• Kistenich, Sonja Daniela; Bendiksby, Mika; Vairappan, Charles S.; Weerakoon, Gothamie; Wijesundara, Siril; Wolseley, Patricia; Timdal, Einar (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    Phyllopsora is a crustose to squamulose lichen genus inhabiting the bark of trees in moist tropical forests and rainforests. Species identification is generally challenging and is mainly based on ascospore morphology, ...
  • Kistenich, Sonja Daniela; Bendiksby, Mika; Weerakoon, Gothamie; Timdal, Einar (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
    The tropical lichen genus Aciculopsora is still very poorly collected. Only eleven collections are known worldwide. We present a molecular phylogenetic tree based on mtSSU and nrITS sequence data from six Aciculopsora ...
  • Bjorå, Charlotte Sletten; Bendiksby, Mika; Johannessen, Lars Erik; Løfall, Bjørn Petter; Timdal, Einar (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
    The Arctic has been, and is, an area of focus for the botanical and fungal (lichenized fungi included) collections at the Natural History Museum of Oslo. These collections house more than 233,000 unique Arctic specimens, ...
  • Jettestuen, Espen; Nermoen, Anders; Hestmark, Geir; Timdal, Einar; Mathiesen, Joachim (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2010)
    Crustose lichen communities on rocks exhibit fascinating spatial mosaics resembling political maps of nations or municipalities. Although the establishment and development of biological populations are important themes in ...
  • Zamora, Juan Carlos; Svensson, Måns; Kirschner, Roland; Olariaga, Ibai; Ryman, Svengunnar; Parra, Luis Alberto; Geml, József; Rosling, Anna; Adamčík, Slavomír; Ahti, Teuvo; Aime, M. Catherine; Ainsworth, Martyn; Albert, László; Alberto, Altés Garcia; Albertó, Edgardo; Aronsen, Arne; Arup, Ulf; Asgari, Didier; Assyov, Boris; Atienza, Violeta; Bandini, Ditte; Baptista-Ferreira, João Luís; Baral, Hans-Otto; Bendiksby, Mika; Bendiksen, Egil; Bendiksen, Katriina; Brandrud, Tor Erik; Frisch, Andreas; Gulden, Gro; Høiland, Klaus; Holien, Håkon; Jørgensen, Per Magnus; Larsson, Karl-Henrik; Mathiassen, Geir Harald; Ronikier, Anna; Salcedo, Isabel; Schulz, Barbara; Schumacher, Trond; Senn-Irlet, Beatrice; Spribille, Toby; Taskin, Hatira; Timdal, Einar; Tønsberg, Tor; Vellinga, Else C; Vizzini, Alfredo; Vetlesen, Per; Voglmayr, Hermann; Wedin, Mats; Weholt, Øyvind; Westberg, Martin (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    Nomenclatural type definitions are one of the most important concepts in biological nomenclature. Being physical objects that can be re-studied by other researchers, types permanently link taxonomy (an artificial agreement ...
  • Timdal, Einar; Gjerlaug, Hans Chr. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
    Phylogenetic analyses of 140 ITS sequences from Norwegian material of Peltigera sect. Peltigera obtained mainly by the Norwegian DNA barcode project OLICH indicate the presence of 26 putative species. Among those, we accept ...
  • Printzen, Christian; Holien, Håkon; Kantelinen, Annina; Myllys, Leena; Ratschow, F.; Stepanchikova, I.; Weber, Lillith; Timdal, Einar (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
    The Biatora vernalis- and meiocarpa-groups comprise species with pale beige to reddish brown apothecia and 0-, rarely also 1(–3)-septate ascospores. A DNA barcoding approach based on ITS sequences shows that these two ...
  • Kistenich, Sonja; Halvorsen, Rune; Schrøder-Nielsen, Audun; Thorbek, Birgitte Lisbeth Graae; Timdal, Einar; Bendiksby, Mika (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    Biological specimens in natural history collections worldwide are increasingly being used in biogeographical, environmental, and taxonomic studies. For their meaningful use, correct species identification is crucial. For ...
  • Timdal, Einar; Westberg, Martin; Haugan, Reidar; Hofton, Tom Hellik; Holien, Håkon; Speed, James David Mervyn; Tønsberg, Tor; Bendiksby, Mika (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
    Our knowledge of the diversity and distribution of many groups of lichens remains poor due to unclear species boundaries and challenging species identification. We have studied the medium sized to large foliose lichen ...
