Tuovinen Nogerius lab
Hidden fungal diversity and evolution of lichens
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I am interested in the hidden biodiversity of microbes and their interactions and evolution. I am especially fascinated about fungi and the complexity of lichen symbiosis, and I like to scrutinize lichens from a holistic point of view. Despite the symbiotic nature of lichens being discovered over 150 years ago, many aspects of their biology remain highly enigmatic to this date.
My current focus is on the study of diversity and evolution of lichen-associated basidiomycetes. In my research I use combination of targeted long-read metabarcoding, genomics and advanced microscopy approaches. The long-term goal is to understand how different organisms within the lichen thallus interact and how association with the thallus environment has affected their genome evolution.
I also collaborate with Anna Rosling to study Archaeorhizomycetes, the understudied class of diverse and abundant soil fungi. I study their diversity in soil as well as life cycle and physical interactions with roots and ectomycorrhizal fungi in situ in boreal forest rhizosphere.
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Publications
Part of Frontiers in Fungal Biology, 2021
- DOI for The plot thickens: haploid and triploid-like thalli, hybridization, and biased mating type ratios in Letharia
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Diversity of Leptogium (Collemataceae, Ascomycota) in East African Montane Ecosystems
Part of Microorganisms, 2021
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Part of Environmental Microbiology, p. 2484-2498, 2021
- DOI for Tremella macrobasidiata and Tremella variae have abundant and widespread yeast stages in Lecanora lichens
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Complex interaction networks among cyanolichens of a tropical biodiversity hotspot
Part of Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021
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3D biofilms: in search of the polysaccharides holding together lichen symbioses
Part of FEMS Microbiology Letters, 2020
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Two Basidiomycete Fungi in the Cortex of Wolf
Part of Current Biology, p. 476-+, 2019
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Considerations and consequences of allowing DNA sequence data as types of fungal taxa
Part of IMA Fungus, p. 167-185, 2018
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Tree hollows can affect epiphyte species composition
Part of Ecological research, p. 503-509, 2017
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Basidiomycete yeasts in the cortex of ascomycete macrolichens
Part of Science, p. 488-492, 2016
No support for occurrence of free-living Cladonia mycobionts in dead wood
Part of Fungal ecology, p. 130-132, 2015
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