David Leslie Hawksworth

David Leslie Hawksworth (born 1946), British mycologist, lichenologist and botanist. Honored with an Acharius Medal in 2002.

Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

IPNI standard form: D.Hawksw.

Taxon names authored

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• 40 taxon names authored by David Leslie Hawksworth

Publications

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• Hawksworth, D.L. 1972. Lichens 1961–1969: Index of Fungi Supplement: [i]–ix + 1–78. Commonwealth Mycological Institute, Kew. Cyberliber Reference page. 
• Brodo, I.M. & Hawksworth, D.L. 1977. Alectoria and allied genera in North America. Opera Botanica 42: 1–164. BHL Reference page. 
• Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. & Coppins, B.J. 1980. Checklist of British lichen-forming, lichenicolous and allied fungi. The Lichenologist 12(1): 1–115. DOI: 10.1017/S0024282980000035 . RLL (PDF) Reference page. 
• Sherwood, M.A., Hawksworth, D.L. & Coppins, B.J. 1980. Skyttea, a new genus of odontotremoid lichenicolous fungi. Transactions of the British Mycological Society 75(3): 479–490. RLL Suppl. Rec.# 959 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.1016/S0007-1536(80)80130-6 Libri fungorum Reference page. 
• Hawksworth, D.L. 1981. The lichenicolous Coelomycetes. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Botany series 9(1): 1–98. BHL Reference page. 
• Hawksworth, D.L. & Sherwood, M.A. 1981. Proposals for Nomina Conservanda and Rejicienda for Ascomycete Names (Lichenized and Non-Lichenized). Taxon: The Journal of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy 30(1): 338–348. DOI: 10.2307/1219426 . JSTOR . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Hawksworth, D.L. & Dibben, M.J. 1982. Cryptolechia, an earlier name for Gyalectina. The Lichenologist 14(1): 98–100. RLL List # 114-42 / Rec.# 7880 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.1017/S002428298200019X Reference page. 
• Hawksworth, D.L. & Lodha, B.C. 1983. Helicogermslita, a new stromatic Xylariaceous genus with a spiral germ slit from India. Transactions of the British Mycological Society 81(1): 91–96 (1983). DOI: 10.1016/S0007-1536(83)80208-3 . Cyberliber Reference page. 
• Eriksson, O.E. & Hawksworth, D.L. 1988. Notes on ascomycete systematics. Nos 733–803. Systema Ascomycetum 7(2): 103–117. RLL List # 137 / Rec.# 5121 – Recent Literature on Lichens. Reference page. 
• Alstrup, V. & Hawksworth, D.L. 1990. The lichenicolous fungi of Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland, Bioscience 31: 1–90. Museum Tusculanum Press Reference page. 
• David, J.C. & Hawksworth, D.L. 1991. Validation of six families of lichenized ascomycetes. Systema Ascomycetum 10(1): 13–18. Reference page. 
• Coppins, B.J., James, P.W. & Hawksworth, D.L. 1992. New Species and Combinations in The Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. The Lichenologist 24(4): 351–369. RLL List # 149 / Rec.# 3487 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.1017/S0024282992000471 Reference page. 
• Lumbsch, H.T., Hawksworth, D.L. & Coppins, B.J. 1999. Proposal to add Motyka's four-volume work on Lecanoraceae to the “opera utique oppressa”. Taxon 48(1): 183–185. DOI: 10.2307/1224654 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Váczi, P. & Hawksworth, D.L. 2001. Polycoccum crespoae sp. nov., the first report of a lichenicolous fungus on Chondropsis semiviridis (Parmeliaceae). Lichenologist 33(6): 513–517. DOI: 10.1006/lich.2001.0358 Reference page. 
• Crespo, A., Molina, M.C., Blanco, O., Schroeter, B., Sancho, L.G. & Hawksworth, D.L. 2002. rDNA its and β-tubulin gene sequence analyses reveal two monophyletic groups within the cosmopolitan lichen Parmelia saxatilis. Mycological Research 106(7): 788–795. Online. Reference page. 
