The biogeographic history of lichenized fungi remains unrevealed because those organisms rarely fossilize due to their delicate, often tiny and quickly rotting thalli. Also the ecology and factors limiting occurrence of numerous taxa, especially those restricted in their distribution to tropical areas are poorly recognized. The aim of this study was to determine localization of glacial refugia ...

Forty-four new lichen species and one lichenicolous fungus have been identified as a result of studies the biota Franz Josef Land archipelago. Bryocaulon hyperboreum was reported for first time from Russia. Gyalecta hypoleuca Umbilicaria maculata were in Arctic. Arctocetraria andrejevii, Brodoa oroarctica, Candelariella borealis, Cercidospora stereocaulorum, Massalongia carnosa, Miriquidica nig...

Local granite has been used throughout history in Galicia (NW Spain), forming the basis of much region’s architecture. Like any other rock, provides an ecological niche for a multitude organisms that form biofilms can affect physical integrity stone. In this study, first time, characterization microbial consortium developed on historical rural buildings is carried out using combination culture-...

Lichen symbioses are microecosystems hosting many other living organisms besides the two major lichen symbionts (i.e., lichenized fungi [the mycobiont] and green microalgae or cyanobacteria photobiont]). Recent investigations evidenced that fungi, non-photosynthetic bacteria, co-inhabit within thalli, but their diversity roles still underinvestigated. Here we present an ad hoc stratified sampli...