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Nicolas Magain

About me

Nicolas Magain is an assistant professor in the Department of Biology, Ecology and Evolution, and part of the InBioS research center. He is one of the two leaders of the Evolution and Conservation Biology unit. He is also the Curator of the Herbarium. His research interests range from lichens phylogenetics and metagenomics to conservation biology.

Publications

Small island but great diversity: thirty six species of Parmotrema (Parmeliaceae, lichenized Ascomycota), including sixteen new species, on Réunion (Mascarenes), with additional data from the Western Indian Ocean

2024. Masson D., Magain N., Sérusiaux E. Phytotaxa

Nicolas Magain

About me

Publications

Small island but great diversity: thirty six species of Parmotrema (Parmeliaceae, lichenized Ascomycota), including sixteen new species, on Réunion (Mascarenes), with additional data from the Western Indian Ocean

Towards a nomenclatural clarification of the Peltigera ponojensis/monticola clade including metagenomic sequencing of type material and the introduction of P. globulata Miadl. & Magain sp. nov.

High species richness in the lichen genus Peltigera (Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes): 34 species in the dolichorhizoid and scabrosoid clades of sect. Polydactylon, including 24 new to science.

Towards a dynamic checklist of lichen-forming, lichenicolous and allied fungi of Ecuador – using the Consortium of Lichen Herbaria to manage fungal biodiversity in a megadiverse country.

Ancient Rapid Radiation Explains Most Conflicts Among Gene Trees and Wellsupported Phylogenomic Trees of Nostocalean Cyanobacteria

Phylogenetic structure of specialization: A new approach that integrates partner availability and phylogenetic diversity to quantify biotic specialization in ecological networks

Peltigerales: Peltigeraceae including the genera Crocodia, Lobaria, Lobarina, Nephroma, Peltigera, Pseudocyphellaria, Ricasolia, Solorina and Sticta

Cyanolichen microbiome contains novel viruses that encode genes to promote microbial metabolism

Sinuicella denisonii, a new genus and species in the Peltigeraceae from western North America

The taxonomy of the Trichophyton rubrum complex: a phylogenomic approach

Exploring syntenic conservation across genomes for phylogenetic studies of organisms subjected to horizontal gene transfers: a case study with Cyanobacteria and cyanolichens

Macroclimatic structuring of spatial phylogenetic turnover in liverworts.

Global phylogeny and taxonomic reassessment of the lichen genus Dendriscosticta (Ascomycota: Peltigerales)

Phylogenetic diversity of two geographically overlapping lichens: isolation by distance, environment, or fragmentation?

Ramalina arsenii, an additional new species in the R. pollinaria group in Western Europeh

Phylogenetic evidence for an expanded circumscription of Gabura (Arctomiaceae).

Peltigera serusiauxii (Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota), a new species from Papua New Guinea and Malaysia.

The fruticose genera in the Ramalinaceae (Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes): their diversity and evolutionary history

Ascospore size declines with elevation in two tropical parmelioid lichens.

Three new lichen species from Macaronesia belonging in Ramalinaceae, with the description of a new genus.

Cophylogenetic patterns in algal symbionts correlate with repeated symbiont switches during diversification and geographic expansion of lichen-forming fungi in the genus Sticta (Ascomycota: Peltigeraceae)

Peltigera hydrophila (Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota), a new semi-aquatic cyanolichen species from Chile.

T-BAS version 2.1 Tree-Based Alignment Selector toolkit for evolutionary placement of DNA sequences and viewing alignments and specimen metadata on curated and custom trees

Species diversification and phylogenetically constrained symbiont switching generated high modularity in the lichen genus Peltigera

Molybdenum threshold for ecosystem scale alternative vanadium nitrogenase activity in boreal forests

Species delimitation at a global scale reveals high species richness with complex biogeography and patterns of symbiont association in Peltigera section Peltigera (lichenized Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes).

Strong specificity and network modularity at a very fine phylogenetic scale in the lichen genus Peltigera.

Biodiversity and ecology of lichens of Katmai and Lake Clark National Parks and Preserves, Alaska.

Species in section Peltidea (aphthosa group) of the genus Peltigera remain cryptic after molecular phylogenetic revision

Bioclimatic factors at an intrabiome scale are more limiting than cyanobiont availability for the lichen‐forming genus Peltigera.

Contrasting Symbiotic Patterns in Two Closely Related Lineages of Trimembered Lichens of the Genus Peltigera

High diversity, high insular endemism and recent origin in the lichen genus Sticta (lichenized Ascomycota, Peltigerales) in Madagascar and the Mascarenes.

Conserved genomic collinearity as a source of broadly applicable, fast evolving, markers to resolve species complexes; a case study using the lichen-forming genus Peltigera section Polydactylon.

Macroevolution of Specificity in Cyanolichens of the Genus Peltigera Section Polydactylon (Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota)

Disentangling the Peltigera polydactylon species complex by recognizing two new taxa, P. polydactylon subsp. udeghe and P. seneca.

Dismantling the treasured flagship lichen Sticta fuliginosa (Peltigerales) into four species in Western Europe.

The lichen genus Kroswia is a synonym of Fuscopannaria (Pannariaceae)

Do photobiont switch and cephalodia emancipation act as evolutionary drivers in the lichen symbiosis? A case study in the Pannariaceae (Peltigerales).

Phylogenetic placement, species delimitation, and cyanobiont identity of endangered aquatic Peltigera species (lichen‐forming Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes)

A further new species in the lichen genus Arctomia; A. borbonica from Reunion (Mascarene archipelago).

Further photomorphs in the lichen family Lobariaceae from Reunion (Mascarene archipelago) with notes on the phylogeny of Dendriscocaulon cyanomorphs

Lecania falcata, a new species from Spain, the Canary Islands and the Azores, close to Lecania chlorotiza.

Discovering the Lichen Diversity of a Remote Tropical Island; Working List of Species Collected on Reunion (Mascarene Archipelago, Indian Ocean)

Microsatellite primers in the Peltigera dolichorhiza complex (lichenized ascomycete, Peltigerales)