lichens from the Lower Devonian of the Welsh Borderland

(2012) Rosmarie Honegger et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Seasonal partitioning of growth into biomass and area expansion in a cephalolichen and a cyanolichen of the old forest genus Lobaria

(2012) Per Larsson et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Genetic Basis of Self-Incompatibility in the Lichen-Forming Fungus Lobaria pulmonaria and Skewed Frequency Distribution of Mating-Type Idiomorphs: Implications for Conservation

(2012) Garima Singh et al.   PLoS One

Cyanobacteria produce a high variety of hepatotoxic peptides in lichen symbiosis

(2012) U. Kaasalainen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Specificity is rarely absolute in coral-algal symbiosis: implications for coral response to climate change

(2012) R. N. Silverstein et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Geographic mosaic of symbiont selectivity in a genus of epiphytic cyanolichens

(2012) Katja Fedrowitz et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Convergent evolution of a symbiotic duet: The case of the lichen genus Polychidium (Peltigerales, Ascomycota)

(2011) Lucia Muggia et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Diversity and distribution of terricolous lichens as indicator of habitat heterogeneity and grazing induced trampling in a temperate-alpine shrub and meadow

(2011) Himanshu Rai et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Remnants fragments preserve genetic diversity of the old forest lichen Lobaria pulmonaria in a fragmented Mediterranean mountain forest

(2011) Mónica G. Otálora et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Dispersal ecology of the endangered woodland lichen Lobaria pulmonaria in managed hemiboreal forest landscape

(2011) Inga Jüriado et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Nitrogen cycling in desert biological soil crusts across biogeographic regions in the Southwestern United States

(2011) Sarah L. Strauss et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Genotype variability of Nostoc symbionts associated with three epiphytic Nephroma species in a boreal forest landscape

(2011) Katja Fedrowitz et al.   BRYOLOGIST

Community assembly in epiphytic lichens in early stages of colonization

(2011) Ivar Gjerde et al.   ECOLOGY

Photoautotrophic symbiont and geography are major factors affecting highly structured and diverse bacterial communities in the lichen microbiome

(2011) Brendan P. Hodkinson et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Revisiting photobiont diversity in the lichen family Verrucariaceae (Ascomycota)

(2011) Holger Thüs et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Anatomical, morphological and ecophysiological strategies in Placopsis pycnotheca (lichenized fungi, Ascomycota) allowing rapid colonization of recently deglaciated soils

(2011) Asunción de los Ríos et al.   FLORA

Snails avoid the medulla of Lobaria pulmonaria and L. scrobiculata due to presence of secondary compounds

(2011) Johan Asplund   Fungal Ecology

Chemical races of Lobaria pulmonaria differ in palatability to gastropods

(2011) Johan Asplund   LICHENOLOGIST

Lichen responses to nitrogen and phosphorus additions can be explained by the different symbiont responses

(2011) Otilia Johansson et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The advantage of growing on moss: facilitative effects on photosynthetic performance and growth in the cyanobacterial lichen Peltigera rufescens

(2011) Claudia Colesie et al.   OECOLOGIA

Lichen epiphyte diversity: A species, community and trait-based review

(2011) Christopher J. Ellis   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Lichen Endozoochory by Snails

(2011) Steffen Boch et al.   PLoS One

Large-scale patterns of epiphytic lichen species richness: Photobiont-dependent response to climate and forest structure

(2011) Lorenzo Marini et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microsatellite primers in the Peltigera dolichorhiza complex (lichenized ascomycete, Peltigerales)

(2010) Nicolas Magain et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Possible Implications of Chytrid Parasitism for Population Subdivision in Freshwater Cyanobacteria of the GenusPlanktothrix

(2010) Jørn Henrik Sønstebø et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Riparian alder ecosystems as epiphytic lichen refugia in sub-boreal spruce forests of British Columbia

(2010) Matthew Doering et al.   Botany

Decomposition and nutrient release from four epiphytic lichen litters in sub-boreal spruce forests

(2010) Jocelyn Campbell et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Diversity and vertical distribution of epiphytic macrolichens in lowland rain forest and lowland cloud forest of French Guiana

(2010) Felix Normann et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Optimal defense: snails avoid reproductive parts of the lichen Lobaria scrobiculata due to internal defense allocation

(2010) Johan Asplund et al.   ECOLOGY

Two Trebouxia algae with different physiological performances are ever-present in lichen thalli of Ramalina farinacea. Coexistence versus Competition?

(2010) Leonardo M. Casano et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Is bark pH more important than tree species in determining the composition of nitrophytic or acidophytic lichen floras?

