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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• 106 taxon names authored by Helge Thorsten Lumbsch

Publications

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• Lumbsch, H.T., Feige, G.B. & Elix, J.A. 1994. The Joint Occurrence of Chloroxanthones in Southern Hemisphere Lecanora Species (Ascomycotina: Lecanoraceae). Botanica Acta: Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft 107(1): 30–35. DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1994.tb00405.x . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Lumbsch, H.T., Rambold, G.W. & Elix, J.A. 1995. Ramalinora (Ramalinaceae) – a New Lichen Genus from Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 8(4): 521–530. RLL List # 162 / Rec.# 11874 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.1071/SB9950521 RLL (PDF) Reference page. 
• Lumbsch, H.T., Hawksworth, D.L. & Coppins, B.J. 1999. Proposal to add Motyka's four-volume work on Lecanoraceae to the “opera utique oppressa”. Taxon 48(1): 183–185. DOI: 10.2307/1224654 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Blanco, O., Crespo, A., Divakar, P.K., Esslinger, T.L., Hawksworth, D.L. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2004. Melanelixia and Melanohalea, two new genera segregated from Melanelia (Parmeliaceae) based on molecular and morphological data. Mycological Research 108(8): 873–884. RLL List # 197 / Rec.# 26150 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.1017/S0953756204000723 RLL (PDF) Reference page. 
• 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. RLL List # 198 / Rec.# 26550 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.2307/4135563 RLL (PDF) Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Hibbett, D.S., Binder, M., Bischoff, J.F., Blackwell, M., Cannon, P.F., Eriksson, O.E., Huhndorf, S.M., James, T., Kirk, P.M., Lücking, R., Lumbsch, H.T., Lutzoni, F., Matheny, P.B., McLaughlin, D.J., Powell, M.J., Redhead, S.A., Schoch, C.L., Spatafora, J.W., Stalpers, J.A., Vilgalys, R.J., Aime, M.C., Aptroot, A., Bauer, R., Begerow, D., Benny, G.L., Castlebury, L.A., Crous, P.W., Dai, Y.C., Gams, K.W., Geiser, D.M., Griffith, G.W., Gueidan, C., Hawksworth, D.L., Hestmark, G., Hosaka, K., Humber, R.A., Hyde, K.D., Ironside, J.E., Kõljalg, U., Kurtzman, C.P., Larsson, K.H., Lichtwardt, R.W., Longcore, J.E., Miądlikowska, J., Miller, A.N., Moncalvo, J.M., Mozley-Standridge, S., Oberwinkler, F., Parmasto, E., Reeb, V., Rogers, J.D., Roux, C., Ryvarden, L., Sampaio, J.P., Schüßler, A., Sugiyama, J., Thorn, R.G., Tibell, L., Untereiner, W.A., Walker, C., Wang, Z., Weir, A., Weiss, M., White, M.M., Winka, K., Yao, Y.J. & Zhang, N. 2007. A higher-level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi. Mycological Research 111(5): 509–547. DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2007.03.004 . RLL (PDF) Reference page. 
• Lendemer, J.C. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2008. Protoparmelia capitata sp. nov., and P. isidiata Diederich, Aptroot & Sérus., two species of Protoparmelia (Lecanorales, Ascomycota) from south-eastern North America. DOI: 10.1017/S0024282908007810 . ResearchGate . 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. 
• Mangold, A., Elix, J.A. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2009. Thelotremataceae. In McCarthy, Flora of Australia 57 [Lichens 5]: 653–659. ABRS and CSIRO Publishing, Canberra and Melbourne. Reference page. 
• Amo de Paz, G., Lumbsch, H.T., Cubas, P., Elix, J.A. & Crespo, A. 2010. The genus Karoowia (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) includes unrelated clades nested within Xanthoparmelia. Australian Systematics Botany 23(3): 173–184. RLL List # 220 / Rec.# 31680 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.1071/SB09055 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. 
