Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 July 2026
3.30 – 4.00 and 5.30 – 7.30 p.m.
A – From genes to molecules: genomics, biosynthesis, and biochemistry
ID 75
Yan-Yan Wang
UmRgs1 of lichen-forming fungus Umbilicaria muhlenbergii mediates symbiotic morphology and secondary metabolite production
ID 90
Rachid Mouedden
Updated data on underappreciated urban lichens from Sidi Bel Abbes western Algeria
ID 144
Imke Schmitt
Genome architecture and chromosomal positions of secondary metabolite gene clusters in Parmelia sulcata
ID 191
Ciaran Kelly
Comparative genomic analyses of antimicrobial proteins encoded by lichen-forming fungi
ID 220
Solenn Ferron
Identification of the xanthones from Lecanora alboflavida Taylor
ID 226
Ioana Onut Brännström
From sex to sterility: evolution of mating systems in the lichen-forming fungal family Icmadophilaceae
ID 254
Françoise Le Devehat
Taxonomic and chemical insights into Parmelia sensu stricto (Parmeliaceae) in Algeria
ID 266
Béatrice Legouin
Comparative carcinogenic metal biosorption by five lichen species
ID 279
Ilya Leksin
Transcriptome profiling of the lichen Lobaria pulmonaria in response to UV-induced melanization
ID 288
Marylène Chollet-Krugler
Widening and deepening the exploration of chemical diversity of lichens
ID 373
Cecile Gueidan
An expanded database of high-resolution MS/MS spectra for lichen derived natural products
ID 392
Hatice Esra Akgül
Phenolic profiles, antioxidant activities, and enzyme inhibitory effects of Mediterranean crustose lichens (Diploschistes gypsaceus and Xalocoa ocellata)
ID 394
Maonian Xuxu
Comparative lipidomics distinguishes two symbiotic microalgae from the free-living Chlorella vulgaris in Trebouxiophyceae
C – The lichen-associated bacterial microbiome in evolution and function: from deep phylogeny to meta-omics insights
ID 98
Seung-Yoon Oh
Temperature-driven shifts in lichen-associated microbiome revealed by incubation experiments
ID 155
Joaquín Sandoval Vargas
Exploration of the biological potential of Antarctic lichens of the genus Psoroma (Pannariaceae) as modulators of Aurora A kinase
ID 227
Nathan Chrismas
Diversity of glycoside hydrolase CAZymes in the Ochrolechia frigida holobiont
ID 262
Giulia Canali
From canopy to thallus: stemflow as a source of lichen-associated bacteria
ID 273
Julia Gerasimova
Composition and possible roles of Usnea microbial communities and their importance for survival in the extreme conditions of Antarctica
ID 370
Samantha Rowberry
How is a microbiome shaped? A look into the bacterial associations of green rock shield lichens
D - From barcode to “blueprint”: what is in a species of lichens?
ID 29
Emilie Porter
Curated barcode database increases taxonomic resolution and accuracy when metabarcoding biological soil crust mock communities
ID 64
Lijuan Li
From barcodes to multilocus perspectives: species delimitation and lineage structure in Lecanora s. str.
G - Looking East: Paleotropical lichens – state of the art and future prospects
ID 31
Arun Christy Sebastian
Unveiling the lichens of Eravikulam National Park: First insights into the taxonomic inventory of a Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot
ID 43
Andrea Roselle Catabona
Identification of corticolous lichens in Mt. Ugo, Itogon, Benguet and antibacterial activity of Hypotrachyna vexans and Leucodermia (Heterodermia) leucomelos against eskape pathogens
ID 59
Alessandro Mainardi
Exploring lichen diversity in an underdocumented region: the first survey of Guinea-Bissau
ID 140
Coretor Kanyungulu
Studies of lichen conservation threats by natural and social science research in Kenya
ID 178
Damien Ertz
Diversity, evolutionary history and photobiont selectivity of Arthoniaceae in the south-western Indian Ocean islands
ID 186
Felix Mokoro
Taxonomic revision of Phyllopsora and related rainforest lichens in Kenya
ID 258
Robert Lücking
Less diverse, more peculiar: does it hold for paleotropical lichens?
