8.00 – 9.00 a.m.
Registration
9.00 – 9.45 a.m.
KEYNOTE INVITED
Pavel Skaloud
Two worlds, one symbiosis: Ecological and evolutionary parallels in lichens and corals
9.45 – 10.30 p.m.
Oral (invited) – ID 88
9.45
Enrico Boccato
University of Trieste
Effects of environmental conditions on flagellate cell production in two Trebouxia species
Flash talk – ID 132
10.00
Salvador Chiva
Universitat de València
Trebouxia diversity expands the niche of the lichen Xanthoria parietina
Flash talk – ID 225
10.05
Kamila Dědková
Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Botany, Benátská 2, 128 00 Prague, Czech Republic
Photobiont plurality in selected sorediate Cladonia species
Flash talk – ID 23
10.10
Tamara Pazos
Universidad de Valencia
The phycobiota of damaged and healthy thalli of Mediterranean epiphytic macrolichens
Oral – ID 207
10.15
Veronika Vesela
Charles University
Is there anybody out there? Contrasting environmental availability of photobionts in lichens with different reproductive modes
10.30 – 11.00 a.m. / coffee break
11.00 – 12.30 a.m.
Oral – ID 65
11.00
Patricia Moya
University of Valencia
The Trebouxia revolution continues: new species, updated OTUs, and a shared platform for the community
Oral – ID 175
11.15
Jeremy Howland
City University of New York
Beyond barcodes: metagenomic Insights into photobiont diversity in Flavoparmelia caperata (Parmeliaceae)
Oral – ID 327
11.30
Sergio Pérez-Ortega
Real Jardín Botánico – CSIC Anthropogenic perturbations reshapes myco-photobiont interaction networks in epiphytic lichen communities
Oral – ID 360
12.00
Ivana Černajová
Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czechia
How well do we know lichen photobiont diversity?
Oral – ID 365
12.15
Kristiina Mark
Estonian University of Life Sciences
Population-level differences in photosynthesis and desiccation tolerance of Ramalina farinacea across geographic and climatic gradients in Europe
Oral – 126
11.30
Maelys Bollot
Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Screening and genome mining for new antifungal compounds from endolichenic fungi
Oral – ID 163
11.45
Grant Nickles
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Reconstructing the evolution of a key fungal isocyanide megasynthase using lichen genomes
Oral – ID 159
12.00
Daniele Armaleo
Duke University
Depside and depsidone biosynthesis comes into focus (II): Transcriptome profiling identifies gene networks affected during induction of the depsidone grayanic acid in Cladonia grayi.
Oral – ID 71
12.15
Paul D’Agostino
Helmholtz Institute of Pharmaceutical Research Saarland
Genome mining for prenyltransferases in Rhizonema cyanobionts of Cora and Dictyonema lichens
Flash talk – ID 226
12.30
Ioana Onut Brännström
Uppsla University
From sex to sterility: evolution of mating systems in the lichen-forming fungal family Icmadophilaceae
Flash talk – ID 134
12.35
Claudio Gennaro Ametrano
University of Graz
Comparative genomics of lichen-associated yeasts (Tremellales, Basidiomycota)
Flash talk – ID 197
12.40
Yoshihito Ohmura
National Museum of Nature and Science
Chemical plasticity and genome-wide phylogenetics clarify species limits in the Usnea hakonensis complex
Flash talk – ID 75
12.45
Yan-Yan Wang
Sun Yat-sen University
UmRgs1 of lichen-forming fungus Umbilicaria muhlenbergii mediates symbiotic morphology and secondary metabolite production
Flash talk – ID 135
12.50
Anna Pasinato
University of Padova, LMU Munich
The metabolic divide: fungal genomes reveal an unequal distribution of biosynthetic gene clusters
Flash talk – ID 191
12.55
Ciaran Kelly
University of Cologne
Comparative genomic analyses of antimicrobial proteins encoded by lichen-forming fungi
Flash talk – ID 271
13.00
Mazari Ait Kaci
University of Trieste, Department of Life Sciences
Are the two chemotypes of Pseudevernia furfuracea simply a result of combined environmental and herbivory pressures?