• Divakar, P.K., Lumbsch, H.T., Ferencova, Z., Del Prado, R. & Crespo, A. 2010. Remototrachyna, a newly recognized tropical lineage of lichens in the Hypotrachyna clade (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota), originated in the Indian subcontinent. American Journal of Botany 97(4): 579–590. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0900140 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Kantvilas, G., Papong, K.B. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2010. Further observations on the genus Maronina, with descriptions of two new taxa from Thailand. The Lichenologist 42(5): 557–561. DOI: 10.1017/S0024282910000174 . ResearchGate . 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. DOI: 10.3158/1557.1 . Field Museum of Natural History Reference page. 
• Lumbsch, H.T., Ahti, T. & Parnmen, S. 2010. Proposal to conserve Cladia against Heterodea (Ascomycota). Taxon 59(2): 643. RLL List # 219 / Rec.# 32030 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.1002/tax.592032 Reference page. 
• Parnmen, S., Rangsiruji, A., Mongkolsuk, P., Boonpragob, K., Elix, J.A. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2010. Morphological disparity in Cladoniaceae: The foliose genus Heterodea evolved from fruticose Cladia species (Lecanorales, lichenized Ascomycota). Taxon 59(3): 841–849. RLL List # 219 / Rec.# 32116 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.1002/tax.593013 Reference page. 
• Rivas Plata, E., Lücking, R., Sipman, H.J.M., Mangold, A., Kalb, K. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2010. A world-wide key to the thelotremoid Graphidaceae, excluding the Ocellularia-Myriotrema-Stegobolus clade. The Lichenologist 42(2): 139–185. DOI: 10.1017/S0024282909990491 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Schmitt, I., Fankhauser, J.D., Sweeney, K., Spribille, T., Kalb, K. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2010. Gyalectoid Pertusaria species form a sister-clade to Coccotrema (Ostropomycetidae, Ascomycota) and comprise the new lichen genus Gyalectaria. Mycology: An International Journal on Fungal Biology 1(1): 75–83. DOI: 10.1080/21501201003631540 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Kalb, K., Rivas Plata, E., Lücking, R. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2011. The phylogenetic position of Malmidea, a new genus for the Lecidea piperis- and Lecanora granifera-groups (Lecanorales, Malmideaceae), inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial ribosomal DNA sequences, with special reference to Thai species. Bibliotheca Lichenologica 106: 143–168. RLL List # 225 / Rec.# 33473 – Recent Literature on Lichens Schweizerbart Science Publishers Reference page. 
• Lü, L., Joshi, Y., Elix, J.A., Lumbsch, H.T., Wang, H.-Y., Koh, Y.-J. & Hur, J.-S. 2011. New and noteworthy species of the lichen genus Lecanora (Ascomycota; Lecanoraceae) from South Korea. The Lichenologist 43(4): 321–329. DOI: 10.1017/S0024282911000144 . ResearchGate . 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., Miranda-González, R., Moncada, B., Naikatini, A., Nelsen, M.P., Øvstedal, D.O., Palice, Z., Papong, K.B., 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 (PDF) Reference page. 
• Nelsen, M.P., Chavez, N., Sackett-Hermann, E., Thell, A., Randlane, T., Divakar, P.K., Rico, V.J. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2011. The cetrarioid core group revisited (Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae). The Lichenologist 43(6): 537–551. RLL List # 225 / Rec.# 33305 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.1017/S0024282911000508 RLL (PDF) Reference page. 
• Papong, K.B., Kantvilas, G. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2011. Morphological and molecular evidence places Maronina into synonymy with Protoparmelia (Ascomycota: Lecanorales). The Lichenologist 43(6): 561–567. DOI: 10.1017/S0024282911000284 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Divakar, P.K., Prado, R., Lumbsch, H.T., Wedin, M., Esslinger, T.L., Leavitt, S.D. & Crespo, A. 2012. Diversification of the newly recognized lichen-forming fungal lineage Montanelia (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) and its relation to key geological and climatic events. American Journal of Botany 99(12): 2014–2026. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1200258 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Kirika, P., Parnmen, S. & Lumbsch, T. 2012: Two new species of Lecanora sensu stricto (Lecanoraceae, Ascomycota) from east Africa. MycoKeys 3: 37–47. DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.3.3201 Reference page. 