ID 382
Wei-Cheng Wang
A first comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Sporopodium (Byssolomataceae), revealing five new species from Asia
ID 389
Muhammad Usman
The Fungal Sequencing Project: sequencing lichen types from the palaeotropics and beyond
H – Lecideoid lichens in the era of integrative taxonomy
ID 51
Shokoufeh Hamzehloo
A taxonomic revision of the lichen genus Protoparmeliopsis (Lecanoraceae) in Iran
ID 143
Ancheng Yin
Advances in research on Psoraceae
J – Evolution and systematics of lichens in the Neotropics
ID 76
Rosa Emilia Pérez-Pérez
Bulbothrix buapana Hernández Alberdin, Pérez-Pérez & Benatti (Parmeliaceae, Lecanoromycetes), new specie from Mexico
ID 106
Alba Yánez Ayabaca
Contributions to the taxonomy of the genus Remototrachyna (Parmeliaceae)
ID 153
Zahira Rebollo Delgado
Species diversity and phylogenetic relationships of the genus Punctelia Krog (Parmeliaceae)
ID 171
Honorata Wacławek
Phylogenetic insights into freshwater Gyalidea (Gomphillaceae, Graphidales) from the high Andes of Bolivia
ID 199
Magdalena Oset
The new species of Cora (lichenized Basidiomycota, Lichenomphaliaceae) and additional records from Bolivia
ID 212
Edyta Mazur
Integrating phylogenetic, morphoanatomical, and metabolomic data to resolve taxonomic ambiguities in the Lecanora ecoronata complex
ID 314
Reinaldo Vargas
Predicting lichen redistribution under climate change: a case study from the Southern Andes
ID 349
Bibiana Moncada
Lichens from the Colombian Amazon 2.0
ID 353
Bibiana Moncada
Remarkable diversification of the Normandina pulchella complex (Verrucariaceae) in the Americas
ID 375
Marcela Caceres
Lichens from Mata do Rio Verde: high Graphidaceae diversity in a small forest fragment in Sergipe, Brazil
ID 376
Marcela Caceres
The crustose species of Caliciaceae (Ascomycota: Caliciales) in Brazil: phylogeny, diversity and potential new species
K - Leveraging historical lichen specimens for modern collections-based research
ID 21
Edyta Mazur
Taxonomic and nomenclatural novelties in lecanoroid lichens, including the description of Flavonora gen. nov. and a recircumscription of Pulvinora
ID 66
Iyesha Wanigasinghe
Spotting the subtle: enhanced AI identification of visually similar lichens using herbarium images
ID 296
Michaela Lajblová
Chemotype–genotype relationships in the Xanthoparmelia pulla group in Central Europe
ID 297
Rosa Emilia Pérez-Pérez
Garbage in ‒ garbage out: are we even able to, or interested in, cleaning up the biodiversity data mess?
ID 306
Joana Marques
Checklist of lichens and lichenicolous fungi from continental Portugal
ID 315
Joana Marques
Digitising Die Flechten Europas: leveraging historical exsiccata for modern research
ID 351
Bibiana Moncada
The lichens collected by Alexander Lindig: the historical basis of the Catálogo de Líquenes de Colombia
ID 372
Maja Maslać Mikulec
Mapping Croatia’s lichen diversity: the flora Croatica Database Lichen Module
M - Symbiotic synergy: unravelling photobiont-mycobiont dynamics in lichen biology
ID 18
Anteneh Tamirat Bogale
Symbiont-specific responses of the lung lichen holobiont to excess light and nitrogen
ID 39
Sebastiano Dose
Diversity and variability of lichen photobionts along an altitudinal transect on Mount Aragats (Armenia)
ID 112
Mariam Gevorgyan
Lichen mycobiont and photobiont diversity on Mt. Aragats (Armenia)
ID 118
Edgar Wong
Chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes of Trebouxia illuminate evolutionary relationships and climate associations, and yield new phylogenetic markers
ID 132
Salvador Chiva
Trebouxia diversity expands the niche of the lichen Xanthoria parietina
ID 151
Romina Silva Espejo
Spatial organization of chitin in lichen thalli with different photobionts
ID 166
Ivana Černajová
Photobionts of lichens from freshwater habitats: diversity, association patterns and environmental availability
ID 183
Lilia O’Loughlin
The role of photobiont plurality in adaptation to air pollution
ID 193
Patrick Jung
A cheat code to the diversity of lichen symbioses
ID 222
Łucja Ptach-Styn
Photobiont and mycobiome diversity in Ramalina farinacea and R. fraxinea: a DNA metabarcoding case study
ID 269
Myarr Ogunyemi
The ecological influence of algal plurality in Stereocaulon vesuvianum
ID 275
Enrico Boccato
Chemotropic attraction of Trebouxia flagellate cells to germinating fungal ascospores: implications for early re-lichenisation
ID 286
Patrick Jung
Unicellular cyanolichen symbionts: Chroococcidiopsis and Peltula on Land, Pleurocapsa and Collemopsidium in the Seas
ID 295
Klára Musilová
The diversity of lichens and their photobionts in proximity to railways
ID 299
Isabelle Buschmann
Photophysiology of lichen-associated Coccomyxa under thermal stress
ID 381
Maria Honrubia-Martínez
New species of symbiotic Symbiochloris (Chlorophyta) associated with several genera of lichenized fungi based on a multi-disciplinary approach
P – Dispersal of lichenised organisms - from mechanisms to consequences
ID 130
Sascha Hansen
Three decades of lichen community development after a wild fire on coastal dune heath
ID 181
Kaitlyn Kaluza
Nest epiphyte composition of the globally endangered marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) on the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America
