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Abbott, B. F. M. 2009. Checklist of the Lichens and Lichenicolous Fungi of Greece. Bibliotheca Lichenologica No. 103. J. Cramer in der Gebruder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung. Berlin and Stuttgart. 368 pages. [Exhaustive catalog of Greek lichens based on both literature records and unpublished specimens. Includes extensive listings of synonyms and Greek place names.] Abonyi, D. O., M. U. Adikwu, C. O. Esimone & E. C. Ibezim. 2009. Plants as sources of antiviral agents. African Journal of Biotechnology 8(17): 3989–3994. [Lichens are mentioned as one of the many plant sources.] Ahti, T. 2009. A tribute to John Walter Thomson (1913–2009). Lichenologist 41(6): 561–563. [Short article remembering his life and work, especially on arctic lichens.] Allen, A. & B. Hilton. 2010. [Review] C. W. Smith, A. Aptroot, B. J. Coppins, A. Fletcher, O. L. Gilbert, P. W. James & P. A. Wolseley (eds.). The Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland. The British Lichen Society, Botany Department, Natural History Museum, London. x + 1046 pages. 2009. Lichenologist 42(1): 123–125. Alstrup, V., J. Kocourkova, M. Kukwa, J. Motiejūnaitė, W. Von Brackel & A. Suija. 2009. The lichens and lichenicolous fungi of South Greenland. Folia Cryptogamica Estonica 46: 1–24. [Notes on 744 lichens, 156 lichenicolous and 6 allied fungi. Many species new to Greenland. New: Naetrocymbe kentrospora (Branth) Alstrup comb. nov.] ——— & U. Sochting. 2009. Galloea cladoniicola, a new hyphomycetous lichenicolous fungus from Denmark. Graphis Scripta 21(2): 33–35. [New: Galloea cladoniicola gen. et sp. nov.] Aptroot, A. 2009. A revision of the lichen genus Stirtonia. Lichenologist 41(6): 615–625. [Treatment of 13 species; key. Stirtonia neotropica (Netherlands Antilles), S. schummii (Seychelles) and S. curvata Aptroot spp. nov. (Indonesia).] ———. 2009. Diversity and endemism in the pyrenocarpous lichen families Pyrenulaceae and Trypetheliaceae in the Malesian flora region. Blumea 54(1–3): 145–147. [‘‘Species numbers in both families seem highest in Australia and Papua New Guinea, but some potentially rich regions are much undercollected. The numbers of local endemics are also highest in these areas, at least in the Pyrenulaceae, and remarkably high for lichens.’’] Armaleo, D. & S. May. 2009. Sizing the fungal and algal genomes of the lichen Cladonia grayi through quantitative PCR. Symbiosis 49(1): 43–51. [Authors report first genome size for a lichen, 28.6 Mb (mycobiont) and 106.7 Mb (Asterochloris photobiont). DNA was obtained from culture of soredia.] Armstrong, R. A. & S. N. Smith. 2009. Carbohydrates in the hypothallus and aerolae of the crustose lichen Rhizocarpon geographicum (L.) DC. Symbiosis 42(2): 95–100. [Lichen material from Wales. Authors report 8 carbohydrates present. The results suggest that the ‘‘ ... hypothallus has a lower demand for carbohydrates than the areolae or there is limited transport ...’’ and the ‘‘ ... increased trehalose in the non-lichenised hypothallus may be an adaptation to withstand stress and desiccation ....’’] Asplund, J. & Y. Gauslaa. 2010. The gastropod Arion fuscus prefers cyanobacterial to green algal parts of the tripartite lichen Nephroma arcticum due to low chemical defense. Lichenologist 42(1): 113–117. [Gastropods in experiments preferred cephalodia which lack secondary lichen metabolites. This feeding behavior reduces N concentration 1 Author e-mail: regan@unomaha.edu 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. DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-113.2.390