• Lumbsch, H.T., Kantvilas, G. & Parnmen, S. 2012: Molecular data support placement of Cameronia in Ostropomycetidae (Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota). MycoKeys 5: 31–44. DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.5.4140 Reference page. 
• Lücking, R., Parnmen, S. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2012. Mangoldia, a new lichen genus in the family Graphidaceae (Ascomycota: Ostropales). Phytotaxa 69: 1–5. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.69.1.1 Reference page. 
• Papong, K., Nayaka, S. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2012. Two new species and a new record of Lecanora sensu stricto (Lecanoraceae, Ascomycota) from India. Phytotaxa 68: 24–28. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.68.1.2 Reference page. 
• Parnmen, S. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2012. New combinations in the genus Cladia. The Lichenologist 44(2): 297–298. RLL List # 228 / Rec.# 34068 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.1017/S0024282911000715 Reference page. 
• Parnmen, S., Lücking, R. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2012. Phylogenetic Classification at Generic Level in the Absence of Distinct Phylogenetic Patterns of Phenotypical Variation: A Case Study in Graphidaceae (Ascomycota). PLoS ONE 7(12): e51392, 1–13. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051392 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Rivas Plata, E., Lücking, R. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2012. A new classification for the family Graphidaceae (Ascomycota: Lecanoromycetes: Ostropales). Fungal Diversity 52(1): 107–121. DOI: 10.1007/s13225-011-0135-8 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Schmitt, I., Otte, J., Parnmen, S., Sadowska-Deś, A.D., Lücking, R. & Lumbsch, H.T.. 2012: A new circumscription of the genus Varicellaria (Pertusariales, Ascomycota). MycoKeys 4: 23–36. DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.4.3545 Reference page. 
• Divakar, P.K., Crespo, A., Núñez-Zapata, J., Flakus, A., Sipman, H.J.M., Elix, J.A. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2013. A molecular perspective on generic concepts in the Hypotrachyna clade (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota). Phytotaxa 132(1): 21–38. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.132.1.2 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Lücking, R., Tehler, A., Bungartz, F., Rivas Plata, E. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2013. Journey from the West: Did tropical Graphidaceae (lichenized Ascomycota: Ostropales) evolve from a saxicolous ancestor along the American Pacific coast? American Journal of Botany 100(5): 844–856. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1200548 . Reference page. 
• Rivas Plata, E., Parnmen, S., Staiger, B., Mangold, A., Frisch, A., Weerakoon, G., Hernández, J.E., Cáceres, M.E.S., Kalb, K., Sipman, H.J.M., Common, R.S., Nelsen, M.P., Lücking, R. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2013. A molecular phylogeny of Graphidaceae (Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes, Ostropales) including 428 species. MycoKeys 6: 55–94. DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.6.3482 . Reference page. 
• Kraichak, E., Parnmen, S., Lücking, R., Rivas Plata, E., Aptroot, A., Cáceres, M.E.S., Ertz, D., Mangold, A., Mercado-Díaz, J.A., Papong, K.B., Van den Broeck, D., Weerakoon, G. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2014. Revisiting the phylogeny of Ocellularieae, the second largest tribe within Graphidaceae (lichenized Ascomycota: Ostropales). Phytotaxa 189(1): 52–81. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.189.1.6 . PDF. Reference page. 