U -–From morphology to molecules: a functional and multiscale journey into the lichen symbiosis
ID 12
Peter Crittenden
Downward translocation of photosynthate in the mat-forming lichen Cladonia portentosa
ID 14
Jasmin Almer
Differential expression of genes involved in carbohydrate metabolism in photomorphs of the lichen Peltigera britannica
ID 60
Ocean Clare Cosare
Algal layer architecture differs between lichen individuals from different climate zones
ID 263
Farida Minibayeva
Lichen pigments: a “coloured” strategy of desiccation tolerance
ID 300
Isabelle Buschmann
Metabolism of lichen-associated Coccomyxa under thermal stress
ID 386
Vincenzo Abagnale
Nitrous oxide consumption and seasonal activity of nitrous oxide reductase in boreal epiphytic lichens
V – Lichens from different perspectives: bridging rediscovered ideas and emerging concepts
ID 48
Vishal Kumar
From Verrucaria to Awasthiella: taxonomic revisions and new discoveries in Indian Verrucariaceae
ID 73
Silvana Munzi
The IAL Handbook of Lichenology: an illustrated guide to lichen morphology
ID 79
Martha Susana Cañas
Punctelia hypoleucites as a bioindicator of settleable particulate matter deposition in a mining area of north-western Argentina
ID 84
Guadalupe González Argüello
Structure of lichen communities along environmental gradients and microhabitats in Northern Patagonia
ID 92
Theresa Möller
Host tree identity drives trait-mediated niche differentiation and chemical thresholds in epiphytic lichen communities
ID 119
Miriam Bačkorová
NMR analysis of natural substances isolated from Ophiocordyceps sinensis and Paecilomyces hepiali
ID 120
Miriam Bačkorová
Antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of the mushroom Ophiocordyceps sinensis
ID 123
Anna Bérešová
Contribution of Citizen Science to the knowledge of lichen diversity in Slovakia
ID 124
Anna Bérešová
Lichens of the Carpathians – progress and new insights
ID 137
Lalita Calabria
Advancing global lichen conservation through course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CURE’s)
ID 156
Kamil Ciborowski
The multi gene analysis of photobiont diversity in cyanolichens belonging to the family Peltigeraceae s.l.
ID 215
Philippe Clerc
A world checklist of the genus Usnea Adans. (Parmeliaceae)
ID 216
Emerson Peter Da Silva Falcão
Bioisosterism as an alternative to reduce the toxic effects of usnic acid
ID 217
Philippe Clerc
The genus Usnea Adans. (Parmeliaceae) in Europe and Laurimacaronesia
ID 229
Sonia Ravera
Lectotypification of Arthopyrenia molinii Beltr. and its taxonomic context
ID 233
Flavio Polito
Phytochemical study of Usnea barbata (L.) F.H. Wigg. and Usnea subfloridana Stirt.
ID 245
Marko Doboš
Lichens of Papuk Mt in Croatia
ID 251
John Sorensen
Functional expression of the oxidative enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of usnic acid
ID 255
Robert Lücking
Celebrating citizen science: documenting striking cases of lichen-related camouflage and mimesis in situ using the iNaturalist platform
ID 277
Cristobal Ivanovich
Phenotypic differences among phylogenetically defined groups within Lecanora s. lat. support generic segregations in Lecanoraceae
ID 284
Christoph Scheidegger
Lichens of Switzerland – 366 + 52 bedtime stories
ID 293
María de los Angeles Herrera-Campos
Medicinal lichens: traditional knowledge and uses of indigenous and mestizo peoples in Mexico
ID 294
María de los Angeles Herrera-Campos
Use of lichen dyes by Mazahua communities from the State of Mexico, Mexico
ID 303
Jana Kocourková
Southwestern North America is the center of Acarosporaceae diversity in North America
ID 304
Cecile Gueidan
Selection of Australian lichen species for a lunar mission
ID 307
Matthew Nelsen
Lichens as watercolor
ID 313
Reinaldo Vargas
Biogeographical zonation of the Chilean lichen biota
ID 338
Eugenia Pereira
Gamma radiation as biosynthesis activator of pigments and phenolic of Cladonia verticillaris and their interaction with the soil of its natural occurrence
ID 358
Eugenia Pereira
Potassium usnate in the treatment of surgical wounds in dogs
ID 359
Tereza Pušová
Species diversity and evolutionary relationships in Acarosporaceae from Central Europe and North America
ID 361
Mohammad Sohrabi
Current status of lichenology in Azerbaijan
ID 366
Emerson Peter Da Silva Falcão
Extracts of Ramalina usnea exhibit antiproliferative properties against cancer cells
ID 367
Joel Boustie
Revision of the genus Lepraria in France using a multi-criteria approach
ID 377
Giuliana Farci
UPDATE OF THE LICHEN DATABASE OF THE GLADYS DE ROJAS HERBARIUM (GDR), Libertador Experimental Pedagogical University, Barquisimeto Pedagogical Institute
ID 379
A Hrudya
An additional study on the lichens of Tamil Nadu, India
ID 388
Leopoldo Sancho
The growth of lichens and trees shows the same trend in two climatically contrasting locations in Tierra del Fuego (Chile)
ID 390
Andreas Holzinger
‘Borderline lichens’ from the Zygnematophyceae – can they really be regarded as ‘lichens?’
ID 391
Viktória Krajanová
Metal oxalates in lichens – what we know and new discoveries
ID 395
Heda Ghlimová
Colors of the forest: dyeing wool with lichens