• Fungal-plant association and the integrative approach to reappraise lichen symbioses

    Sala Conferenze via Fabio Severo 40, Trieste, Italy

    Lucia Muggia, associate professor of Systematic Botany at the University of Trieste, Department of Life Sciences, Trieste, Italy; working with lichen biology, systematics, morphological and phylogenetic approaches to uncover the diversity of the lichen-forming symbionts and the lichen-associated microorganisms, as well as not lichenized fungi and algae.