• Kraichak, E., Parnmen, S., Lücking, R. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2014. Gintarasia and Xalocoa, two new genera to accommodate temperate to subtropical species in the predominantly tropical Graphidaceae (Ostropales, Ascomycota). Australian Systematic Botany 26(6): 466–474. DOI: 10.1071/SB13038 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Lumbsch, H.T., Kraichak, E., Parnmen, S., Rivas Plata, E., Aptroot, A., Caceres, M.E.S., Ertz, D., Feuerstein, S.C., Mercado-Díaz, J.A., Staiger, B., Van den Broeck, D. & Lücking, R. 2014. New higher taxa in the lichen family Graphidaceae (lichenized Ascomycota: Ostropales) based on a three-gene skeleton phylogeny. Phytotaxa 189(1): 39–51. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.189.1.5 . USDA (PDF). 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. 
• Nelsen, M.P., Lücking, R., Andrew, C.J., Aptroot, A., Cáceres, M.E.S., Mercado-Díaz, J.A., Rivas Plata, E. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2014. Molecular phylogeny reveals the true colours of Myeloconidaceae (Ascomycota: Ostropales). Australian systematic botany 27(1): 38–47. DOI: 10.1071/SB13040 Reference page. 
• Sohrabi, M., Lücking, R. & Lumbsch, H.T. (eds.) 2014. One hundred and seventy-five new species of Graphidaceae. Phytotaxa 189(1): 001–347. Reference page. 
• Spribille, T., Resl, P., Ahti, T., Pérez-Ortega, S., Tønsberg, T., Mayrhofer, H. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2014. Molecular systematics of the wood-inhabiting, lichen-forming genus Xylographa (Baeomycetales, Ostropomycetidae) with eight new species. Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses 37(1): 1–87. ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Weerakoon, G., Lücking, R. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2014. Thirteen new species of Graphidaceae (lichenized Ascomycota: Ostropales) from Sri Lanka. Phytotaxa 189(1): 331–347. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.189.1.24 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Ariyawansa, H.A., Hyde, K.D., Jayasiri, S.C., Buyck, B., Chethana, K.W.T., Dai, D.-Q., Dai, Y.-C., Daranagama, D.A., Jayawardena, R.S., Lücking, R., Ghobad-Nejhad, M., Niskanen, T., Thambugala, K.M., Voigt, K., Zhao, R.-L., Li, G.-J., Doilom, M., Boonmee, S., Yang, Z.-L., Cai, Q., Cui, Y.-Y., Bahkali, A.H.A., Chen, J., Cui, B.-K., Chen, J.-J., Dayarathne, M.C., Dissanayake, A.J., Ekanayaka, A.H., Hashimoto, A., Hongsanan, S., Jones, E.B.G., Larsson, E., Li, W.-J., Li, Q.-R., Liu, J.-K., Luo, Z.-L., Maharachchikumbura, S.S.N., Mapook, A., McKenzie, E.H.C., Norphanphoun, C., Konta, S., Pang, K.L., Perera, R.H., Phookamsak, R., Phukhamsakda, C., Pinruan, U., Randrianjohany, É., Singtripop, C., Tanaka, K., Tian, C.-M., Tibpromma, S., Abdel-Wahab, M.A., Wanasinghe, D.N., Wijayawardene, N.N., Zhang, J.-F., Zhang, H., Abdel-Aziz, F.A., Wedin, M., Westberg, M., Ammirati, J.F., Bulgakov, T.S., Lima, D.X., Callaghan, T.M., Callac, P., Chang, Cheng-Hao, Coca, L.F., Dal-Forno, M., Dollhofer, V., Fliegerová, K., Greiner, K., Griffith, G.W., Ho, H.-M., Hofstetter, V., Jeewon, R., Kang, J.-C., Wen, T.-C., Kirk, P.M., Kytövuori, I., Lawrey, J.D., Xing, J., Li, H., Liu, Z.-Y., Liu, X.-Z., Liimatainen, K., Lumbsch, H.T., Matsumura, M., Moncada, B., Nuankaew, S., Parnmen, S., Santiago, A.L.C.M.A., Sommai, S., Song, Yu, del Souza, C.A.F., de Souza-Motta, C.M., Su, H.-Y., Suetrong, S., Wang, Y., Wei, S.-F., Wen, T.-C., Yuan, H.-S., Zhou, L.-W., Réblová, M., Fournier, J., Camporesi, E., Luangsa-ard, J.J., Tasanathai, K., Khonsanit, A., Thanakitpipattana, D., Somrithipol, S., Diederich, P., Millanes, A.M., Common, R.S., Stadler, M., Yan, J.-Y., Li, X.-H., Lee, H.-W., Nguyen, T.T.T., Lee, H.-B., Battistin, E., Marsico, O., Vizzini, A., Vila, J., Ercole, E., Eberhardt, U., Simonini, G., Wen, H.-A. & Chen, X.-H. 2015. Fungal diversity notes 111–252: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa. Fungal Diversity 75(1): 27–274. DOI: 10.1007/s13225-015-0346-5 Reference page. 
