OSU Lichen & Bryophyte Research Group

13 April 1996

From here you can access the folloing information about the OSU Lichen & Bryophyte Research Group:

• Purposes
• Structure
• Publications
• Gatherings
• Research Themes
• Members and their interests

This site is being designed and updated by Eric B. Peterson and Eric T. Peterson. Questions, comments, or concerns about these pages can be directed to either of them.

Purposes

• Facilitate communication
• Provide trainings and workshops
• Facilitate collaborative projects

Structure

Publications

Gatherings

• Weekly seminar/discussions.
• Northwest Lichen Guild. The Northwest Lichen Guild meets yearly, in conjunction with the Northwest Science Association in March. The mailing list for the Northwest Lichen Guild is kept by Sherry Pittam.

Research Themes

• Taxonomy and systematics of lichens and bryophytes
• Effects of alternative forest management practices on epiphytes
• Use of lichens as indicators of air quality
• Conservation of rare, threatened, and endangered species
• Physiological ecology of lichens and bryophytes

Members and their interests

Note: This list is much more easily read with a browser that supports tables such as Netscape 2.0.

Name & Title	Interests	E-mail
Dr. Bruce McCune, Associate Professor	Epiphyte ecology, air pollution and lichens, lichens of the Pacific Northwest and northern Rockies	mccuneb@bcc.orst.edu
Dr. William Denison, Associate Professor Emeritus	Lichen culture, lichens as fungi	denisonw@ucs.orst.edu
Dr. Jesse Ford, Research Assoc. Professor, Fisheries & Wildlife	Contaminants in arctic lichens and bryophytes	fordj@ucs.orst.edu
Dr. Patricia Muir, Associate Professor	Air pollutants and lichen growth; bryophytes and lichens as affected by forest management	muirp@bcc.orst.edu
Dr. Joseph Spatafora, Assistant Professor	Evolution and systematics of ascomycetes	spatafoj@bcc.orst.edu
Dr. William Winner, Professor	Physiological ecology of bryophytes	winnerw@bcc.orst.edu
Dr. Bruce Caldwell, Faculty Research Assistant, Dept. Forest Science	Nitrogen fixation, microbiology, physiological ecology	caldwellb@fsl.orst.edu
Dr. Linda Geiser, USDA Forest Service, Corvallis	Air quality monitoring with lichens, OR, WA, and coastal AK	geiser@peak.com
Kathy Merrifield, Research staff	Oregon bryophytes, esp. Willamette Valley and coast	merrifik@bcc.orst.edu
Dr. Alexander Mikulin, visiting scholar from Vladivostok	Lecanoraceae, lichens of Far E Russia; illustrations	mikulina@bcc.orst.edu
Sherry Pittam	Rare lichens, herbarium database management, lichen taxonomy, pendulous Usnea	pittams@bcc.orst.edu
Dr. Daphne Stone, Eugene, OR	Epiphyte succession on oak	Not available
Dr. David Wagner, U of Oregon	Hepaticae of the Pacific Northwest	103132.2716@compuserve.com
Ankie Camacho	Lichens of McDonald-Dunn forest	camachof@bcc.osrt.edu
Diane Greene	Radionuclide accumulation in lichens, esp. cesium, ecology of 2o product production	greened@bcc.orst.edu
Jeri Peck	Bryophyte and lichen ecology, lichens & air quality	peckj@bcc.orst.edu
Eric B. Peterson	Change in lichen community in response to forest type and structure	ericb@bcc.orst.edu
Eric T. Peterson	Ascomycete fungi; lichens & bryophytes	petersoe@ucs.orst.edu
Jamie Platt	Evolution and systematics of lichenized Leotiales	plattj@bcc.orst.edu
Jeanne Ponzetti	Influence of grazing of cryptogamic crusts in central and eastern Oregon; caliciales	ponzettij@bcc.orst.edu
Tom Rambo	Influences of forest management on bryophytes; ecology of forest bryophytes	rambot@bcc.orst.edu
Abbey Rosso	Ecology of forest epiphytes; effects of grazing by molluscs	rossoa@bcc.orst.edu
John Wheeler	Taxonomy and systematics of marchantialian liverworts with emphasis on Riccia	wheelerj@bcc.orst.edu
Chiska Derr	Lichen ecology and air quality biomonitoring in coastal Alaska; epiphyte transplants	Not available
Linda Hasselbach	Lichen and bryophyte communities of the Alaska Peninsula	Not available
Steve Sillet	Epiphyte ecology, particularly with tree-climbing techniques	Not available