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Adams, B. J., R. D. Bardgett, E. Ayres, D. H. Wall, J. Aislabie, S. Bamforth, R. Bargagli, C. Cary, P. Cavacini, L. Connell, P. Convey, J. W. Fell, F. Frati, I. S. Hogg, K. K. Newsham, A. O’Donnell, N. Russell, R. Seppelt & M. I. Stevens. 2006. Diversity and distribution of Victoria Land biota. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 38(10): 3003–3018. [The lichens of the area are relatively well known compared to other groups, and exhibit low endemism.] Alexandrowicz, S. W. & Z. Alexandrowicz. 2006. Rocky edge and malacocoenoses of the Żurawnica Ridge (Polish Western Carpathians). Ekologia [Bratislava] 25(2): 151–165. [Calcicolous lichens briefly mentioned.] Andrade, C. A. S., N. S. Santos-Magalhaes & C. P. de Melo. 2006. Thermodynamic characterization of the prevailing molecular interactions in mixed floating monolayers of phospholipids and usnic acid. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 298(1): 145–153. [This study of usnic acid and phospholipids ‘‘ . . . can provide valuable information on how to prepare stable liposomes that could serve as carriers of US [usnic acid] for therapeutic purposes.’’] Anonymous. 2006. Lichens of the National Forests in Alaska. Alaska Region Air, Botany and Ecology Programs, USDA, U.S. Forest Service, Alaska Region Brochure R10-RG-170: 1–16. [Color brochure illustrating and briefly discussing 27 macrolichens and 3 crustose spp. Some common names such as ‘‘tundra spaghetti’’ and ‘‘fairy barf’’ differ from those in the Lichens of North America book.] Aptroot, A. 2006. Three new species of Lithothelium (Pyrenulaceae) from China and Thailand, with a revised world key and annotated list of species. Lichenologist 38(6): 541–548. [New: Lithothelium echinatum sp. nov. (Yunnan, China), L. grossum sp. nov. (Yunnan, China) & L. quadrisporum sp. nov. (Thailand), L. ferax (Mull Arg.) comb. nov., Anisomeridium concameratum (Stirt.) comb. nov. Key to 27 taxa of Lithothelium is presented.] Aragon, G., A. Garcia & R. Lopez. 2006. Aportacion al conocimiento de los liquenes rupicolas que colonizan las pedrizas del Parque Nacional de Cabaneros. Botanica Complutensis 30: 53–59. [Report of 119 saxicolous spp.; many first reports for the area.] ———, I. Martinez & R. Belinchon. 2006. Aportacion al conocimiento de los liquenes epifitos de Pinus halepensis, P. nigra, P. pinaster y P. sylvestris en la Peninsula Iberica. Botanica Complutensis 30: 61–70. [Study of 84 forests; 170 lichen taxa with discussion of substrate ecology and biogeography.] Arup, U. 2006. The status of Caloplaca havaasii. Graphis Scripta 18(2): 33–37. [Based on morphology and nrITS data, Caloplaca havaasii is a distinct species in the C. citrina/marina group and is known only from the type locality in Norway.] ———. 2006. Caloplaca sorediella Arup, a new sorediate species from western Britain. Lichenologist 38(6): 499–502. [New: Caloplaca sorediella sp. nov. from seashore rocks and plant debris or plant bases in western England, Scotland and Wales.] Aslan, A., M. Gulluce, M. Sokmen, A. Adiguzel, F. Sahin & H. Ozkan. 2006. Antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of the lichens Cladonia foliacea, Dermatocarpon miniatum, Evernia divaricata, Evernia prunastri, and Neofuscelia pulla. Pharmaceutical Biology 44(4): 247–252. [Polar phenolics were linked to the antioxidant effects, and antimicrobial and antifungal effects were found in some extracts, but no activity against yeasts.] Bartak, M., K. A. Solhaug, H. Vrablikova & Y. Gauslaa. 2006. Curling during desiccation protects the foliose lichen Lobaria pulmonaria against photoinhibition. Oecologia 149(4): 553–560. [Study done by chlorophyll fluorescence imaging on material from Norway.] Beard, J. S. 1997. Geography, environment and flora of Mt Mulanje, Central Africa. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 80: 189–191. [General overview with brief * The cumulative database for this series is available in searchable form on the World Wide Web at http://www.nhm.uio.no/botanisk/ bot-mus/lav/sok_rll.htm. I owe special thanks to Bill Buck for providing copies of papers by other authors, which were otherwise unavailable to me, and to the cooperating authors who send reprints or electronic versions of their works to me for inclusion in this series.