• Kirika, P.M., Leavitt, S.D., Divakar, P.K., Crespo, A., Gatheri, G.W., Mugambi, G. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2015. The monotypic genus Bulborrhizina belongs to Bulbothrix sensu lato (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota). The Bryologist 118(2): 164–169. RLL List # 240 / Rec.# 36385 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-118.2.164 Reference page. 
• Lücking, R., Mangold, A., Rivas Plata, E., Parnmen, S., Kraichak, E. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2015. Morphology-based phylogenetic binning to assess a taxonomic challenge: a case study in Graphidaceae (Ascomycota) requires a new generic name for the widespread Leptotrema wightii. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 179(3): 436–443. DOI: 10.1111/boj.12327 . ResearchGate . 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 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Alors, D., Lumbsch, H.T., Divakar, P.K., Leavitt, S.D. & Crespo, A. 2016. An Integrative Approach for Understanding Diversity in the Punctelia rudecta Species Complex (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota). PLoS ONE 11(2): e0146537, 1–17. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146537 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Kirika, P.M., Divakar, P.K., Crespo, A., Mugambi, G., Orock, E.A., Leavitt, S.D., Gatheri, G.W. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2016. Phylogenetic studies uncover a predominantly African lineage in a widely distributed lichen-forming fungal species. MycoKeys 14: 1–16. DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.14.8971 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Kirika, P.M., Divakar, P.K., Crespo, A., Gatheri, G.W., Mugambi, G., Leavitt, S.D., Moncada, B. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2016. Molecular data show that Hypotrachyna sorocheila (Parmeliaceae) is not monophyletic. The Bryologist 119(2): 172–180. DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-119.2.172 . JSTOR . Reference page. 
• Leavitt, S.D., Esslinger, T.L., Divakar, P.K., Crespo, A. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2016. Hidden diversity before our eyes: Delimiting and describing cryptic lichen-forming fungal species in camouflage lichens (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota). Fungal Biology 120(11): 1374–1391. RLL List # 245 / Rec.# 38257 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2016.06.001 Reference page. 
