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Lichen and fungal ecology

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
NN Wijayawardene
Qujing Normal University
2
Aleksi Nirhamo
University of Eastern Finland
3
Mandy L. Slate
The Ohio State University
4
Mohamed Mendili
University of Jendouba
5
Xingyue Sun
Southwest University
6
Michala L. Phillips
United States Geological Survey
7
Bianca Ott Andrade
Seychelles Fishing Authority
8
Rong-Ju Xu
Kunming Institute of Botany
9
Y-F Sun
Beijing Forestry University
10
Piotr Rozwalak
Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Papers

1
Impact of changing climate on bryophyte contributions to terrestrial water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles
New Phytologist|2024
55 cit.
2
Ultraconserved bacteriophage genome sequence identified in 1300-year-old human palaeofaeces
Nature Communications|2024
14 cit.
3
Trajectories and tipping points of <scp>piñon–juniper</scp> woodlands after fire and thinning
Global Change Biology|2024
14 cit.
4
Publication in Plant Physiology and Biochemistry (2024) [12 citations, W4391179936]
Plant Physiology and Biochemistry|2024
12 cit.
5
Publication in Environmental Science & Technology (2025) [5 citations, W4411142361]
Environmental Science & Technology|2025
5 cit.
6
Assessing Tunisia’s urban air quality using combined lichens and Sentinel-5 satellite integration
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment|2024
3 cit.
7
The GrassSyn dataset: Soil organic carbon stocks in Brazilian grassy ecosystems
Journal of Environmental Quality|2024
3 cit.
8
Drivers of phenological transitions in the seedling life stage
Functional Ecology|2025
3 cit.
9
The Power of Lichens: New Eco‐Friendly Corrosion Inhibitors from Nature
ChemistrySelect|2024
0 cit.
10
Publication in Ecology and Evolution (2025) [W4414105990]
Ecology and Evolution|2025
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Jens Pallas
University of Münster
2
Sajeewa S. N. Maharachchikumbura
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
3
Rungtiwa Phookamsak
Chiang Mai University
4
Yan Xiao
Southeast University
5
Gehong Wei
Northwest A&F University
6
Ying Gao
Universiti Sains Malaysia
7
Chada Norphanphoun
Guizhou University
8
Pierre Le Pogam
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
9
Joanna Beata Kowalska
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences
10
Emma L. Aronson
University of California, Riverside

Papers

1
Linking soil fungi to bacterial community assembly in arid ecosystems
iMeta|2022
269 cit.
2
&lt;i&gt;Alternaria&lt;/i&gt;: update on species limits, evolution, multi-locus phylogeny, and classification
Studies in Fungi|2023
59 cit.
3
Microplastics increase soil microbial network complexity and trigger diversity-driven community assembly
Environmental Pollution|2023
52 cit.
4
Bambusicolous Fungi in Pleosporales: Introducing Four Novel Taxa and a New Habitat Record for Anastomitrabeculia didymospora
Journal of Fungi|2022
25 cit.
5
Root endophytic bacterial and fungal communities in a natural hot desert are differentially regulated in dry and wet seasons by stochastic processes and functional traits
The Science of The Total Environment|2023
24 cit.
6
Six Additions to the Genus Periconia (Dothideomycetes: Periconiaceae) from Graminaceous Plants in China
Journal of Fungi|2023
21 cit.
7
First Report of Colletotrichum fructicola, C. rhizophorae sp. nov. and C. thailandica sp. nov. on Mangrove in Thailand
Pathogens|2023
18 cit.
8
Neodigitodesmium, a novel genus of family Dictyosporiaceae from Sichuan Province, China
Phytotaxa|2022
17 cit.
9
Pestalotiopsis-like species: host network and lifestyle on tea crop
Fungal Biology Reviews|2023
17 cit.
10
Synhelminthosporium gen. et sp. nov. and Two New Species of Helminthosporium (Massarinaceae, Pleosporales) from Sichuan Province, China
Journal of Fungi|2022
15 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
H. Thorsten Lumbsch
Field Museum of Natural History
2
Thomas D. Bruns
University of California, Berkeley
3
Yoshinori Asakawa
Tokushima Bunri University
4
François Lutzoni
Duke University
5
Karl‐Henrik Larsson
University of Oslo
6
Kevin D. Hyde
Mae Fah Luang University
7
Martín Grube
University of Graz
8
Jayne Belnap
United States Geological Survey
9
Christoph Scheidegger
Kunming Institute of Botany
10
Stefano Loppi
University of Siena

Papers

1
ITS primers with enhanced specificity for basidiomycetes ‐ application to the identification of mycorrhizae and rusts
Molecular Ecology|1993
10.4k cit.
2
Towards a unified paradigm for sequence‐based identification of fungi
Molecular Ecology|2013
3.6k cit.
3
ITS primers with enhanced specificity for basidiomycetes--application to the identification of mycorrhizae and rusts.
Molecular Oncology|1993
1.2k cit.
4
DIVERSITY AND HOST RANGE OF FOLIAR FUNGAL ENDOPHYTES: ARE TROPICAL LEAVES BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS?
Ecology|2007
1k cit.
5
Dispersal in microbes: fungi in indoor air are dominated by outdoor air and show dispersal limitation at short distances
The ISME Journal|2013
942 cit.
6
Fungal Molecular Systematics
Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics|1991
906 cit.
7
Assembling the fungal tree of life: progress, classification, and evolution of subcellular traits
American Journal of Botany|2004
821 cit.
8
Specific amplification of 18S fungal ribosomal genes from vesicular-arbuscular endomycorrhizal fungi colonizing roots
Applied and Environmental Microbiology|1992
807 cit.
9
The amazing potential of fungi: 50 ways we can exploit fungi industrially
Fungal Diversity|2019
806 cit.
10
Families of Dothideomycetes
Fungal Diversity|2013
719 cit.

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