Gintaras Kantvilas

Australian lichenologist.

Gintaras Kantvilas (born 1956) is an Australian lichenologist, who earned his Ph.D. in 1985 from the University of Tasmania with the thesis Studies on Tasmanian rainforest lichens. He has authored over 432 species names, and 167 genera in the field of mycology. Kanvilas completed his secondary education at St Virgil's College in Hobart in 1973. In 1985, he was working for the Tasmanian National Parks and Wildlife Service. In 1987 he was listing his affiliation as Department of Botany, University of Tasmania, in addition to the Tasmanian National Parks and Wildlife Service. By 2001 his affiliat

Abbreviations: Kantvilas
Occupations: lichenologist, botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: Australia
Dates: 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z
Direct attributions: 3 plants, 339 fungi
Authorship mentions: 3 plants, 366 fungi

339 fungi attributed, 27 fungi contributed to366 fungi:

Ramboldia Kantvilas & Elix 1994
fungi genus in the ramboldiaceae family
Ramboldia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ramboldiaceae. The genus was established in 1994 to accommodate several Australasian lichens that form crusts on wood, bark, and rock surfaces, and it was named in honour of the German mycologist Gerhard Rambold. These lichens are characterised by their small, disc-shaped fruiting bodies and their chemical composition, which includes β-orcinol derivatives and sometimes anthraquinones, though they lack the distinctive crimson reaction found in the related genus Pyrrhospora. The genus contains about 40 species found worldwide, ranging
Hertelidea Printzen & Kantvilas 2004
fungi genus in the stereocaulaceae family
Hertelidea is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Stereocaulaceae. Characteristics of the genus include carbon-black ring or outer margin (exciple) around the fruit body disc (apothecium), eight-spored, Micarea-type asci and mostly simple, hyaline ascospores that lack a transparent outer layer. Hertelidea species mostly grow on wood, although less frequently they are found on bark or soil. While the type species, Hertelidea botryosa, has a widespread distribution, most of the other species are found only in Australia.
Topeliopsis Kantvilas & Vězda 2000
fungi genus in the graphidaceae family
Topeliopsis is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Graphidaceae.
Ramboldia blastidiata Kantvilas & Elix 2007
fungi species in the ramboldiaceae family
Ramboldia blastidiata is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) and crustose lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. Found in Australia, it was formally described as a new species in 2007 by lichenologists Gintaras Kantvilas and John Elix. The type specimen was collected by the first author from the western slopes of Strzelecki Peaks on Flinders Island (Tasmania) at an altitude of 150 m (490 ft); here, in dry sclerophyll forest, it was found growing on a granite boulder. The lichen forms pale grey-green, olive-green to dull olive-brown crust-like patches up to 30 cm (12 in) wide. The authors
Pseudoramonia Kantvilas & Vezda 2000
fungi genus in the graphidaceae family
Pseudoramonia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Graphidaceae. The genus was circumscribed by lichenologists Gintaras Kantvilas and Antonín Vězda in 2000, with the type species designated as Pseudoramonia stipitata.
Pseudocyphellaria brattii D.J. Galloway & Kantvilas 1997
fungi species in the lobariaceae family
Pseudocyphellaria brattii is a species of foliose lichen in the family Peltigeraceae. It was described as new to science in 1997 by lichenologists David John Galloway and Gintaras Kantvilas. The type specimen was collected along Mt. Dundas Track (Tasmania), where it was found growing on dead wood in a rainforest at an altitude of 700 m (2,300 ft). The specific epithet honours Tasmanian lichenologist Geoffrey Charles Bratt, who, according to the authors, "helped to keep Australian lichenology alive during the 'lean years'". The lichen is endemic to Tasmania, where it is uncommon. It typically
Menegazzia minuta P. James & Kantvilas 1987
fungi species in the parmeliaceae family
Menegazzia minuta is a rare species of foliose lichen that is endemic to Tasmania, Australia. It was scientifically described as a new species in 1987 by lichenologists Peter James and Gintaras Kantvilas. The type specimen was collected by the second author south of Arthur River, where the lichen was found in a rainforest growing on twigs of leatherwood (Eucryphia lucida). The species epithet minuta refers to the small size of its thallus. Menegazzia minuta contains protolichesterinic acid, a lichen product that helps to distinguish it from the similar species Menegazzia eperforata, which
Menegazzia inactiva P. James & Kantvilas 1987
fungi species in the parmeliaceae family
Menegazzia inactiva is a rare species of foliose lichen found in Australia and New Zealand.