• Lücking, R., Nelsen, M.P., Aptroot, A., Barillas de Klee, R., Bawingan, P.A., Benatti, M.N., Nguyen, Q.B., Bungartz, F., Cáceres, M.E.S., Canêz, L.S., Chaves, J.L., Ertz, D., Esquivel, R.E., Ferraro, L.I., Grijalva, A., Gueidan, C., Hernández, J.E., Knight, A., Lumbsch, H.T., Marcelli, M.P., Mercado-Díaz, J.A., Moncada, B., Morales, E.A., Naksuwankul, K., Orozco, T., Parnmen, S., Rivas Plata, E., Salazar-Allen, N., Spielmann, A.A. & Ventura, N.E. 2016. A phylogenetic framework for reassessing generic concepts and species delimitation in the lichenized family Trypetheliaceae (Ascomycota: Dothideomycetes). The Lichenologist 48(6): 739–762. DOI: 10.1017/S0024282916000505 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Lücking, R., Nelsen, M.P., Aptroot, A., Benatti, M.N., Nguyen, Q.B., Gueidan, C., Gutiérrez, M.C., Jungbluth, P., Lumbsch, H.T., Marcelli, M.P., Moncada, B., Naksuwankul, K., Orozco, T., Salazar-Allen, N. & Upreti, D.K. 2016. A pot-pourri of new species of Trypetheliaceae resulting from molecular phylogenetic studies. The Lichenologist 48(6): 639–660. DOI: 10.1017/S0024282916000475 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Lücking, R., Mangold, A. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2016. A worldwide key to species of the genera Myriotrema and Glaucotrema (lichenized Ascomycota: Graphidaceae), with a nomenclatural checklist of species published in Myriotrema. Herzogia 29(2): 493–513. DOI: 10.13158/heia.29.2.2016.493 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Zhao, X., Leavitt S.D., Zhao, Z.-T., Zhang, L.-L., Arup, U., Grube, M., Pérez-Ortega, S., Printzen, C., Śliwa, L., Kraichak, E., Divakar, P.K., Crespo, A. & Lumbsch, T.L. 2016. Towards a revised generic classification of lecanoroid lichens (Lecanoraceae, Ascomycota) based on molecular, morphological and chemical evidence. Fungal Diversity 78(1): 293–304. DOI: 10.1007/s13225-015-0354-5 . ResearchGate . 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. DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.23.12666 . ResearchGate . 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. 
• McCune, B. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2017. Lambiella arenosa, a new species from the coastal Oregon dunes. The Bryologist 120(3): 329–334. DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-120.3.329 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Medeiros, I.D., Kraichak, E., Lücking, R., Mangold, A. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2017. Assembling a Taxonomic Monograph of Tribe Wirthiotremateae (Lichenized Ascomycota: Ostropales: Graphidaceae). Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences 9: 1–31. DOI: 10.3158/2158-5520-16.9.1 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Molina, M.C., Divakar, P.K., Goward, T., Millanes, A.M., Lumbsch, H.T. & Crespo, A.M. 2017 [2016]. Neogene diversification in the temperate lichen-forming fungal genus Parmelia (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota). Systematics and Biodiversity 15(2): 166–181. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2016.1226977 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Sodamuk, M., Boonpragob, K., Mongkolsuk, P., Tehler, A., Leavitt, S.D. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2017. Kalbionora palaeotropica, a new genus and species from coastal forests in Southeast Asia and Australia (Malmideaceae, Ascomycota). MycoKeys 22: 15–25. RLL List # 258 / Rec.# 39219 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.22.12528 Reference page. 
