Marcelo Pinto Marcelli

TL;DR: A total of 100 new species of lichenized fungi are described, representing a wide taxonomic and geographic range, and emphasizing the dire need for taxonomic expertise in lichenology.

TL;DR: In this article, a study was conducted in the Sao Francisco de Paula National Forest, southern Brazil, an environmental mosaic composed mostly of patches of Araucaria Forest and ecologically-managed monocultures.

TL;DR: The Canoparmelia texana epiphytic lichenized fungi was used to monitor atmospheric pollution in the São Paulo metropolitan region and revealed that the accumulation of toxic elements in C. texana may be of use in evaluating the human risk of cardiopulmonary mortality due to prolonged exposure to ambient levels of air pollution.

TL;DR: Based on an updated phylogeny using the ITS fungal barcoding locus, Cora is now recognize 189 taxa in a genus that until recently was considered to represent a single species; including this contribution, 92 of these are formally recognized, including five taxa based on historical names or collections that have not been sequenced.

TL;DR: It is concluded that knowledge of the Argentinean lichen flora is patchy and depends on the accessibility of the study area and historical factors of each region, rather than on the phytogeographic area considered.