• Blanco, O., Crespo, A., Divakar, P.K., Esslinger, T.L., Hawksworth, D.L. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2004. Melanelixia and Melanohalea, two new genera segregated from Melanelia (Parmeliaceae) based on molecular and morphological data. Mycological Research 108(8): 873–884. RLL List # 197 / Rec.# 26150 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.1017/S0953756204000723 RLL (PDF) Reference page. 
• Blanco, O., Crespo, A., Elix, J.A., Hawksworth, D.L. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2004. A molecular phylogeny and a new classification of parmelioid lichens containing Xanthoparmelia-type lichenan (Ascomycota: Lecanorales). Taxon 53(4): 959–975. DOI: 10.2307/4135563 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Blanco, O., Crespo, A., Elix, J.A., Hawksworth, D.L. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2004. A molecular phylogeny and a new classification of parmelioid lichens containing Xanthoparmelia-type lichenan (Ascomycota: Lecanorales. Taxon 53(4): 959–975. Online. Reference page. 
• Hawksworth, D.L. 2004. Rediscovery of the original material of Osbeck’s Lichen chinensis and the re-instatement of the name Parmotrema perlatum (Parmeliaceae). Herzogia 17: 37–44. RLL List # 201 / Rec.# 28052 – Recent Literature on Lichens Herzogia (PDF) Reference page. 
• Earland-Bennett, P.M., Hitch, C.J.B. & Hawksworth, D.L. 2006. New records and new species of lichens and lichenicolous fungi from Mataelpino (Sierra de Guadarrama, Comunidad de Madrid). Boletín de la Sociedad Micológica de Madrid 30: 243–248. Biblioteca Digital RLL Suppl. Rec.# 678 – Recent Literature on Lichens Reference page. 
• Hawksworth, D.L. & Halıcı, M.G. 2007. Gemmaspora, a new verrucarialean genus with remarkable ascospores for Adelococcus lecanorae growing on Aspicilia species in Syria and Turkey. The Lichenologist 39(2): 121–128. DOI: 10.1017/S0024282907006548 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Hibbett, D.S., Binder, M., Bischoff, J.F., Blackwell, M., Cannon, P.F., Eriksson, O.E., Huhndorf, S.M., James, T., Kirk, P.M., Lücking, R., Lumbsch, H.T., Lutzoni, F., Matheny, P.B., McLaughlin, D.J., Powell, M.J., Redhead, S.A., Schoch, C.L., Spatafora, J.W., Stalpers, J.A., Vilgalys, R.J., Aime, M.C., Aptroot, A., Bauer, R., Begerow, D., Benny, G.L., Castlebury, L.A., Crous, P.W., Dai, Y.C., Gams, K.W., Geiser, D.M., Griffith, G.W., Gueidan, C., Hawksworth, D.L., Hestmark, G., Hosaka, K., Humber, R.A., Hyde, K.D., Ironside, J.E., Kõljalg, U., Kurtzman, C.P., Larsson, K.H., Lichtwardt, R.W., Longcore, J.E., Miądlikowska, J., Miller, A.N., Moncalvo, J.M., Mozley-Standridge, S., Oberwinkler, F., Parmasto, E., Reeb, V., Rogers, J.D., Roux, C., Ryvarden, L., Sampaio, J.P., Schüßler, A., Sugiyama, J., Thorn, R.G., Tibell, L., Untereiner, W.A., Walker, C., Wang, Z., Weir, A., Weiss, M., White, M.M., Winka, K., Yao, Y.J. & Zhang, N. 2007. A higher-level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi. Mycological Research 111(5): 509–547. DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2007.03.004 . RLL (PDF) Reference page. 
• Crespo, A., Kauff, F., Divakar, P.K., Del Prado, R., Pérez-Ortega, S., Amo de Paz, G., Ferencova, Z., Blanco, O., Roca-Valiente, B., Núñez-Zapata, J., Cubas, P., Argüello, A., Elix, J.A., Esslinger, T.L., Hawksworth, D.L., Millanes, A.M., Molina, M.C., Wedin, M., Ahti, T.T., Aptroot, A., Barreno, E., Bungartz, F., Calvelo, S., Candan, M., Cole, M.S., Ertz, D., Goffinet, B., Lindblom, L., Lücking, R., Lutzoni, F., Mattsson, J.-E., Messuti, M.I., Miądlikowska, J., Piercey-Normore, M., Rico, V.J., Sipman, H.J.M., Schmitt, I., Spribille, T., Thell, A., Thor, G., Upreti, D.K. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2010. Phylogenetic generic classification of parmelioid lichens (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) based on molecular, morphological and chemical evidence. Taxon 59(6): 1735–1753. DOI: 10.1002/tax.596008 JSTOR ResearchGate Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Hawksworth, D.L. 2011: A new dawn for the naming of fungi: impacts of decisions made in Melbourne in July 2011 on the future publication and regulation of fungal names. MycoKeys 1: 7–20. DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.1.2062 Reference page. 
