Changes in vegetation around refuge huts in Koilliskaira forest area in Finnish Lapland by Hoogesteger, Marketta

“…The dwarf shrubs and lichens were the most susceptible to trampling, and the grasses the least so. …”
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St. Matthew Island reindeer crash revisited: Their demise was not nigh—but then, why did they die? by Frank L. Miller, Samuel J. Barry, Wendy A. Calvert

“…Existing population dynamics data do not support lack of lichens as a major causative factor in this single-year crash. …”
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Selecting Biomonitors of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition: Guidelines for Practitioners and Decision Makers by D. Nayeli Martínez, Edison A. Díaz-Álvarez, Erick de la Barrera

“…Descriptions of the biological and monitoring particularities of commonly utilized biomonitor lichens, bryophytes, vascular epiphytes, herbs, and woody plants, are followed by a discussion of the principal ecophysiological parameters that have been shown to respond to the different nitrogen emissions and their rate of deposition.…”
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A new genus and species of termites (Isoptera, Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae) from the rainforest of northern Peru by Carolina Cuezzo, David A. Nickle

“…Sinqasapatermes sachae sp. n., was collected on a tree in a very narrow flattened tunnel that was well concealed beneath lichens in a northern Peru rainforest (Arcadia, Loreto Province).…”
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Biodiversity of a boreal mire, including its hydrographic network (Shichengskoe mire, north-western Russia) by Dmitriy Philippov, Sergey Ermilov, Vera Zaytseva, Sergey Pestov, Eugeniy Kuzmin, Julia Shabalina, Alexey Sazhnev, Ksenya Ivicheva, Irina Sterlyagova, Mikhail Leonov, Margarita Boychuk, Andrey Czhobadze, Kristina Prokina, Mikhail Dulin, Omid Joharchi, Aleksey Shabunov, Olga Shiryaeva, Andrey Levashov, Aleksandra Komarova, Victoria Yurchenko

“…On the other hand, the data on the composition of lichens, protozoa, algae, basidiomycetes, some groups of invertebrates and, to a lesser extent, lichens and vertebrates are far less comprehensive and require further substantial research efforts. …”
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PECULIARITIES OF RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION OF THE FOREST ECOSYSTEM AFTER THE CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT by K. V. Varfolomeeva

“…Organic matter high content in the forest soil and its stability increase the transfer of radionuclides from soil into plans which lead to high content of radionuclides in lichens, mosses, mushrooms and berries. Radionuclides transfer to game in such conditions could bring to the situation when some people actively consuming game meet will be highly exposured.…”
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Synthesis and Pharmacological Evaluation of (+)-Usnic Acid Derivatives as Hypoglycemic Agents by Sergey A. Borisov, Olga A. Luzina, Mikhail V. Khvostov, Tatiana G. Tolstikova, Nariman F. Salakhutdinov

“…Usnic acid is produced by lichens and exhibits different biological properties, including hypoglycemic ones. …”
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Floristic composition of a Subtropical bog, Eastern Plateau from southern Brazil by Luis Baptista, Maria Lorscheitter, Caroline Scherer

“…A total of 262 specific and infra-specific taxa were listed, including six macroscopic fungi, 10 lichens, 21 mat forming algae, 57 bryophytes, 12 pteridophytes, two gymnosperms and 154 angiosperms. …”
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Abiotic determinants of the historical buildings biodeterioration in the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp. by Małgorzata Piotrowska, Anna Otlewska, Katarzyna Rajkowska, Anna Koziróg, Mariusz Hachułka, Paulina Nowicka-Krawczyk, Grzegorz J Wolski, Beata Gutarowska, Alina Kunicka-Styczyńska, Agnieszka Zydzik-Białek

“…The external surfaces, and especially the concrete strips and ground immediately adjoining the buildings, were colonized by bryophytes, lichens, and algae. These organisms developed most intensively close to the ground on the northern sides of the buildings. …”
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Biogeography of photoautotrophs in the high polar biome by Stephen Brian Pointing, Burkhard eBuedel, Peter eConvey, Len eGillman, Christian eKoerner, Sebastian eLeuzinger, Warwick F. Vincent

“…High polar ecosystems are biologically unique, with a more central role for bryophytes, lichens and microbial photoautotrophs over that of vascular plants. …”
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Fine-grain beta diversity in Palaearctic open vegetation: variability within and between biomes and vegetation types by Iwona Dembicz, Jürgen Dengler, François Gillet, Thomas J. Matthews, Manuel J. Steinbauer, Sándor Bartha, Juan Antonio Campos, Pieter De Frenne, Jiri Dolezal, Itziar García-Mijangos, Riccardo Guarino, Behlül Güler, Anna Kuzemko, Alireza Naqinezhad, Jalil Noroozi, Robert K Peet, Massimo Terzi, Idoia Biurrun