Flash talk – ID 34
13.05
Solenn Ferron
CNRS, ISCR (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes), University of Rennes
Identification of lichexanthone derivatives in lichen extracts, with particular application to crustose lichens belonging to the genus Myriolecis Clem. (1909)
11.00 – 12.30 a.m.
Oral – ID 99
11.00
Mieko Kono
SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies)
A novel method enabling genome-wide studies of historical lichen specimens
Oral – ID 380
11.15
Ester Gaya
Jodrell Laboratory Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, UK
The Fungarium Sequencing Project: a multi-institutional pipeline for the whole genome sequencing of historical fungi and lichen collections
Oral – ID 309
11.30
Ann M. Evankow
Drexel University
Spatial phylogenetics of Psora: Integrating evolutionary relationships across species with occurrence records to evaluate biodiversity
Oral – ID 260
11.43
Juri Nascimbene
University of Bologna
Historical lichen collections at BOLO: a time capsule for mapping species dynamics under global change
Flash talk – ID 218
11.55
Silvana Munzi
CE3C – Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes & CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Universidade de Lisboa
Rediscovering afro-tropical lichen diversity: a taxonomic and contextual revision of historical collections from Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Angola housed in the PO Herbarium
Flash talk – ID 297
12.00
Rosa Emilia Pérez-Pérez
Faculty of Biological Sciences, Benemérita
Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
Garbage in ‒ garbage out: are we even able to, or interested in, cleaning up the biodiversity data mess?
Flash talk – ID 77
12.05
Cecile Gueidan
Australian National Herbarium
Computer vision species identification of lichens and bryophytes from biocrusts in Australian drylands
12.30 – 2.00 p.m. / lunch break
2.00 – 3.30 p.m.
Oral – ID 148 (invited)
2.00
Carlos Pardo De la Hoz
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Mycobiont-photobiont spatial pairing mechanisms in lichens: how does it all work?
Oral – ID 44
2.15
Beatrice Bylén
Uppsala University
The environmental influence on algal photobiont community composition in cosmopolitan lichen Thamnolia vermicularis
Oral – ID 125
2.30
Diego Garfias Gallegos
Duke University, Department of Biology, Durham, NC, USA
Central metabolism and development are rewired in lichenized cyanobacteria
Oral – ID 318
2.45
Andrew Simon
University of Alberta
Boreal lichen photobiont networks: structure, stability, and vulnerability
Oral – ID 346
3.00
Ayelén Gazquez Caruso
Universitat de València
Biofilm architecture and life-cycle flexibility as foundations of lichen symbiosis
Flash talk – ID 167
3.15
Lucie Vančurová
Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Botany
The illusion of ubiquity: cryptic Stereocaulon species and their symbiont choice
Flash talk – ID 56
3.20
Veronika Kantnerová
Charles University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Botany
The diverse world within: factors influencing the photobiont diversity in common lichens
Flash talk – ID 69
3.25
Gaia Bartolomeo
University of Trieste
Photobionts in extreme environments: insights from polar and alpine conditions
2.00 – 3.30 p.m.