• Molina, M.C., Divakar, P.K., Millanes, A.M., Sánchez, E., Del Prado, R., Hawksworth, D.L. & Crespo, A.M. 2011. Parmelia sulcata (Ascomycota: Parmeliaceae), a sympatric monophyletic species complex. The Lichenologist 43(6): 585–601. DOI: 10.1017/S0024282911000521 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Hawksworth, D.L. & Jørgensen, P.M. 2013. Proposal to conserve the name Alectoria fuscescens (Bryoria fuscescens) against Lichen chalybeiformis and Alectoria subcana (Ascomycota: Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae). Taxon: The Journal of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy 62(5): 1057. DOI: 10.12705/625.25 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Boluda, C.G., Rico, V.J., Crespo, A., Divakar, P.K. & Hawksworth, D.L. 2015. Molecular sequence data from populations of Bryoria fuscescens s. lat. in the mountains of central Spain indicates a mismatch between haplotypes and chemotypes. The Lichenologist 47(5): 279–286. DOI: 10.1017/S0024282915000274 . Reference page. 
• Boluda, C.G., Divakar, P.K., Hawksworth, D.L., Villagra, J. & Rico, V.J. 2015. Molecular studies reveal a new species of Bryoria in Chile. The Lichenologist 47(6): 387–394. RLL List # 241 / Rec.# 36883 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.1017/S0024282915000298 Reference page. 
• Ferencová, Z., Hawksworth, D.L. & Crespo, A.M. 2015. Proposal to reject the generic name Aspidelia (Fungi: Ascomycota: Parmeliaceae). Taxon 64(2): 382. RLL Suppl. Rec.# 968 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.12705/642.15 Reference page. 
• Ferencová, Z., Hawksworth, D.L. & Crespo, A.M. 2015. The status and application of the generic name Aspidelia. The Lichenologist 47(3): 197–203. RLL List # 240 / Rec.# 36533 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.1017/S0024282915000110 Reference page. 
• Wiersema, J.H., McNeill, J., Turland, N.J., Barrie, F.R., Buck, W.R., Demoulin, V., Greuter, W., Hawksworth, D.L., Herendeen, P.S., Knapp, S.D., Marhold, K., Prado, J., Prud'homme van Reine, W.F. & Smith, G.F. 2015. International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code) adopted by the Eighteenth International Botanical Congress Melbourne, Australia, July 2011 – Appendices II–VIII. Regnum Vegetabile 157: xix, 492 pp. Königstein: Koeltz, ISBN 978-3-87429-480-5 Internet version. Reference page. 
• Wijayawardene, N.N., Hyde, K.D., Rajeshkumar, K.C., Hawksworth, D.L., Madrid, H., Kirk, P.M., Braun, U., Singh, R.V., Crous, P.W., Kukwa, M., Lücking, R., Kurtzman, C.P., Yurkov, A.M., Haelewaters, D., Aptroot, A., Lumbsch, H.T., Timdal, E., Ertz, D., Etayo, J., Phillips, A.J.L., Groenewald, J.Z., Papizadeh, M., Selbmann, L., Dayarathne, M.C., Weerakoon, G., Jones, E.B.G., Suetrong, S., Tian, Q., Castañeda-Ruiz, R.F., Bahkali, A.H., Pang, K.L., Tanaka, K., Dai, D.Q., Sakayaroj, J., Hujslová, M., Lombard, L., Shenoy, B.D., Suija, A., Maharachchikumbura, S.S.N., Thambugala, K.M., Wanasinghe, D.N., Sharma, B.O., Gaikwad, S., Pandit, G., Zucconi, L., Onofri, S., Egidi, E., Raja, H.A., Kodsueb, R., Caceres, M.E.S., Pérez-Ortega, S., Fiuza, P.O., Monteiro, J.S., Vasilyeva, L.N., Shivas, R.G., Prieto, M., Wedin, M., Olariaga, I., Lateef, A.A., Agrawal, Y., Fazeli, S.A.S., Amoozegar, M.A., Zhao, G.Z., Pfliegler, W.P., Sharma, G., Oset, M., Abdel-Wahab, M.A., Takamatsu, S., Bensch, K., de Silva, N.I., De Kesel, A., Karunarathna, A., Boonmee, S., Pfister, D.H., Lu, Y.Z., Luo, Z.L., Boonyuen, N., Daranagama, D.A., Senanayake, I.C., Jayasiri, S.C., Samarakoon, M.C., Zeng, X.Y., Doilom, M., Quijada, L., Rampadarath, S., Heredia, G., Dissanayake, A.J., Jayawardana, R.S., Perera, R.H., Tang, L.Z., Phukhamsakda, C., Hernández-Restrepo, M., Ma, X., Tibpromma, S., Gusmao, L.F.P., Weerahewa, D., Karunarathna, S.C. 2017. Notes for genera: Ascomycota. Fungal Diversity 86(1): 1–594. DOI: 10.1007/s13225-017-0386-0 RLL (PDF) Reference page. 