• Wei, X.-L., Schmitt, I., Hodkinson, B.P., Flakus, A., Kukwa, M., Divakar, P.K., Kirika, P.M., Otte, J., Meiser, A. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2017. Circumscription of the genus Lepra, a recently resurrected genus to accommodate the “Variolaria”-group of Pertusaria sensu lato (Pertusariales, Ascomycota). PLoS ONE 12(7): e0180284, 1–14. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180284 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Wijayawardene, N.N., Hyde, K.D., Rajeshkumar, K.C., Hawksworth, D.L., Madrid, H., Kirk, P.M., Braun, U., Singh, R.V., Crous, P.W., Kukwa, M., Lücking, R., Kurtzman, C.P., Yurkov, A.M., Haelewaters, D., Aptroot, A., Lumbsch, H.T., Timdal, E., Ertz, D., Etayo, J., Phillips, A.J.L., Groenewald, J.Z., Papizadeh, M., Selbmann, L., Dayarathne, M.C., Weerakoon, G., Jones, E.B.G., Suetrong, S., Tian, Q., Castañeda-Ruiz, R.F., Bahkali, A.H., Pang, K.L., Tanaka, K., Dai, D.Q., Sakayaroj, J., Hujslová, M., Lombard, L., Shenoy, B.D., Suija, A., Maharachchikumbura, S.S.N., Thambugala, K.M., Wanasinghe, D.N., Sharma, B.O., Gaikwad, S., Pandit, G., Zucconi, L., Onofri, S., Egidi, E., Raja, H.A., Kodsueb, R., Caceres, M.E.S., Pérez-Ortega, S., Fiuza, P.O., Monteiro, J.S., Vasilyeva, L.N., Shivas, R.G., Prieto, M., Wedin, M., Olariaga, I., Lateef, A.A., Agrawal, Y., Fazeli, S.A.S., Amoozegar, M.A., Zhao, G.Z., Pfliegler, W.P., Sharma, G., Oset, M., Abdel-Wahab, M.A., Takamatsu, S., Bensch, K., Indeewari de Silva, N., De Kesel, A., Karunarathna, A., Boonmee, S., Pfister, D.H., Lu, Y.Z., Luo, Z.L., Boonyuen, N., Daranagama, D.A., Senanayake, I.C., Jayasiri, S.C., Samarakoon, M.C., Zeng, X.Y., Doilom, M., Quijada, L., Rampadarath, S., Heredia, G., Dissanayake, A.J., Jayawardana, R.S., Perera, R.H., Tang, L.Z., Phukhamsakda, C., Hernández-Restrepo, M., Ma, X., Tibpromma, S., Gusmao, L.F.P., Weerahewa, D., Karunarathna, S.C. 2017. Notes for genera: Ascomycota. Fungal Diversity 86(1): 1–594. DOI: 10.1007/s13225-017-0386-0 RLL (PDF) Reference page. 
• Bárcenas-Peña, A., Leavitt, S.D., Huang, J.-P., Grewe, F. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2018. Phylogenetic study and taxonomic revision of the Xanthoparmelia mexicana group, including the description of a new species (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota). MycoKeys 40: 13–28 (2018). RLL List # 255 / Rec.# 40669 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.40.26724 Reference page. 
• Joshi, S., Upreti, D.K., Divakar, P.K., Lumbsch, H.T. & Lücking, R. 2018. A re-evaluation of thelotremoid Graphidaceae (lichenized Ascomycota: Ostropales) in India. The Lichenologist 50(6): 627–678. DOI: 10.1017/S0024282918000439 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Kraichak, E., Huang, J.-P., Nelsen, M.P., Leavitt, S.D. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2018. A revised classification of orders and families in the two major subclasses of Lecanoromycetes (Ascomycota) based on a temporal approach. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 188(3): 233–249. DOI: 10.1093/botlinnean/boy060 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Ranft, H., Moncada, B., de Lange, P.J., Lumbsch, H.T. & Lücking, R. 2018. The Sticta filix morphodeme (Ascomycota: Lobariaceae) in New Zealand with the newly recognized species S. dendroides and S. menziesii: indicators of forest health in a threatened island biota ? The Lichenologist 50(2): 185–210. DOI: 10.1017/S0024282917000706 . Reference page. 
• Singh, G., Aptroot, A., Rico, V.J., Otte, J., Divakar, P.K., Crespo, A., Cáceres, M.E.S., Lumbsch, H.T. & Schmitt, I. 2018. Neoprotoparmelia gen. nov. and Maronina (Lecanorales, Protoparmelioideae): species description and generic delimitation using DNA barcodes and phenotypical characters. MycoKeys 44: 19–50. DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.44.29904 . 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. 
