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Systematics of lichen-forming fungi

Ionaspis/Hymenelia complex (lichen-forming Ascomycota)
Lichenized and non-lichenized omphalinoid mushrooms
Gyalectales, Lichinales and Peltigerales (Ascomycota)
Primer sequences for systematic studies of lichens


Publications and data sets

Systematics papers on lichens generated during my M.Sc. thesis under the supervision of Irwin Brodo on the Ionaspis/Hymenelia, complex (lichen-forming Ascomycota).

Lutzoni, F., and Brodo, I. M. 1995. A generic redelimitation of the Ionaspis-Hymenelia complex (lichenized Ascomycotina). Systematic Botany 20: 224-258.

Lutzoni, F. 1994. Ionaspis alba (Ascomycotina, Hymeneliaceae), a new lichen species from eastern North America. The Bryologist 97(4): 393-395.

Lutzoni, F. M. and Brodo, I. M. 1994. Proposal to conserve the name Gyalecta suaveolens Fr. (lichenized Ascomycota) with a conserved type. Taxon 43: 657-659.


Systematics papers on lichens generated during my Ph.D. thesis under the supervision of Rytas Vilgalys (NSF grant DEB-9321828) on the lichenized Omphalina (lichenized and non-lichenized Basidiomycota) and later in collaboration with Rytas Vilgalys, Jean-Marc Moncalvo and Scott Redhead

Redhead, S. A., Moncalvo, J.-M., Vilgalys, R. and Lutzoni, F. Phylogeny of agarics companion article: partial systematics solutions for bryophilous omphalinoid agarics outside of the Agaricales (euagarics). Mycotaxon.

Redhead, S. A., Lutzoni, F., Moncalvo, J.-M. and Vilgalys, R. Phylogeny of agarics companion article: partial systematics solutions for core omphalinoid genera in the Agaricales (euagarics). Mycotaxon.

Moncalvo, J.-M., Lutzoni, F. M., Rehner, S. A., Johnson, J., and Vilgalys, R. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships of agaric fungi based on nuclear large subunit ribosomal DNA sequences. Systematic Biology 49:278-305. Downloadable data set(outside link)

Lutzoni, F. 1997. Phylogeny of lichen- and non lichen-forming omphalinoid mushrooms and the utility of testing for combinability among multiple data sets. Systematic Biology 46:373-406 (journal cover). Downloadable data set (Stuffit file)
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Systematics papers on lichens generated during NSF grant DEB-9615542 on lichenized ascomycetes with a special emphasis on Peltigerales, Gyalectales and Lichinales.

McDonald, T., Miadlikowska, J. and Lutzoni, F. The Lichen Genus Sticta in the Great Smoky Mountains. The Bryologist. (in prep.)

Miadlikowska, J., and Lutzoni, F. New insight from the nrDNA and detection of recombination for resolving the Peltigera canina species complex (lichen-forming ascomycetes). Mycologia (in prep.)

Kauff, F. and Lutzoni, F. Phylogenetic relationships of the Gyalectales within the Ascomycota based on SSU and LSU nrDNA evidence: a supra- and infra-ordinal study. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (in prep.)

Søchting, U., and Lutzoni, F. New genus circumscription within the Teloschistaceae (lichen-forming ascomycetes) revealed by small and large subunit nrRNA genes and secondary compounds. Mycological Research (in prep.)

Miadlikowska, J., McCune, B. and Lutzoni, F. 2002. Pseudocyphellaria perpetua, a new lichen from Western North America. The Bryologist (in review).

Miadlikowska, J., and Lutzoni, F. 2000. Phylogenetic revision of the genus Peltigera (lichen-forming ascomycetes) based on morphological, chemical and large subunit nuclear ribosomal DNA data. International Journal of Plant Sciences 161:925-958.



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