  • Haugan, Reidar; Timdal, Einar (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    A molecular phylogenetic analysis based on the DNA barcode marker (nrITS) of 12 specimens of Lecidea leucothallina revealed three monophyletic clades, two apotheciate and one sorediate. The sorediate clade is described as ...
  • Timdal, Einar; Tønsberg, Tor (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    The two lichen species Lepraria lobificans (syn. L. santosii) and L. sylvicola are reported new to northern Europa, based on collections from Western Norway and Northern Norway, respectively. The specimens were identified ...
  • Tønsberg, Tor; Palice, Z.; Timdal, Einar (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    Marchantiana asserigena is reported new to Norway from the south-west (counties Rogaland, Hordaland, Sogn og Fjordane, and Møre og Romsdal) at altitudes from near sea level to 393 m. It occurs on branches of trees and ...
  • Leavitt, Steven D.; Westberg, Martin; Nelsen, Matthew P.; Elix, John A.; Timdal, Einar; Sohrabi, Mohammad; St Clair, Larry L.; Williams, Laura; Wedin, Mats; Lumbsch, HT (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    Multiple drivers shape the spatial distribution of species, including dispersal capacity, niche incumbency, climate variability, orographic barriers, and plate tectonics. However, biogeographic patterns of fungi commonly ...
  • Westberg, Martin; Timdal, Einar; Asplund, Johan; Bendiksby, Mika; Haugan, Reidar; Jonsson, Fredrik; Larsson, Per; Odelvik, Göran; Wedin, Mats; Millanes, Ana M. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
    Fourteen species of lichenized or lichenicolous fungi are reported new to either Norway or Sweden or both countries. Several of these are rare and almost unknown. The reported species are: Acarospora insignis (new to ...
  • Ravera, Sonia; Vizzini, Alfredo; Puglisi, Marta; Assini, Silvia; Benesperi, Renato; Bianchi, Elisabetta; Boccardo, Fabrizio; Bottegoni, Francesca; von Brackel, Wolfgang; Clericuzio, Marco; Darmostuk, Valerii; De Giuseppe, Antonio B.; Di Nuzzo, Luca; Dovana, Francesco; Galli, Roberta; Gheza, Gabriele; Giordani, Paolo; Guttová, Anna; Isocrono, Deborah; Malíček, Jiří; Martellos, Stefano; Mayrhofer, Helmut; Nascimbene, Juri; Nimis, Pier Luigi; Paoli, Luca; Passalacqua, Nicodemo G.; Prosser, Filippo; Puntillo, Domenico; Seggi, Linda; Sicoli, Giovanni; Timdal, Einar; Trabucco, Raffaella; Vallese, Chiara (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
    In this contribution, new data concerning bryophytes, fungi and lichens of the Italian flora are presented. It includes new records and confirmations for the bryophyte genera Bryum, Cryphaea, Didymodon, and Grimmia; the ...
  • Marthinsen, Gunnhild; Rui, Siri; Timdal, Einar (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    Background DNA barcodes are increasingly being used for species identification amongst the lichenised fungi. This paper presents a dataset aiming to provide an authoritative DNA barcode sequence library for a wide array ...
  • Fjelde, Markus Osaland; Timdal, Einar; Haugan, Reidar; Bendiksby, Mika (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2024)
    Molecular phylogenetics has revolutionized the taxonomy of crustose lichens and revealed an extensive amount of cryptic diversity. Resolving the relationships between genera in the crustose lichen family Tephromelataceae ...
  • Timdal, Einar; Obermayer, Walter; Bendiksby, Mika (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
    In the present study, we describe the new species, Psora altotibetica, from nine localities in China (Tibetan area) and Nepal. The study includes analyses of anatomy, secondary chemistry, and DNA sequence data of P. ...
  • Timdal, Einar; Bendiksby, Mika; Kahraman, Arife Merve; Halici, Mehmet Gökhan (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    Herein we describe the new species, Psora taurensis, from two localities in the Taurus Mountains in Turkey at ca. 1000 m altitude. Investigations of anatomy, secondary chemistry and DNA sequences (ITS and mtSSU) of P. ...
  • Timdal, Einar; Möller, Erik Johan; Bendiksby, Mika (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2024)
    Herein, we revise the Rhizocarpon badioatrum species complex in the Nordic countries using molecular phylogenetics combined with morphological/anatomical and chemical data. Bayesian and Maximum Likelihood phylogenetic ...