(2010) L. Spier et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Highly variable microsatellite markers for the fungal and algal symbionts of the lichen Lobaria pulmonaria and challenges in developing biont-specific molecular markers for fungal associations

(2010) Ivo Widmer et al.   Fungal Biology

Distribution patterns of soil lichens across the principal biomes of southern Africa

(2010) L. Zedda et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Chimeras occur on the pantropical Lichinomycete Phyllopeltula corticola

(2010) André APTROOT et al.   LICHENOLOGIST

Isotopic analysis of cyanobacterial nitrogen fixation associated with subarctic lichen and bryophyte species

(2010) Konstantin S. Gavazov et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

A microbiotic survey of lichen-associated bacteria reveals a new lineage from the Rhizobiales

(2010) Brendan P. Hodkinson et al.   SYMBIOSIS

New population models help explain declines in the globally rare boreal felt lichen Erioderma pedicellatum in Newfoundland

(2010) RI Goudie et al.   Endangered Species Research

Fragment quality and matrix affect epiphytic performance in a Mediterranean forest landscape

(2009) Rocío Belinchón et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Do lichens domesticate photobionts like farmers domesticate crops? Evidence from a previously unrecognized lineage of filamentous cyanobacteria

(2009) Robert Lücking et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Tree age is a key factor for the conservation of epiphytic lichens and bryophytes in beech forests

(2009) Örjan Fritz et al.   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

Effects of forest management on epiphytic lichen diversity in Mediterranean forests

(2009) Gregorio Aragón et al.   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

Integrating multiple landscape-scale drivers in the lichen epiphyte response: climatic setting, pollution regime and woodland spatial-temporal structure

(2009) Christopher J. Ellis et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Testing Lobaria pulmonaria (L.) Hoffm. as an indicator of lichen conservation importance of Italian forests

(2009) Juri Nascimbene et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Predicting canopy macrolichen diversity and abundance within old-growth inland temperate rainforests

(2009) David Radies et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Recent changes (2008) in cyanobacteria taxonomy based on a combination of molecular background with phenotype and ecological consequences (genus and species concept)

(2009) Jiří Komárek   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Species-specific structural and functional diversity of bacterial communities in lichen symbioses

(2009) Martin Grube et al.   ISME Journal

Gastropod grazing shapes the vertical distribution of epiphytic lichens in forest canopies

(2009) Johan Asplund et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Diversity of epiphytic lichens in boreo-nemoral forests on the North-Estonian limestone escarpment: the effect of tree level factors and local environmental conditions

(2009) Inga JÜRIADO et al.   LICHENOLOGIST

Microcystin Production in the Tripartite CyanolichenPeltigera leucophlebia

(2009) Ulla Kaasalainen et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

A Phylogenetic Estimation of Trophic Transition Networks for Ascomycetous Fungi: Are Lichens Cradles of Symbiotrophic Fungal Diversification?

(2009) A. Elizabeth Arnold et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

The Ascomycota Tree of Life: A Phylum-wide Phylogeny Clarifies the Origin and Evolution of Fundamental Reproductive and Ecological Traits

(2009) Conrad L. Schoch et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Conservation strategies for lichens: insights from population biology

(2009) Christoph Scheidegger et al.   Fungal Biology Reviews

Consequences of disturbance on epiphytic lichens in boreal and near boreal forests

(2008) Per Johansson   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Faecal pellets of lichenivorous mites contain viable cells of the lichen-forming ascomycete Xanthoria parietina and its green algal photobiont, Trebouxia arboricola

(2008) FRANZ A. MEIER et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Heuristic Model for Identifying The Habitats of Erioderma Pedicellatum and Other Rare Cyanolichens in Nova Scotia, Canada

(2008) Robert P. Cameron et al.   BRYOLOGIST

Growth responses of Lobaria retigera to forest edge and canopy structure in the inland temperate rainforest, British Columbia

(2008) Susan K. Stevenson et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Local extent of old-growth woodland modifies epiphyte response to climate change

(2008) Christopher J. Ellis et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Genetic diversity in cyanobacterial symbionts of thalloid bryophytes

(2008) J. Rikkinen et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

A new species of Phyllopsora (Lecanorales, lichen-forming Ascomycota) from Dominican amber, with remarks on the fossil history of lichens

(2008) J. Rikkinen et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Mollusc grazing may constrain the ecological niche of the old forest lichenPseudocyphellaria crocata

(2008) Y. Gauslaa   PLANT BIOLOGY