“…We did this separately for vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens and for the three groups combined (complete vegetation). …”
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Some vascular epiphytes on mango and their control by Lim, Tong Kwee, Khoo, Khay Chong

“…Together with the cryptogamic epiphytes like the mosses, liverworts and lichens, they form a unique ecological community on wild and cultivated trees. …”
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Plants, Microorganisms and Their Metabolites in Supporting Asbestos Detoxification—A Biological Perspective in Asbestos Treatment by Stanisław Łuniewski, Weronika Rogowska, Bożena Łozowicka, Piotr Iwaniuk

“…The work comprehensively focuses on the interactions between asbestos and plants, bacteria and fungi, including lichens and, for the first time, yeast. Biological treatment is a prospect for in situ land reclamation and under industrial conditions, which can be a viable alternative to landfilling and an environmentally friendly substitute or supplement to thermal, mechanical, and chemical methods, often characterized by high cost intensity. …”
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Laccase enzymes: purification, structure to catalysis and tailoring by Moin, Syed Faraz, Omar, Muhammad Nor

“…These enzymes are glycosylated proteins and have been isolated and purified from fungi, bacteria, plant, insects and lichens. The variety of commercial and industrial application of laccases has attracted much attention towards the research addressing different aspects of the protein characterization, production and fit for purpose molecule. …”
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Apothecial Ancestry, Evolution, and Re-Evolution in <i>Thelebolales</i> (<i>Leotiomycetes, Fungi</i>) by Luis Quijada, Neven Matočec, Ivana Kušan, Joey B. Tanney, Peter R. Johnston, Armin Mešić, Donald H. Pfister

“…Closed cleistothecia-like ascomata have repeatedly evolved in non-related perithecioid and apothecioid lineages of lichenized and non-lichenized <i>Ascomycota</i>. The evolution of a closed, darkly pigmented ascoma that protects asci and ascospores is conceived as either an adaptation to harsh environmental conditions or a specialized dispersal strategy. …”
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Advances in the Characterization of <i>Usnea barbata</i> (L.) Weber ex F.H. Wigg from Călimani Mountains, Romania by Violeta Popovici, Laura Bucur, Cerasela Elena Gîrd, Suzana Ioana Calcan, Elena Iulia Cucolea, Teodor Costache, Dan Rambu, Mădălina Ungureanu-Iuga, Mircea Oroian, Silvia Mironeasa, Verginica Schröder, Emma Adriana Ozon, Aureliana Caraiane, Victoria Badea

“…Wigg (<i>U. barbata</i>) is a medicinal representative of the lichens from the <i>Usnea</i> genus (<i>Parmeliaceae,</i> lichenized <i>Ascomycetes</i>), containing bioactive secondary metabolites. …”
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Assessing the diversity of nematodes in the Store Mosse National Park (Sweden) using metabarcoding by Mohammed Ahmed, Dieter Slos, Oleksandr Holovachov

“…Fifty samples were collected from five vegetation types in the park across a range of habitats (e.g. soil, litter, lichens, sphagnum and roots). The other habitats, aside from soil and litter, were sampled in order to capture the diversity of nematodes that may be uniquely associated with them. …”
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Establishing a New International Standard for Natural Dyed Textile Goods [Natural Organic Dye Standard (NODS)] by Recep Karadag

“…The NODS includes a list of natural dye resources (dye plants, dye insects, dye mollusks, dye lichens, and dye fungi), natural coloring compounds, mordant materials, auxiliary substances, and index of fastness properties of dyes used in textiles, and list of prohibited, and restricted substances. …”
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Increases in graminoids after three decades of change in the High Arctic by James A. Schaefer

“…I compared baseline (1991 and 1992) and contemporary (2019 and 2022) periods in the cover and frequency of graminoids, mosses and common species of forbs, shrubs and lichens. I found substantial shifts in cover of several species and growth forms—an increase in graminoids, decreases in Dryas integrifolia, Polygonum viviparum and Saxifraga oppositifolia, and marginally significant declines in mosses and Cassiope tetragona, but no detectable changes in other groups. …”
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Mycosporine-Like Amino Acids (MAAs): Biology, Chemistry and Identification Features by Vanessa Geraldes, Ernani Pinto

“…Mycosporines and mycosporine-like amino acids are ultra-violet-absorbing compounds produced by several organisms such as lichens, fungi, algae and cyanobacteria, especially upon exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation. …”
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