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Major ongoing projects on Iranian lichenology

A synopsis of the genus Candelariella Müll. Arg. in Iran

posted 15 Sep 2010 03:16 by Unknown user   [ updated 10 Apr 2011 10:07 ]


Project Title:  A synopsis of the genus Candelariella Müll. Arg.  in Iran 

Aim of Project:  Understanding  right species concept among the Iranian species,  supplemented with new  identification Key, many examined specimens and online data throughout the MYCO-LICH website.

Project Manager:  Mohammad Sohrabi, 

Collaborators from:  Iran and Sweden

Date: October 2005-2010.

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Molecular study on the genus Ramalina Ach.(Ramalinaceae) in Iran

posted 15 Sep 2010 03:01 by Unknown user   [ updated 10 Apr 2011 10:08 ]


Project Title: 
Molecular study on the genus Ramalina Ach.(Ramalinaceae) in Iran

Aim of Project:  Understanding  right species concept among the Iranian species,  supplemented with new Molecular data  and online distribution maps for known species.

Project
 Manager:  Mohammad Sohrabi, 

Collaborators from:  Finland and Iran

Date:  October 2010-2012.

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A Field Guide for Arasbaran Lichens

posted 15 Sep 2010 02:57 by Unknown user   [ updated 10 Apr 2011 11:57 ]


Project Title:   A Field Guide for Arasbaran Lichens

Aim of Project:  A brief information on  known species from Arasbaran forest, supported by many new  photos, short descriptions and  keys for some species.

Project
 Manager:  Mohammad Sohrabi

Collaborators from: Germany 

Date: 2010-2018

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Peltigera project

posted 25 Apr 2010 01:35 by Unknown user   [ updated 3 Jan 2012 06:09 by Masoomeh Ghobad-Nejhad ]



Collaboration:   http://www.peltigera.lutzonilab.net/node/5 

Collaborators: Finland, Turkey, USA and Iran 

Date: ongoing project

Publication: coming soon!


Megasporaceae Project Worldwide

posted 25 Apr 2010 01:34 by Unknown user   [ updated 17 Mar 2012 11:14 ]


 Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the lichen Family Megasporaceae Worldwide 
Aim of Project:
The lichen family Megasporaceae includes 5  accepted gerera i.e Aspicilia, Circinaria, Megaspora, Lobothallia, Sagedia and one informally accepted genus Sphaerothallia. It is expected that the family consist of ca. 300 species worldwide. They are mainly crustose, foliate to subfruticose, and are simple to highly differentiated in structure. The main emphasis of the present project will be on the species occurring in the Iranian and the central Asian steppes and deserts, However, beside main collections from Iran, material from (Europe, N America and Australia) from certain species groups will be studied utilizing anatomical, morphological, chemical, ecological and molecular data as well as some 
identification keys for some practical groups and   online distribution maps for each accepted species will be provided.

Project Manager:  Mohammad Sohrabi

Collaborators from: Iran,  Finland, Germany, USA, Sweden, France, Turkey, Austria, Spain, and Russia

Nomenclatural and Taxonomic Novelties 
  1. Aspicilia mansourii Sohrabi
  2. Aspicilia tibetica Sohrabi & Owe-Larss.
  3. Aspicilia persica (Müll. Arg.) Sohrabi
  4. Aspicilia straussii (J. Steiner) Sohrabi
  5. Aspicilia subfarinosa (J. Steiner) Şenkard. & Sohrabi
  6. Aspicilia digitata Sohrabi & Litterski
  7. Aspicilia rogeri Sohrabi
  8. Aspicilia fruticulosofoliacea (Elenkin) Sohrabi
  9. Lobothallia cernohorskyana (Clauzade et Vězda) A. Nordin, Cl. Roux & Sohrabi
  10. Lobothallia chadefaudiana (Cl. Roux) A. Nordin,. Cl. Roux & Sohrabi
  11. Circinaria rostamii Sohrabi nom. provis.
  12. Circinaria gyrosa Sohrabi  nom. provis.

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