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Aguirre-C., J. & J. O. Rangel-Ch. 2007. Amenazas a la conservacion de las especies de musgos y liquenes en Colombia—una aproximacion inicial. Threats to conservation of mosses and lichens from Colombia—a preliminary approach. Caldasia 29(2): 235–262. [Detailed look at hundreds of spp. and their occurrence in Colombia using IUCN methodology. ‘‘There are 841 species in 201 genera and 64 families with threatened species in almost all natural regions and also in the mountainous system.’’ Authors tally 432 spp. as Critically Endangered (CR) and 180 as Endangered (EN). In Spanish with English abstract.] Ahti, T. 2005. Problems in taxonomy of boreal and Arctic reindeer lichens (Cladonia group Cladina). Pages 44–47. In Fungi in Natural and Anthropogenic Ecosystems. Proceedings of the International Conference Dedicated to the Centenary of the Beginning by Professor A. B. Bondartsev his Research at the V. L. Komarov Botanical Institute, RAS, 24–28 April, 2005, St. Petersburg. Volume 1. Russian Academy of Sciences, V. L. Komarov Botanical Institute, St. Petersburg. [General discussion of distribution, chemical strains and current literature concepts.] ———. 2006. The role of foreign collectors for the floristic studies of lichens in Russia. Pages 37–40. In Lichen Flora of Russia: State and Perspective of Exploration. Proceedings of the International Conference Dedicated to the 120 Anniversary of V. P. Savicz, St. Petersburg, October 24–27, 2006. Russian Academy of Sciences, Komarov Botanical Institute, St. Petersburg. [General outline of various collectors and their activities and collections.] ———. 2007. Kalevi Matias Takala, 4 October 1929–29 March 2005. International Lichenological Newsletter 40(1): 14. [Short note on his career and collections.] Akdemir, B., G. Cobanoglu & D. Gezginci. 2008. Gol ve nehir likenleri. Lake and river lichens. Turk Liken Toplulugu Bulteni 5–6: 11–14. [Short review with 6 color photographs.] Amtoft, A., F. Lutzoni & J. Miadlikowska. 2008. Dermatocarpon (Verrucariaceae) in the Ozark Highlands, North America. The Bryologist 111(1): 1–40. [Based on morphological, ecological and molecular studies, the authors recognize 8 taxa; key. New: D. arenosaxi Amtoft sp. nov., D. dolomiticum Amtoft sp. nov., D. luridum var. xerophilum Amtoft var. nov. & D. multifolium Amtoft sp. nov.] Aptroot, A. 2008. Additional lichen records from Australia 65. Pyrenulaceae from Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Australasian Lichenology 62: 6–8. [New for Norfolk Island (14) and Lord Howe Island (11).] ——— & F. Bungartz. 2007. The lichen genus Ramalina on the Galapagos. Lichenologist 36(6): 519–542. [15 spp. with many new distribution records; key. New: R. darwiniana sp. nov., R. darwiniana var. curvida Aptroot var. nov., R. fragilis sp. nov., R. furcellangulida Aptroot sp. nov. & R. polyforma Aptroot sp. nov. The new spp. are considered endemic to the Galapagos Islands.] ———, R. Lucking, H. J. M. Sipman, L. Umana & J. L. Chaves. 2008. Pyrenocarpous lichens with bitunicate asci: a first assessment of the lichen biodiversity inventory in Costa Rica. Bibliotheca Lichenologica 97: 1–162. [181 spp., many new to Costa Rica, and a key to the genera and species. Many new synonyms are proposed. New: Celotheliaceae Lucking, Aptroot & Sipman fam. nov., Trypetheliales Lucking, Aptroot & Spiman ord. nov., Architrypethelium hyalinum Aptroot sp. nov., A. nitens (Fee) Aptroot comb. nov., Aspidothelium glabrum Lucking, Aptroot & Sipman sp. nov., Astrothelium crassum (Fee) Aptroot comb. nov., A. intermedium Aptroot & Lucking sp. nov., Bathelium feei * 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.