Helge Thorsten Lumbsch

Helge Thorsten Lumbsch (born 1964), German lichenologist.

IPNI standard form: Lumbsch

Research interest: Phylogeny, taxonomy, and phylogeography of lichen-forming fungi; lichen diversity; lichen chemistry and chemotaxonomy

Associate Curator and Head of Cryptogams and Chair of the Department of Botany
The Field Museum of Natural History
Department of Botany
1400 S. Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605-2496

Taxon names authored

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• 56 taxon names authored by Helge Thorsten Lumbsch

Publications

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• Blanco, O., Crespo, A., Elix, J.A., Hawksworth, D.L. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2004. A molecular phylogeny and a new classification of parmelioid lichens containing Xanthoparmelia-type lichenan (Ascomycota: Lecanorales. Taxon 53(4): 959–975. Online. Reference page. 
• Blanco, O., Crespo, A. & Divakar, P.K., Elix, J.A. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2005. Molecular phylogeny of parmotremoid lichens (Ascomycota, Parmeliaceae). Mycologia 97(1): 150–159. DOI: 10.1080/15572536.2006.11832848 . RLL (PDF) Reference page. 
• Divakar, P.K., Molina, M.C., Lumbsch, H.T. & Crespo, A.M. 2005. Parmelia barrenoae, a new lichen species related to Parmelia sulcata (Parmeliaceae) based on molecular and morphological data. The Lichenologist 37(1): 37–46. DOI: 10.1017/S0024282904014641 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Wirtz, N., Printzen, C., Sancho, L.G. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2006. The phylogeny and classification of Neuropogon and Usnea (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) revisited. Taxon 55(2): 367–376.   RLL List # 204 / Rec.# 29358 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.2307/25065584 Reference page. 
• Christenhusz, M.J.M., Chase, M.W., Fay, M.F., Lumbsch, H.T., Monro, A.K., Vorontsova, M.S., Zhang, Z.-Q.. 2009. A new international journal for rapid publication of botanical taxonomy. Phytotaxa 1: 1–2. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.1.1.1 Reference page. 
• Lumbsch, H.T. & Huhndorf, S.M. 2010. Myconet Volume 14. Part One. Outline of Ascomycota–2009. Part Two. Notes on Ascomycete Systematics. Nos. 4751–5113. Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences 1: 1–64. RLL List # 222 / Rec.# 32718 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.3158/1557.1 Field Museum of Natural History Reference page. 
• Crespo, A., Kauff, F., Divakar, P.K., Del Prado, R., Pérez-Ortega, S., Amo de Paz, G., Ferencova, Z., Blanco, O., Roca-Valiente, B., Núñez-Zapata, J., Cubas, P., Argüello, A., Elix, J.A., Esslinger, T.L., Hawksworth, D.L., Millanes, A.M., Molina, M.C., Wedin, M., Ahti, T.T., Aptroot, A., Barreno, E., Bungartz, F., Calvelo, S., Candan, M., Cole, M.S., Ertz, D., Goffinet, B., Lindblom, L., Lücking, R., Lutzoni, F., Mattsson, J.-E., Messuti, M.I., Miądlikowska, J., Piercey-Normore, M., Rico, V.J., Sipman, H.J.M., Schmitt, I., Spribille, T., Thell, A., Thor, G., Upreti, D.K. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2010. Phylogenetic generic classification of parmelioid lichens (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) based on molecular, morphological and chemical evidence. Taxon 59(6): 1735–1753. DOI: 10.1002/tax.596008 JSTOR ResearchGate Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lumbsch, H.T., Ahti, T.T., Altermann, S., De Paz, G.A., Aptroot, A., Arup, U., Bárcenas-Peña, A., Bawingan, P.A., Benatti, M.N., Betancourt, L., Björk, C.R., Boonpragob, K., Brand, A.M., Bungartz, F., Caceres, M.E.S., Candan, M., Chaves, J.L., Clerc, P., Common, R.S., Coppins, B.J., Crespo, A., Dal-Forno, M., Divakar, P.K., Duya, M.V., Elix, J.A., Elvebakk, A., Fankhauser, J.D., Farkas, E., Ferraro, L.I., Fischer, E., Galloway, D.J., Gaya, E., Giralt, M., Goward, T., Grube, M., Hafellner, J., Hernández, J.E., Herrera-Campos, M.A., Kalb, K., Kärnefelt, I., Kantvilas, G., Killmann, D., Kirika, P.M., Knudsen, K., Komposch, H., Kondratyuk, S.Y., Lawrey, J.D., Mangold, A., Marcelli, M.P., Mccune, B.P., Messuti, M.I., Michlig, A., Gonzalez, R.M., Moncada, B., Naikatini, A., Nelsen, M.P., Øvstedal, D.O., Palice, Z., Papong, K., Parnmen, S., Pérez-Ortega, S., Printzen, C., Rico, V.J., Plata, E.R., Robayo, J., Rosabal, D., Ruprecht, U., Allen, N.S., Sancho, L.G., De