Bernard Goffinet – Bryology (and Lichenology)

Finally, the study first completed by Nasim Rahmatpour for her Ph.D. and then picked up by former postdoc Niki Patel and current Ph.D. student Vidya Vuruputoor is now published in the New Phytologist! Amazing study highlighting the “Immediate premeiotic transcriptomic effects following nonchemically induced whole genome duplication in the moss Funaria hygrometrica” pdf  Congratulations to […]

Brenden Thomson earned his MSc degree having completed his thesis on the phylogenetic diversity of Physcomitrium (Bryopsida) win North America. Well done and congratulations.

Crystal Zhu, graduated this weekend, with honors and as UConn Scholar. She will pursue her interests in lichens, right here starting in the fall. Congratulations.  

Goffinet, B. & T. Pócs. 2025. Reporting Rhachithecium perpusillum H. Rob. new to Uganda. In Ellis M. Alataş, Sk. N. Ali, D. J. Alvarez, A. M. Aponte Rojas e, J. J. Atwood f, N. Batan g, H. Bednarek-Ochyra, M. J. Cano, Ž. L. Cimerman, T. Colotti, M. J. F. Costa, E. Enkhjargal, H. Erata, P. […]

Coca L.F., H.T. Lumbsch, J.A. Mercado-Díaz, T. Widhelm, B. Goffinet, P. Kirika & R. Lücking. 2025. Diversity, phylogeny, and historical biogeography of the genus Coccocarpia (lichenized Ascomycota: Peltigerales) in the tropics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 206: 108312. pdf  Google Scholar Abstract reads Coccocarpia Pers. currently comprises 28 mostly broadly distributed tropical species of fungi associated […]