Lab Members: Eimy Rivas Plata

Eimy Rivas Plata

Education

Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago, 2011

M.Sc. Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, 2006

Research Interests

Historical biogeography, ecology, systematics, and taxonomy of lichenized fungi and associated photosynthetic partners

Publications

Rivas Plata, E. and Lücking, R., 2011. New thelotremoid Graphidaceae from Amazonian Peru. Fungal Diversity (in press).

Rivas Plata, E., Lücking, R. and Lumbsch, H.T. 2011. A new classification for the family Graphidaceae (Ascomycota: Lecanoromycetes: Ostropales). Fungal Diversity (in press).

Lumbsch, H. T., Ahti, T., Altermann, S., Amo De Paz, G., Aptroot, A., Arup, U., Bárcenas Peña, A., Bawingan, P. A., Benatti, M. N., Betancourt, L., Björk, C. R., Boonpragob, K., Brand, M., Bungartz, F., Cáceres, M. E. S., Candan, M, Chaves, J. L., Clerc, P., Common, R., Coppins, B. J., Crespo, A., Dal-Forno, M., Divakar, P. K., Duya, M. V., Elix, J. A., Elvebakk, A., Fankhauser, J. D., Farkas, E., Itatí Ferraro, L., Fischer, E., Galloway, D. J., Gaya, E., Giralt, M., Goward, T., Grube, M., Hafellner, J., Hernández M., J. E., Herrera Campos, M. A., Kalb, K., Kärnefelt, I., Kantvilas, G., Killmann, D., Kirika, P., Knudsen, K., Komposch, H., Kondratyuk, S., Lawrey, J. D., Mangold, A., Marcelli, M. P., Mccune, B., Ines Messuti, M., Michlig, A., Miranda González, R., Naikatini, A., Nelsen, M. P., Øvstedal, D. O., Palice, Z., Papong, K., Parnmen, S., Pérez-Ortega, S., Printzen, C., Rico, V. J., Rivas Plata, E., Robayo, J., Rosabal, D., Ruprecht, U., Salazar Allen, N., Sancho, L., Santos De Jesus, L., Santos Vieira, T., Schultz, M., Seaward, M. R. D., Sérusiaux, E., Schmitt, I., Sipman, H. J. M., Sohrabi, M., Søchting, U., Zeuthen Søgaard, M., Sparrius, L. B., Spielmann, A., Spribille, T., Sutjaritturakan, J., Thammathaworn, A., Thell, A., Thor, G., Thüs, H., Timdal, E., Truong, C., Türk, R., Umaña Tenorio, L., Upreti, D. K., Van Den Boom, P., Vivas Rebuelta, M., Wedin, M., Will-Wolf, S., Wirth, V., Wirtz, N., Yahr, R., Yeshitela, K., Ziemmeck, F., Wheeler, T. and Lücking, R., 2011. One hundred new species of lichenized fungi: a signature of undiscovered global diversity. Phytotaxa 18: 1-127. (open access)

Rivas Plata, E. and Lumbsch, H.T., 2011. Parallel evolution and phenotypic disparity in lichenized fungi: a case study in the lichen-forming fungal family Graphidaceae (Ascomycota: Lecanoromycetes: Ostropales). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61, 45-63.

Rivas Plata, E., Hernández, J.E., Lücking, R., Staiger, B., Kalb, K., and Cáceres, M.E.S., 2011. Graphis is two genera – A remarkable case of parallel evolution in lichenized Ascomycota. Taxon 60, 99-107.

Nelsen, M.P., Lücking, R., Rivas Plata, E. and Mbatchou, J., 2010. Heiomasia, a new genus in the lichenforming family Graphidaceae (Ascomycota: Lecanoromycetes: Ostropales) with disjunct distribution in Southeastern North América and Southeast Ásia. The Bryologist 113(4): 742-751.