Jesus, L.S., Vieira, T.S., Schultz, M., Seaward, M.R.D., Sérusiaux, E., Schmitt, I., Sipman, H.J.M., Sohrabi, M., Søchting, U., Søgaard, M.Z., Sparrius, L.B., Spielmann, A.A., Spribille, T., Sutjaritturakan, J., Thammathaworn, A., Thell, A., Thor, G., Thüs, H., Timdal, E., Truong, C., Türk, R., Umaña-Tenorio, L., Upreti, D.K., Van den Boom, P., Rebuelta, M.V., Wedin, M., Will-Wolf, S., Wirth, V., Wirtz, N., Yahr, R., Yeshitela, K., Ziemmeck, F., Wheeler, T.B. & Lücking, R. 2011. One hundred new species of lichenized fungi: a signature of undiscovered global diversity. Phytotaxa 18: 1–127. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.18.1.1 Magnolia Press Reference page. 
• Miądlikowska, J., Kauff, F., Högnabba, F., Oliver, J.C., Molnár, K., Fraker, E., Gaya, E., Hafellner, J., Hofstetter, V., Gueidan, C., Otálora, M.A.G., Hodkinson, B.P., Kukwa, M., Lücking, R., Björk, C.R., Sipman, H.J.M., Burgaz, A.R., Thell, A., Passo, A., Myllys, L., Goward, T., Fernández-Brime, S., Hestmark, G., Lendemer, J.C., Lumbsch, H.T., Schmull, M., Schoch, C.L., Sérusiaux, E., Maddison, D.R., Arnold, A.E., Lutzoni, F. & Stenroos, S.K. 2014. A multigene phylogenetic synthesis for the class Lecanoromycetes (Ascomycota): 1307 fungi representing 1139 infrageneric taxa, 317 genera and 66 families. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 79: 132–168. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.04.003 PDF. Reference page. 
• Wang, Q.-M., Yurkov, A.M., Göker, M., Lumbsch, H.T., Leavitt, S.D., Groenewald, M., Theelen, B., Liu, X.Z., Boekhout, T. & Bai, F.Y. 2015. Phylogenetic classification of yeasts and related taxa within Pucciniomycotina. Studies in mycology 81: 149–189. DOI: 10.1016/j.simyco.2015.12.002 Reference page. 
• Liu, X.-Z., Wang, Q.-M., Göker, M., Groenewald, M., Kachalkin, A.V., Lumbsch, H.T., Millanes, A.M., Wedin, M., Yurkov, A.M., Boekhout, T. & Bai, F.-Y. 2015. Towards an integrated phylogenetic classification of the Tremellomycetes. Studies in Mycology 81: 85–147. DOI: 10.1016/j.simyco.2015.12.001 Reference page. 
• Buaruang, K., Boonpragob, K., Mongkolsuk, P., Sangvichien, E., Polyiam, W., Rangsiruji, A., Saipunkaew, W., Naksuwankul, K., Kalb, J., Parnmen, S., Kraichak, E., Phraphuchamnong, P., Meesim, S., Luangsuphabool, T., Nirongbut, P., Poengsungnoen, V., Duangphui, N., Sodamuk, M., Phokaeo, S., Molsil, M., Aptroot, A., Kalb, K., Lücking, R. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2017. A new checklist of lichenized fungi occurring in Thailand. MycoKeys 23: 1–91. RLL List # 248 / Rec.# 39086 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.23.12666 Reference page. 
• Divakar, P.K., Crespo, A., Kraichak, E., Leavitt, S.D., Singh, G., Schmitt, I. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2017. Using a temporal phylogenetic method to harmonize family- and genus-level classification in the largest clade of lichen-forming fungi. Fungal Diversity 84(1): 101–117. DOI: 10.1007/s13225-017-0379-z . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Kirika, P.M., Divakar, P.K., Leavitt, S.D., Buaruang, K., Crespo, A., Mugambi, G., Gatheri, G.W. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2017. The genus Relicinopsis is nested within Relicina (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota). The Lichenologist 49(3): 189–197. RLL List # 247 / Rec.# 38980 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.1017/S0024282916000748 RLL (PDF) Reference page. 
• Wijayawardene, N.N., Hyde, K.D., Lumbsch, H.T., Liu, J.-K., Maharachchikumbura, S.S.N., Ekanayaka, A.H., Tian, Q. & Phookamsak, R. 2018. Outline of Ascomycota: 2017. Fungal Diversity 88(1): 167–263. DOI: 10.1007/s13225-018-0394-8 RLL (PDF) Reference page. 

Links

• Lecture on lichens by H.T. Lumbsch on Youtube