Lichen Lab, BYU

An undescribed rock posy lichen from the Great Basin.

Who studies lichens? https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/05/life-of-a-lichenologist/482157/

The Ex-Anarchist Construction Worker Who Became a World-Renowned Scientist Despite a late start in his field, Kerry Knudsen might know more about lichens than anyone alive today.

Can you make taxonomy at deeper ranks comparable? http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13225-017-0379-z

Using a temporal phylogenetic method to harmonize family- and genus-level classification in the largest clade of lichen-forming fungi Although classification at supra-specific ranks is inherently arbitrary, comparable taxonomic ranks within clades can facilitate more consistent classifications and objective comparisons among taxa. D

New research from the lichen lab describes a new genus and species from coastal forests in Southeast Asia: http://mycokeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=12528

Kalbionora palaeotropica, a new genus and species from coastal forests in Southeast Asia and Australia (Malmideaceae, Ascomycota) A new species and genus, Kalbionora palaeotropica, is described for a crustose lichen occurring in coastal forests in Thailand, Vietnam, and northeastern Australia. It is morphologically similar to Malmidea and Eugeniella, but differing in morphological and chemical characters. The single known spec...

A new publication trying to get a handle on classification of lichenized fungi: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1639/0007-2745-119.4.361; with a few corrections: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1639/0007-2745-120.1.058

The 2016 classification of lichenized fungi in the Ascomycota and Basidiomycota – Approaching one thousand genera Robert Lücking, Brendan P. Hodkinson, and Steven D. Leavitt (2016) The 2016 classification of lichenized fungi in the Ascomycota and Basidiomycota – Approaching one thousand genera. The Bryologist: Vol. 119, No. 4, pp. 361-416. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1639/0007-2745-119.4.361

Lichen lab field work in the Current Mountain wilderness area, central Nevada.

These photos of lichen was taken by our lab member Gajendra Shrestha when he was in Nepal

Lichen Lab, BYU has 108,000 herbarium specimen .............One of the biggest collection of lichen in Western US

Recently one of our Lab member published a paper in North West Fungi. You can check his paper by clicking following links

http://www.pnwfungi.org/pdf_files/manuscripts_volume_6/naf20118.pdf

http://www.pnwfungi.org/pdf_files/manuscripts_volume_6/naf20118.pdf