• Boluda, C.G., Rico, V.J., Divakar, P.K., Nadyeina, O.V., Myllys, L., McMullin, R.T., Zamora, J.C., Scheidegger, C. & Hawksworth, D.L. 2019. Evaluating methodologies for species delimitation: the mismatch between phenotypes and genotypes in lichenized fungi (Bryoria sect. Implexae, Parmeliaceae). Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi 42: 75–100. DOI: 10.3767/persoonia.2019.42.04 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Hawksworth, D.L., Ahti, T., Myllys, L. & Boluda, C.G. 2019. Proposal to conserve Alectoria fuscescens (Bryoria fuscescens), nom. cons., against the additional names Usnea implexa, Alectoria capillaris, A. cana, A. rubens, A. fuscidula, A. degenii, A. forissii, A. ostrobotniae, A. kuemmerleana, A. haynaldiae, A. achariana, A. lanestris, A. prostratosteola, and A. viridescens (Fungi, Ascomycota, Lecanorales, Parmeliaceae). Taxon: The Journal of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy 68(2): 400–402. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12037 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Wijayawardene, N.N., Hyde, K.D., Al-Ani, L.K.T., Tedersoo, L., Haelewaters, D., Rajeshkumar, K.C., Zhao, R.-L., Aptroot, A., Leontyev, D.V., Saxena, R.K., Tokarev, Y.S., Dai, D.-Q., Letcher, P.M., Stephenson, S.L., Ertz, D., Lumbsch, H.T., Kukwa, M., Issi, I.V., Madrid, H., Phillips, A.J.L., Selbmann, L., Pfliegler, W.P., Horváth, E., Bensch, K., Kirk, P.M., Kolaříková, Z., Raja, H.A., Radek, R., Papp, V., Dima, B., Ma, J., Malosso, E., Takamatsu, S., Rambold, G., Gannibal, P.B., Triebel, D., Gautam, A.K., Avasthi, S., Suetrong, S., Timdal, E., Fryar, S.C., Delgado, G., Réblová, M., Doilom, M., Dolatabadi, S., Pawłowska, J., Humber, R.A., Kodsueb, R., Sánchez-Castro, I., Goto, B.T., da Silva, D.K.A., de Souza, F.A., Oehl, F., da Silva, G.A., da Silva, I.R., Błaszkowski, J., Jobim, K., Maia, L.C., Barbosa, F.R., Fiuza, P.O., Divakar, P.K., Shenoy, B.D., Castañeda-Ruiz, R.F., Somrithipol, S., Lateef, A.A., Karunarathna, S.C., Tibpromma, S., Mortimer, P.E., Wanasinghe, D.N., Phookamsak, R., Xu, J.-C., Wang, Y., Tian, F.-H., Alvarado, P., Li, D.-W., Kušan, I., Matočec, N., Mešić, A., Tkalčec, Z., Maharachchikumbura, S.S.N., Papizadeh, M., Heredia, G., Wartchow, F., Bakhshi, M., Boehm, E., Youssef, N., Hustad, V.P., Lawrey, J.D., Santiago, A.L.C.M.A., Bezerra, J.D.P., Souza-Motta, C.M., Firmino, A.L., Tian, Q., Houbraken, J., Hongsanan, S., Tanaka, K., Dissanayake, A.J., Monteiro, J.S., Grossart, H.-P., Suija, A., Weerakoon, G., Etayo, J., Tsurykau, A., Vázquez, V., Mungai, P., Damm, U., Li, Q.-R., Zhang, H., Boonmee, S., Lu, Y.-Z., Becerra, A.G., Kendrick, B., Brearley, F.Q., Motiejūnaitė, J., Sharma, B., Khare, R., Gaikwad, S., Wijesundara, D.S.A., Tang, L.-Z., He, M.-Q., Flakus, A.G., Rodriguez-Flakus, P., Zhurbenko, M.P., McKenzie, E.H.C., Stadler, M., Bhat, D.J., Liu, J.-K., Raza, M., Jeewon, R., Nassonova, E.S., Prieto, M., Udeni Jayalal, R.G.U., Erdoğdu, M., Yurkov, A.M., Schnittler, M., Shchepin, O.N., Novozhilov, Y.K., Silva-Filho, A.G.S., Gentekaki, E., Liu, P., Cavender, J.C., Kang, Y.-Q., Sohrabi, M., Zhang, L.-F., Xu, R.-F., Li, Y.-M., Dayarathne, M.C., Ekanayaka, A.H., Wen, T.-C., Deng, C.-Y., Pereira, O.L., Navathe, S., Hawksworth, D.L., Fan, X.-L., Dissanayake, L.S., Kuhnert, E., Grossart, H.-P., Thines, M. 2020. Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa. Mycosphere 11(1): 1060–1456. DOI: 10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8 . Reference page. 

External links

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