• Lumbsch, H.T. & Leavitt, S.D. 2019. Introduction of subfamily names for four clades in Cladoniaceae and Peltigeraceae (Lecanoromycetes). Mycotaxon: The international journal of fungal taxonomy and nomenclature 134(2): 271–273. DOI: 10.5248/134.271 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Crespo, A., Rico, V.J., Garrido, E., Lumbsch, H.T. & Divakar, P.K. 2020. A revision of species of the Parmelia saxatilis complex in the Iberian Peninsula with the description of P. rojoi, a new potentially relict species. The Lichenologist 52(5): 365–376. DOI: 10.1017/S0024282920000341 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Wijayawardene, N.N., Hyde, K.D., Al-Ani, L.K.T., Tedersoo, L., Haelewaters, D., Rajeshkumar, K.C., Zhao, R.-L., Aptroot, A., Leontyev, D.V., Saxena, R.K., Tokarev, Y.S., Dai, D.-Q., Letcher, P.M., Stephenson, S.L., Ertz, D., Lumbsch, H.T., Kukwa, M., Issi, I.V., Madrid, H., Phillips, A.J.L., Selbmann, L., Pfliegler, W.P., Horváth, E., Bensch, K., Kirk, P.M., Kolaříková, Z., Raja, H.A., Radek, R., Papp, V., Dima, B., Ma, J., Malosso, E., Takamatsu, S., Rambold, G., Gannibal, P.B., Triebel, D., Gautam, A.K., Avasthi, S., Suetrong, S., Timdal, E., Fryar, S.C., Delgado, G., Réblová, M., Doilom, M., Dolatabadi, S., Pawłowska, J., Humber, R.A., Kodsueb, R., Sánchez-Castro, I., Goto, B.T., da Silva, D.K.A., de Souza, F.A., Oehl, F., da Silva, G.A., da Silva, I.R., Błaszkowski, J., Jobim, K., Maia, L.C., Barbosa, F.R., Fiuza, P.O., Divakar, P.K., Shenoy, B.D., Castañeda-Ruiz, R.F., Somrithipol, S., Lateef, A.A., Karunarathna, S.C., Tibpromma, S., Mortimer, P.E., Wanasinghe, D.N., Phookamsak, R., Xu, J.-C., Wang, Y., Tian, F.-H., Alvarado, P., Li, D.-W., Kušan, I., Matočec, N., Mešić, A., Tkalčec, Z., Maharachchikumbura, S.S.N., Papizadeh, M., Heredia, G., Wartchow, F., Bakhshi, M., Boehm, E., Youssef, N., Hustad, V.P., Lawrey, J.D., Santiago, A.L.C.M.A., Bezerra, J.D.P., Souza-Motta, C.M., Firmino, A.L., Tian, Q., Houbraken, J., Hongsanan, S., Tanaka, K., Dissanayake, A.J., Monteiro, J.S., Grossart, H.-P., Suija, A., Weerakoon, G., Etayo, J., Tsurykau, A., Vázquez, V., Mungai, P., Damm, U., Li, Q.-R., Zhang, H., Boonmee, S., Lu, Y.-Z., Becerra, A.G., Kendrick, B., Brearley, F.Q., Motiejūnaitė, J., Sharma, B., Khare, R., Gaikwad, S., Wijesundara, D.S.A., Tang, L.-Z., He, M.-Q., Flakus, A.G., Rodriguez-Flakus, P., Zhurbenko, M.P., McKenzie, E.H.C., Stadler, M., Bhat, D.J., Liu, J.-K., Raza, M., Jeewon, R., Nassonova, E.S., Prieto, M., Udeni Jayalal, R.G.U., Erdoğdu, M., Yurkov, A.M., Schnittler, M., Shchepin, O.N., Novozhilov, Y.K., Silva-Filho, A.G.S., Gentekaki, E., Liu, P., Cavender, J.C., Kang, Y.-Q., Sohrabi, M., Zhang, L.-F., Xu, R.-F., Li, Y.-M., Dayarathne, M.C., Ekanayaka, A.H., Wen, T.-C., Deng, C.-Y., Pereira, O.L., Navathe, S., Hawksworth, D.L., Fan, X.-L., Dissanayake, L.S., Kuhnert, E., Grossart, H.-P., Thines, M. 2020. Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa. Mycosphere 11(1): 1060–1456. DOI: 10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8 . Reference page. 

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