mycologist
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lichen
A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.curator at Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (now Westerdijk Institute).
Aptroot is the founder of the Consultancy for Bryology and Lichenology, which is located in Soest where there is a
herbarium
A herbarium (plural: herbaria) is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study.
The specimens may be whole plants or plant parts; these will usually be in dried form mounted on a sheet of paper (called ...
Hilversum
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American Bryological and Lichenological Society
The American Bryological and Lichenological Society is an organization devoted to the scientific study of all aspects of the biology of bryophytes and lichen-forming fungi and is one of the nation's oldest botanical organizations. It was origina ...
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He is a visiting professor at the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul in Campo Grande, Brazil. Because of Aptroot's broad expertise in tropical lichens, his colleague
Ingvar Kärnefelt
Jan Eric Ingvar Kärnefelt (born 1944) is a Swedish lichenologist.
Early life and education
Kärnefelt was born in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1944. His initial goal in his higher-level studies at University of Cologne in 1966–1967 was to become ...
has called him "a Müller Argoviensis of our time". Aptroot is the author or co-author of three of the thirty most highly cited publications published in the scientific journal '' The Lichenologist'' from 2000 to 2019.
Eponymy
Several taxa have been named to honour Aptroot. These include the genus '' Aptrootia'' , and the following species: ''
Mazosia aptrootii
''Mazosia'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Roccellaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1854.
Species
*'' Mazosia aptrootii''
*'' Mazosia bambusae''
*'' Mazosia bruguier ...
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Buellia aptrootii
''Buellia'' is a genus of mostly lichen-forming fungi in the family Caliciaceae. The fungi are usually part of a crustose lichen. In this case, the lichen species is given the same name as the fungus. But members may also grow as parasites on l ...
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Parmotrema aptrootii
''Parmotrema aptrootii'' is a species of corticolous lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Found in South America, it was described as new to science in 1992. The holotype specimen was collected in the Cuyuni-Mazaruni region of Guyana, where it was ...
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Byssoloma aptrootii
''Byssoloma'' is a genus of leaf-dwelling lichens in the family Pilocarpaceae.
Species
, Species Fungorum accepts 34 species of ''Byssoloma''.
*''Byssoloma annuum''
*'' Byssoloma aurantiacum''
*'' Byssoloma australiense''
*''Byssoloma bra ...
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Porina aptrootii
''Porina'' is a genus of lichens in the family Trichotheliaceae. A 2020 estimate places about 145 species in the widespread genus.
Species
*''Porina abrupta''
*'' Porina adflata''
*'' Porina africana''
*'' Porina ahlesiana''
*'' Porina al ...
Sclerophyton aptrootii
''Sclerophyton'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Opegraphaceae. It has about 15 species. The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler in 1824, with '' Sclerophyton elegans'' assigned as the type ...
Ocellularia aptrootiana
''Ocellularia aptrootiana'' is a species of corticolous lichen in the family Graphidaceae. Found in Sri Lanka, it was formally described as a new species in 2014 by lichenologists Gothamie Weerakoon, Robert Lücking, and Helge Thorsten Lumbsch. ...
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Sclerococcum aptrootii
''Sclerococcum aptrootii'' is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the family Dactylosporaceae. Found in Puerto Rico, it was formally described as a new species in 2015 by Belgian mycologist Paul Diederich. The type specimen was collected in Ma ...
Pseudochapsa aptrootiana
''Pseudochapsa aptrootiana'' is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) in the family Graphidaceae. Found in Brazil, it was formally described as a new species in 2018 by Marcela Eugenia da Silva Cáceres, Thamires Almeida Pereira, and Robert ...
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Carbacanthographis aptrootii
''Carbacanthographis aptrootii'' is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Graphidaceae. Found in Yunnan, China, it was formally described as a new species in 2022 by Shirley Cunha Feuerstein and Robert Lücking. The type ...
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Selected publications
Aptroot has written more than 500 publications on the floristics and
systematics
Biological systematics is the study of the diversification of living forms, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time. Relationships are visualized as evolutionary trees (synonyms: cladograms, phylogenetic tre ...
of lichens and fungi.
*A Monograph of Didymosphaeria, André Aptroot: Studies in Mycology 37; 1–160 (1995) hesis*
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*Veldgids Korstmossen, Kok van Herk, André Aptroot & Laurens Sparrius, KNNV Uitgeverij (2019)