Tag Archives: taxonomy

New publication – The Taxon Hypothesis Paradigm—On the Unambiguous Detection and Communication of Taxa

Posted on December 21, 2020 by laanisto

Text by Urmas Kõljalg In this paper we described the taxon hypothesis (TH) paradigm, which covers the construction, identification, and communication of taxa as datasets. Defining taxa as datasets of individuals and their traits will make taxon identification and most … 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 – Nele Ingerpuu about the new trends in bryology

Posted on September 28, 2018 by laanisto

Seminar of Department of Botany and Centre of Excellence EcolChange Speaker: Nele Ingerpuu is senior researcher at the Department of Botany, Tartu University. Title of the talk: Some new trends in bryology  Time: Tuesday, 04. October 2018 at 15.15 Place: … 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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Two EcolChange seminars this week with three presenters – Prinzing/Santonja/Young

Posted on May 22, 2017 by laanisto

Seminar of Department of Botany and Centre of Excellence EcolChange This week we have not one, but two EcolChange seminars: First, on Tuesday, 23. May  2017 at 15.15 in Tartu, Lai 40-218 (Vaga auditorium) Andreas Prinzing will do a presentation … Continue reading →

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