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Achi, S. S., D. J. Adeyemo, C. Maju & J. Tagang. 2012. Characterization of buffing dust using Nigerian Research Reactor 1 (NIRR-1) and its environmental impact. Der Pharmacia Lettre 4(1): 372–380. Allen, J. L., B. P. Hodkinson & C. R. Bjork. 2012. A major range expansion for Platismatia wheeleri. North American Fungi 7(10): 1–12. Angiel, P. J. & M. Dabski. 2012. Lichenometric ages of the little ice age moraines on King George Island and of the last volcanic activity on Penguin Island (West Antarctica). Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography 94(3): 395–412. Aptroot, A. & K. Yazici. 2012. A new Placopyrenium (Verrucariaceae) from Turkey. Lichenologist 44(6): 739–741. [New species: Placopyrenium bullatum Aptroot & Yazici.] Aptroot, A., F. Schumm & M. E. S. Caceres. 2012. Six new species of Pyrenula from the tropics. Lichenologist 44(5): 611–618. [New species: Pyrenula borneensis, P. endocrocea, P. hawaiiensis, P. rinodinospora, P. rubrojavanica, and P. thailandica (all names attributed to Aptroot).] Arcadia, L. 2012. The publication date of fascicle 1 of volume 2 of Hoffmann’s ‘Descriptio et Adumbratio’, and other notes on that work. Lichenologist 44(5): 719–722. Archer, A. W. 2012. Graphis supracola A.W. Archer is not endemic to Australia. Australasian Lichenology 71: 18–19. Augusto, S., M. J. Pereira, C. Maguas, A. Soares & C. Branquinho. 2012. Assessing human exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in a petrochemical region utilizing data from environmental biomonitors. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health 75(13–15): 819–830. Babelewska, A. 2012. Lichens of the Kaliszak Nature Reserve (Wyzyna Krakowsko-Czestochowska) [Porosty Rezerwatu Kaliszak (Wyzyna Krakowsko-Czestochowska)]. Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica Polonica 19(1): 153–159. [In Polish with English abstract.] Bajpai, R. & D. K. Upreti. 2012. Accumulation and toxic effect of arsenic and other heavy metals in a contaminated area of West Bengal, India, in the lichen Pyxine cocoes (Sw.) Nyl. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 83: 63–70. Balabanova, B., T. Stafilov, R. Sajn & K. Baeeva. 2012. Characterisation of heavy metals in lichen species Hypogymnia physodes and Evernia prunastri due to biomonitoring of air pollution in the vicinity of copper mine. International Journal of Environmental Research 6(3): 779–792. Batke, S. P. 2012. A preliminary survey of epiphytes in some tree canopies in Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. African Journal of Ecology 50(3): 343–354. Beckett, R. P., F. V. Minibayeva & C. Liers. 2012. Occurrence of high tyrosinase activity in the non-Peltigeralean lichen Dermatocarpon miniatum (L.) W. Mann. Lichenologist 44(6): 827–832. Benatti, M. N. 2012. A worldwide key for the genus Parmelinopsis Elix & Hale (Parmeliaceae; Lichenized Ascomycetes). Opuscula Philolichenum 11: 304–312. Benatti, M. N. & J. A. Elix. 2012. The true identity of Bulbothrix goebelii (Zenker) Hale and the re-establishment of some of its synonyms as accepted species. Lichenologist 44(6): 813–826. Bohuslavova, O., P. Smilauer & J. Elster. 2012. Usnea lichen community biomass estimation on volcanic mesas, James Ross Island, Antarctica. Polar Biology 35(10): 1563–1572. Breuss, O. 2009. Flechten. Pages 272–281. In: Rabitsch, W. & F. Essl (eds.), Endemiten Kostbarkeiten in Osterreichs Pflanzenund Tierwelt. Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein fur Karnten, Klagenfurt. Brodo, I. 2012. IAL7 – A perspective. International Lichenological Newsletter 45(1): 8–9. Buck, W. R. & J. C. Lendemer. 2012. Puttea (Pilocarpaceae) in eastern North America. Opuscula Philolichenum 11: 141–144. Carlsen, T., M. Bendiksby, T. H. Hofton, S. Reiso, V. Bakkestuen, R. Haugan, H. Kauserud & E. Timdal. 2012. Species delimitation, bioclimatic range, and conservation status of the threatened lichen Fuscopannaria confusa. Lichenologist 44(5): 565–575. Cieślinski, S. 2008. The materials for the lichen biota of Kozienicka Forest (Central Poland) [Materialy do bioty porostow Puszczy Kozienickiej (Polska Środkowa)]. Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica Polonica 15(2): 277–288. [In Polish with English abstract.] Cieślinski, S. 2011. New and rare species of lichens in Kozienicka Forest (Central Poland) [Nowe i rzadkie gatunki porostow Puszczy 3 Corresponding author’s email: brendan.hodkinson@gmail.com The cumulative database for this series is available in searchable form on the World Wide Web at http://nhm2.uio.no/botanisk/ lav/RLL/RLL.HTM with full abstracts of electronically available articles. We owe thanks to the following: Einar Timdal for his work on the RLL database, Bill Buck for highlighting the more obscure sources, Jim Bennett for sharing his Scopus alerts, and the authors who send reprints or electronic versions of their works to us for inclusion. DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-116.1.089