Biodiversity is a key criterion in nature protection and often indicates habitats and localities
rich in endangered species. Our research, using 48 one-man one-day field trips, located an …

The research studies on herbarium specimens have unraveled the mysteries hidden in
historical treasured specimens, which could not have been possible with the living plants. A …

The invasive weed Amaranthus palmeri is spreading throughout Spain, with Catalonia being
one of the most affected regions. For this species, acetolactate synthase‐inhibiting herbicide …

Heavy-metal contamination is an important environmental problem in the world. It is known
that high concentrations of heavy metals cause toxic damage to cells and tissues. In this …

During the past years an increasing number of studies have focussed on the use of
herbarium specimens for molecular phylogenetic investigations and several comparative …

Alcobiosis, the symbiosis of algae and corticioid fungi, frequently occurs on bark and wood.
Algae form a layer in or below fungal basidiomata reminiscent of the photobiont layer in …

Abstract Within the Altai-Sayan region, we identified 103 species of Teloschistaceae from
1193 field records supported by herbarium vouchers. The recorded species belong to the …

The current view of the geographical ranges of lichens is often distorted by overly narrow or
overly broad applications of names and by insufficient survey of most regions of the world …

 Abstract Micarea (Ascomycota, Pilocarpaceae) is a large cosmopolitan genus of crustose
lichens. We investigated molecular systematics and taxonomy of the poorly known …

Lichens are widely used in biomonitoring studies of air pollution, either as bioindicators of
air quality or as bioaccumulators of atmospheric deposition. Over the past decade, several …