Oral – ID 343
2.00
Martin Grube
University of Graz
Lichens in motion
Flash talk – ID 54
2.15
Seth Raynor
University of Colorado Boulder
Spatial analysis of elements captured by X-ray fluorescence of the saxicolous crustose lichen Dimelaena oreina in the southern Rocky Mountains
Flash talk – ID 87
2.20
Jan Vondrák
IBOT, Czech Academy of Sciences
EUROLICH: Integrative Platform for European Lichenology
Oral – ID 110
2.25
Takato Moriyama
Kyoto University
New algae-symbiotic fungus in the family Domatiomycetaceae (Chaetothyriales)
Oral – ID 114
2.40
Knut Asbjørn Solhaug
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, P. O. Box 5003, NO-1432 As, Norway
Far-red light in shaded forests contributes significantly to photosynthesis in Lobaria pulmonaria
Flash talk – ID 149
2.55
Edyta Mazur
W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences
When one genus becomes many: molecular insights into taxonomic reorganisation of Lecanora sensu lato
Oral – ID 223
3.00
Diane Haughland
University of Alberta
Disentangling the Dog Pelts: Peltigera species delimitation based on expanded taxon sampling and new data
Flash talk – ID 232
3.15
Flavio Polito
University of Salerno
Phytochemical study of Lethariella intricata (Moris) Krog
Flash talk – ID 241
3.20
Martin Kukwa
Department of Plant Taxonomy and Nature Conservation, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, PL-80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
Proposal for a reclassification of taxa in the Parmelia omphalodes complex
3.30 – 4.00 p.m.
POSTER SESSION (group 1)
4.00 – 4.30 p.m. / coffe break
4.30 – 5.30 p.m.
Oral – ID 67
4.30
Domenica Naranjo Orrico
University of Jyväskylä
Dispersal limitation plays a key role in the distribution of lichen communities
Oral – ID 102
4.45
Congmiao Xie
Estonia University of Life Sciences
Evolutionary conservation of reproductive strategies in the lichen genus Cetrelia (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota): insights into symbiont interactions and macroclimatic influences
Oral – ID 243
5.00
Carly Russell
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Icelandic migratory birds as dispersal vectors for lichens via ectozoochory
Oral – ID 252
5.15
Niko Johansson
Finnish Museum of Natural History
Birds as lichen dispersal vectors – from historical observations to environmental DNA and beyond
4.30 – 5.45 p.m.
Oral (invited) – ID 259
4.30
Robert Lücking
Botanischer Garten Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin
Lichen diversity in Brazil is structured along major biomes, latitudinal and longitudinal geography, and habitats
Oral (invited) – ID 347
4.45
Manuela Dal Forno
Botanical Research Institute of Texas
Integrating historical collections and molecular data to reveal species richness in Cora and allied genera
Oral – ID 369
5.00
Pamela Rodriguez-Flakus
W. Szafer Institute of Botany, PAS
Lichen functions in microbial succession following glacier retreat in the Andes
Oral – ID 188
5.15
Marcela Caceres
Universidade Federal de Sergipe
Biome trumps phenotype: diversification of the Malmidea piperis-complex (Malmideaceae) in the Americas
Flash talk – ID 354
5.30
Bibiana Moncada
Botanischer Garten Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin
The genus Usnea (Parmeliaceae) in Colombia
Flash talk – ID 280
5.35
Silvia Ongaro
University of Turin
Vertical distribution of lichens on Handroanthus trees in tropical dry forests (Arenillas Ecological Reserve, Ecuador)
Flash talk – ID 153
5.40
Zahira Rebollo Delgado
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Species diversity and phylogenetic relationships of the genus Punctelia Krog (Parmeliaceae)
5.30 – 6.30 p.m.
Oral – ID 298
5.30
Matthew Nelsen
Field Museum
Why are lichens so rare in the amber fossil record?
Oral – ID 368
5.45
Francibelk Roa Garcia
UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION (UDEC), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas (FCNO), Chile
How do the functional traits of Usnea sp. vary along a latitudinal gradient in central and southern Chile?
Oral – ID 340
6.00
Maria Cullen
PlanetLife Research
Do lichens matter in your country?
Flash talk – ID 378
6.15
Sara Burton
University of San Francisco, Department of Biology & Environmental Management, Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California, 94118, United States
An annotated checklist of lichens reported from San Francisco County and its outlying islands (1863 to 2025)
Flash talk – ID 251
6.20
John Sorensen
University of Manitoba
Functional expression of the oxidative enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of usnic acid