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Monday, August 2nd

Monday, August 2nd, 7:00 am to 8:00 am · Rotunda/Convention Center
Session BR2: Breakfast: ABLS Breakfast
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August 2nd 7:00 amRotunda/Convention CenterABLS Breakfast
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Monday, August 2nd, 1:30 pm to 2:00 pm · 554A/Convention Center
Session D2: Discussion Session: Consortium of North American Lichen Herbaria
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D2001August 2nd 1:30 pm554A/Convention CenterThe Consortium of North American Lichen Herbaria: A Virtual Flora using the SYMBIOTA Framework
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperNash , Thomas ; Gilbert, Edward.Virtual Flora
Symbiota
lichens
Monday, August 2nd, 2:00 pm to 4:15 pm · 554A/Convention Center
Session 19: Contributed Papers: Mosses, Lichens and Liverworts
Presiding: Steven D. Leavitt, Brigham Young University
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19002August 2nd 2:15 pm554A/Convention CenterPhylogenetics of costate Andreaeaceae
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperChang, Ying; Murray, Barbara M.; Graham, Sean W.. Andreaeaceae
plastid markers
moss phylogeny
Bryophyta
19003August 2nd 2:30 pm554A/Convention CenterPhylogenetic relationships of Physcomitrella and other Funariaceae (Bryophyta) based on inferences from 10 genes
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperLiu, Yang; Budke, Jessica M.; Goffinet, Bernard.Physcomitrella
Funariaceae
reduction
rapid radiation
Bryophyte
August 2nd 2:45 pm554A/Convention CenterBreak
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19005August 2nd 3:15 pm554A/Convention CenterLiverwort chloroplasts – into the next generation
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperForrest, Laura L.; Wickett, Norman J.; Goffinet, Bernard.chloroplast genome
Marchantiophyta
liverwort
Roche 454
19006August 2nd 3:30 pm554A/Convention CenterInto the Tropics: a brief history of complex thalloid liverworts
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperForrest, Laura L.; Long, David G.; Hollingsworth, Michelle L.; Villarreal A., Juan Carlos; Clark, Alexandra; Tosh, James; Hollingsworth, Pete.
19007August 2nd 3:45 pm554A/Convention CenterSpecies of Nephroma endemic to Macaronesia belong to two strongly supported clades each comprizing a widespread holarctic species and all are of recent origin
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperSérusiaux, Emmanuël; Villarreal, Juan Carlos; Wheeler, Timothy; Goffinet, Bernard.Nephroma
neoendemism
Macaronesia
lichen
19008August 2nd 4:00 pm554A/Convention CenterRe-evaluating a Thirty Year Old Lichen Air Quality Program in the Flat Tops Wilderness Area, Colorado, USA
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperSt. Clair, Larry L.; Leavitt, Steven D.; Glacy, Lawrence; Shrestha, Gajendra; Leavitt, LauraDawn.lichens
Air quality Bio-monitoring
Flat Tops Wilderness Area
Monday, August 2nd, 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm · 554A/Convention Center
Session M18: Meeting: Bryological and Lichenological Section/ABLS Executive Committee Meeting
Presiding: Karen S. Renzaglia, Southern Illinois University
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August 2nd 4:30 pm554A/Convention CenterBryological and Lichenological Section/ABLS Executive Committee Meeting
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Monday, August 2nd, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm · Hall A/Convention Center
Session P: Contributed Posters: Bryological and Lichenological Section/ABLS Posters
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PBL001August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterSpecies delimitations in the lichen genus Cladonia (lichen forming fungi): some cases with Mediterranean samples
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Poster: Bryological and Lichenological Section/ABLSPino, Raquel; Burgaz, Ana Rosa; Martin, M. Paz.Cladonia
species delimitation
chemotype
phylogeny
Portugal
Spain
mediterranean
PBL002August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterAntimicrobial Activity of Indigenous liverwort, Riccia nigerica Jones from Southwestern Nigeria
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Poster: Bryological and Lichenological Section/ABLSARIYO, OLUSESAN AYODELE; Shonubi, Olusola.O; Oyesiku, Olubukunola.O.Absorbance spectra
Acetone
Bryophyte
PBL003August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterPathogenic Prion Protein is Degraded by a Serine Protease in Certain Lichens
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Poster: Bryological and Lichenological Section/ABLSBennett, James P.; Johnson, C. J.; Biro, S. M.; Duque-Velasquez, C.; Bessen, R. A.; Rocke, T. E..lichen
PBL004August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterConverting Printed Lichen Descriptions into a New Versatile Database Format
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Poster: Bryological and Lichenological Section/ABLSNash, Kimberly; Gilbert, Edward; Nash , Thomas .descriptions
Database
lichens
PBL005August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterNew genome size estimates for liverworts
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Poster: Bryological and Lichenological Section/ABLSBainard, Jillian D.; Newmaster, Steve.liverworts
genome size
DNA content
Hepatics
PBL006August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterBringing mosses into the K-12 classroom.
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Poster: Bryological and Lichenological Section/ABLSBowman, Keith. STEM
education
mosses
PBL007August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterEffects of environmental stress on the motility and viability of moss spermatozoa.
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Poster: Bryological and Lichenological Section/ABLSShortlidge, Erin; Rosenstiel, Todd; Eppley, Sarah.Bryophyte
stress tolerance
sexual reproduction
motile gametes
desiccation
PBL008August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterEffect of deforestation in palm-epiphytic bryophyte communities in a cloud forest in the northern Andes
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Poster: Bryological and Lichenological Section/ABLSBenavides, Juan C.; Gutierrez, Carlos.bryophytes
Cloud Forest
Andes
epiphytes
deforestation
rarity
Diversity
PBL009August 2nd 5:30 pmHall A/Convention CenterTrade-offs between growth ability and stress tolerance in a geothermal bryophyte system
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Poster: Bryological and Lichenological Section/ABLSLlaneza-Garcia, Estefania; Rosenstiel, Todd; Graves, Camille; Eppley, Sarah.Bryophyte
desiccation
GIS
competition
physiology

