Tag Archives: lichens

New publication – Contrasting co‐occurrence patterns of photobiont and cystobasidiomycete yeast associated with common epiphytic lichen species

Posted on June 5, 2020 by laanisto

Text by Lauri Laanisto Spreading contingency on intimate relationships The world of lichens seemed a pretty clear when I was a bachelor student of biology in late 90s. Pretty and clear, to be more precise. It´s difficult to like these … Continue reading →

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New publication – Didymocyrtis trassii sp. nov. and other lichenicolous fungi on Cetraria aculeata

Posted on October 9, 2018 by laanisto

Text by Lauri Laanisto Time for another taxonomy paper about fungi. (The previous blogpost about that can be found from here.) This time about new species that grow on lichens, specifically Cetraria aculeata. Genus Cetraria is called cuckoo´s ear in … Continue reading →

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EcolChange seminar – Inga Jüriado about lichen symbiosis

Posted on April 2, 2018 by laanisto

Seminar of Department of Botany and Centre of Excellence EcolChange Speaker: Inga Jüriado is senior researcher in the team of lichenology at the Department of Botany. Title of the talk: Relationships between mycobiont identity, photobiont specificity and ecological preferences in the … Continue reading →

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New publications – two papers about new species of fungi

Posted on October 17, 2017 by laanisto

Text by Lauri Laanisto The scope of our Centre of Excellence is indeed wide, stretching occasionally to systematics and taxonomy. Here are two rather fresh papers about new species of fungi (though, with fungi things are usually not too fresh…) … Continue reading →

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EcolChange seminar – Ave Suija about the (micro)cosmic properties of lichens

Posted on April 24, 2017 by laanisto

Seminar of the Centre of Excellence EcolChange Ave Suija is researcher at the Department of Botany, University of Tartu. The Lichen as a Microcosm Time: Thursday, 27. April 2017 at 15.15 Place: Tartu, Lai 40-218 (Vaga auditorium) Summary: Lichens are … Continue reading →

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New paper published – Secondary succession in alvar grasslands – do changes in vascular plant and cryptogam communities correspond?

Posted on February 28, 2017 by laanisto

Text by Lauri Laanisto & Martin Zobel Alvar grasslands are probably one of the better-studied ecosystems in Europe. They are narrowly distributed in Swedish islands, Estonia, and tiny bits also in western Russia near St Petersburg. (Though, rather similar ecosystems … Continue reading →

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New paper published – Community response to alkaline pollution as an adjusting re-assembly between alternative stable states

Posted on February 7, 2017 by laanisto

Text by Ave Suija and Jaan Liira Man made disturbances and environmental pollution are the reality of contemporary world, however, such long-term created environmental gradients are handy to describe ecological processes (community dynamics) otherwise difficult to observe in natural conditions … Continue reading →

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New paper published – Emissions of carotenoid cleavage products upon heat shock and mechanical wounding from a foliose lichen

Posted on January 16, 2017 by laanisto

Text by Lauri Laanisto I like that this paper starts with a metaphor: “Chlorophyll (Chl) is a double-edged sword for plants.” Because “This molecule is capable of harvesting sunlight, initiating the process of photosynthesis, but it also involves an unavoidable … Continue reading →

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