Scott Kroken

Scott Kroken   (Kroken)

Lichenologist (studied the phylogenetics of Letharia)

Address in 2002:

Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 U.S.A.

Published author of: Letharia gracilis Kroken ex McCune & Altermann, 2009

Selected publications

• Kroken, S. (1999) Cryptic Speciation and the Role of Sex in the Lichenized Fungus Letharia. Ph.D. thesis, University of California, Berkeley.
• Kroken, S. and Taylor, J.W. (2001) A gene genealogical approach to recognize phylogenetic species boundaries in the lichenized fungus Letharia. Mycologia 93(1): 38–53.   **[RLL List # 182 / Rec.# 21807] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Complete article)
• Kroken, S. and Taylor, J.W. (2001) Outcrossing and recombination in the lichenized fungus Letharia. Fungal Genetics and Biology 34: 83–92.   **[RLL List # 186 / Rec.# 22917] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**
• Kroken, S. and Taylor, J.W. (2000) [2001]: Phylogenetic species, reproductive mode, and specificity of the green alga Trebouxia forming lichens with the fungal genus Letharia. - The Bryologist 103(4): 645–660.   **[RLL List # 182 / Rec.# 21527] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (JSTOR)   (PDF file)
• Grube, M. and Kroken, S. (2000) Molecular approaches and the concept of species and species complexes in lichenized fungi. - Mycological Research 104(11): 1284–1294.   **[RLL List # 182 / Rec.# 21777] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**
• Grube, M. and Kroken, S. (2000) The role of ecology and biogeography in the diversification of the Lecanora rupicola complex. - In: The Fourth IAL Symposium, Progress and Problems in Lichenology at the Turn of the Millennium. Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, pp. 135.   **[RLL List # 181 / Rec.# 21054] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**

• Högberg, N.; Kroken, S.; Thor, G. and Taylor, J.W. (2002) Reproductive mode and genetic variation suggest a North American origin of European Letharia vulpina. - Molecular Ecology 11: 1191–1196.   **[RLL List # 191 / Rec.# 24541] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**
• Yamamoto, Y.; Kinoshita, Y.; Takahagi, T.; Kroken, S.; Kurokawa, T. and Yoshimura, I. (1998) Factors affecting discharge and germination of lichen ascospores. - Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 85: 267–278.   **[RLL List # 174 / Rec.# 20552] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**