Tuesday, August 3rd

Tuesday, August 3rd, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm · 554A/Convention Center
Session 31: Contributed Papers: Student Session on Bryophytes - Sharp Award
Presiding: Laura L. Forrest, University of Connecticut
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31001August 3rd 9:00 am554A/Convention CenterCryptic Lineage Diversity in Syntrichia ruralis, a Model Desiccation Tolerant Organism
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperZepeda, Randy; Fisher, Kirsten.desiccation
phylogenetics
phylogeography
cryptic diversity
31002August 3rd 9:15 am554A/Convention CenterWidespread endopolyploidy in mosses
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperBainard, Jillian D.; Newmaster, Steve.bryophytes
liverworts
endopolyploidy
DNA content
31003August 3rd 9:30 am554A/Convention CenterImmunocytological analysis of callose in cell walls across generative apices and tissues of liverworts and mosses
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperMansouri, Katayoun.apical cell
callose
plasmodesmata
liverworts
cell wall
31004August 3rd 9:45 am554A/Convention CenterThousands of years without sex: The case of the Southern Appalachian Nothoceros aenigmaticus
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperVillarreal, Juan Carlos; McFarland, Kenneth D.; Goffinet, Bernard. Asexuality
hornworts
Southern Appalachians
Sex allopatry
phylogeography
31005August 3rd 10:00 am554A/Convention CenterEvolution of male gametes in liverworts
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral Paperd'Artenay, Tamrya D.; Renzaglia, Karen S..liverworts
sperm
ultrastructure
evolution
August 3rd 10:15 am554A/Convention CenterBreak
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31007August 3rd 10:45 am554A/Convention CenterEvolution of Endospory in Bryophytes
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperSchuette, Scott; Renzaglia, Karen. endospory
precocious endospory
bryophyte
multicellular spores
Evolution
31008August 3rd 11:00 am554A/Convention CenterRevisiting Adaptive Traits and Epiphylly in Tropical Leafy Liverworts (Family Lejeuneaceae)
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperKraichak, Ekaphan.liverwort
Epiphyll
Trait correlation
Adaptation
31009August 3rd 11:15 am554A/Convention CenterUltrastructure of pseudostomata in Sphagnum angustifolium
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperMerced-Alejandro, Amelia; Renzaglia, Karen S..stomata
evolution
ultrastructure
guard cell
31010August 3rd 11:30 am554A/Convention CenterThe influence of the diaspore (propagule) bank and diaspore rain on bryophyte (moss) community composition in northern white cedar swamps
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperBowman, Keith; Kimmerer, Robin. diaspore bank
diaspore rain
Bryophytes
fragmentation
31011August 3rd 11:45 am554A/Convention CenterExperimental and Molecular Studies of Bryophyte Dispersal on Alpine Summits
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperRobinson, Sean C.; Miller, Norton G..Bryophyte dispersal
Alpine
population genetics
Experimental growth
Propagules
reproduction
Sphagnum
Tuesday, August 3rd, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm · 554A/Convention Center
Session 40: Contributed Papers: Student Session on Lichens: Sharp Award
Presiding: Norton G. Miller, New York State Museum
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40001August 3rd 1:30 pm554A/Convention CenterLichen habitat may be enhanced by thinning treatments in young Tsuga heterophylla-Pseudotsuga menziesii forests
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperRooth, Heather; McCune, Bruce; Neitlich, Peter.thinning
forest management
epiphytes
lichen
Pacific Northwest
40002August 3rd 1:45 pm554A/Convention CenterPredicting the Distribution of Air Pollution Sensitive Lichen Usnea hirta Using Habitat Niche Modeling
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperShrestha, Gajendra; Leavitt, Steven D.; St. Clair, Larry L..Usnea hirta
Air quality Bio-monitoring
Flat Tops Wilderness Area
40003August 3rd 2:00 pm554A/Convention Center
Canceled
New Insights into the Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Lichen-forming Genus Aspicilia (Ascomycota)
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperLeavitt, Steven D.; Shrestha, Gajendra; St. Clair, Larry L..Aspicilia
ITS
Mcm7
ß-tubulin
Species
phylogeny
40004August 3rd 2:15 pm554A/Convention CenterConnecting the dots: progress and problems in assessing lichen biodiversity and biogeography in the coastal plain of southeastern North America
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperLendemer, James C.; Harris, Richard C.; Hodkinson, Brendan P..Biogeography
coastal plain
climate change
lichen conservation
Tuesday, August 3rd, 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm · 554A/Convention Center
Session M25: Meeting: Bryological and Lichenological Section Business Meeting
Presiding: Karen S. Renzaglia, Southern Illinois University
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August 3rd 3:00 pm554A/Convention CenterBryological and Lichenological Section Business Meeting
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Tuesday, August 3rd, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm · Rotunda/Convention Center
Session MX6: Mixer: Bryological and Lichenological Section Mixer
Presiding: Karen S. Renzaglia, Southern Illinois University
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August 3rd 6:30 pmRotunda/Convention CenterBryological and Lichenological Section Mixer
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