Area of research
Plant Science · Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Research interest
Research interests include Lichen and fungal ecology, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies.
High species richness in the lichen genus <i>Peltigera</i> (<i>Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes</i>): 34 species in the dolichorhizoid and scabrosoid clades of section <i> Polydactylon</i>, including 24 new to science
Phylogenetic diversity of two geographically overlapping lichens: isolation by distance, environment, or fragmentation?
Elucidating species richness in lichen fungi: The genus<i>Sticta</i>(Ascomycota: Peltigeraceae) in Puerto Rico
Multiple historical processes obscure phylogenetic relationships in a taxonomically difficult group (Lobariaceae, Ascomycota)
Oligocene origin and drivers of diversification in the genus Sticta (Lobariaceae, Ascomycota)
Turbo-taxonomy to assemble a megadiverse lichen genus: seventy new species of Cora (Basidiomycota: Agaricales: Hygrophoraceae), honouring David Leslie Hawksworth’s seventieth birthday
A phylogenetic framework for reassessing generic concepts and species delimitation in the lichenized family<i>Trypetheliaceae</i>(Ascomycota: Dothideomycetes)
One hundred and seventy-five new species of Graphidaceae: closing the gap or a drop in the bucket?
Elucidating phylogenetic relationships and genus‐level classification within the fungal family Trypetheliaceae (Ascomycota: Dothideomycetes)
New higher taxa in the lichen family Graphidaceae (lichenized Ascomycota: Ostropales) based on a three-gene skeleton phylogeny
Plot-scale evidence of tundra vegetation change and links to recent summer warming