Hertelidea wankaensis Kantvilas & Elix 2006
fungi species in the stereocaulaceae family
Hertelidea wankaensis is a species of crustose lichen in the family Stereocaulaceae. It is found in northeastern Australia, where it grows on dead wood.
Chrysothrix tchupalensis Elix & Kantvilas 2007
fungi species in the chrysotrichaceae family
Chrysothrix tchupalensis is a little-known species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), powdery lichen in the family Chrysotrichaceae. It occurs in north Queensland, Australia. The lichen forms a powdery, bright yellow thallus that grows on sheltered, humid rocks in a tropical rainforest environment.
Chrysothrix palaeophila Kantvilas & Elix 2007
fungi species in the chrysotrichaceae family
Chrysothrix palaeophila is a rare species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Chrysotrichaceae. It is endemic to Tasmania, Australia. The lichen grows in bark fissures that rarely have other lichens. It has an immersed thallus that slightly bleaches the bark it grows on, and tiny apothecia (fruiting bodies) that are densely covered with yellow to yellow-green pruina.
Chrysothrix occidentalis Elix & Kantvilas 2007
fungi species in the chrysotrichaceae family
Chrysothrix occidentalis is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) dust lichen in the family Teloschistaceae. This yellow lichen occurs in Western Australia in open Eucalyptus forests.
Xanthoparmelia subvicariella Elix & Kantvilas 2009
fungi species in the parmeliaceae family
Xanthoparmelia subvicariella is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Found in Tasmania, Australia, it was formally described by lichenologist John Alan Elix and Gintaras Kantvilas in 2009. The species epithet refers to the similarity this species has with Xanthoparmelia vicariella.
Xanthoparmelia somervilleae Elix & Kantvilas 2009
fungi species in the parmeliaceae family
Xanthoparmelia somervilleae is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is found in Tasmania, Australia.
Xanthoparmelia nomosa Elix & Kantvilas 2009
fungi species in the parmeliaceae family
Xanthoparmelia nomosa is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is found in Tasmania, Australia.
Xanthoparmelia morrisii Elix & Kantvilas 2009
fungi species in the parmeliaceae family
Xanthoparmelia morrisii is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Found in Tasmania, Australia, it was formally described by lichenologist John Alan Elix and Gintaras Kantvilas in 2009. The species epithet honours the Tasmanian botanist Dennis Ivor Morris.
Xanthoparmelia jarmaniae Elix & Kantvilas 1995
fungi species in the parmeliaceae family
Xanthoparmelia jarmaniae is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was formally described in 1995 from specimens collected near Kempton, in dry eucalypt woodland in south-eastern Tasmania. It forms small, rosette-shaped patches with narrow lobes (the leaf-like edges), a pale yellow-green upper surface, and cylindrical isidia (tiny outgrowths) with brown tips. It grows on sandstone in low-rainfall areas and is currently known only from the place where the original specimens were collected.
Xanthoparmelia freycinetiana Elix & Kantvilas 2009
fungi species in the parmeliaceae family
Xanthoparmelia freycinetiana is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Found in Tasmania, Australia, it was formally described by lichenologists John Alan Elix and Gintaras Kantvilas in 2009. The species epithet refers to Freycinet Peninsula, the type locality.
Verrucaria tuberculiformis P.M. McCarthy & Kantvilas 2001
fungi species in the verrucariaceae family
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Verrucaria subtholocarpa P.M. McCarthy & Kantvilas 2001
fungi species in the verrucariaceae family
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Siphulella coralloidea Kantvilas, Elix & P. James 1992
fungi species in the icmadophilaceae family
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Siphula flavovirens Kantvilas, Zedda & Elix 2003
fungi species in the icmadophilaceae family
Siphula flavovirens is a species of terricolous (ground-dwelling) fruticose lichen in the family Icmadophilaceae. It occurs in the Succulent Karoo biome of South Africa.
Scoliciosporum coniectum Kantvilas & Lumbsch 2010
fungi species in the scoliciosporaceae family
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Schaereria bullata Kantvilas 1999
fungi species in the schaereriaceae family
Schaereria bullata is a species of lichen in the family Schaereriaceae. It is found in the alpine regions of Tasmania, Australia. This lichen species is characterized by its dark brown to grey-brown thallus, which forms irregular patches over soil or bryophytes, and consists of granules that coalesce to create convex to bullate squamules. The lichen also features distinctive apothecia, which are roundish and typically superficial, and spherical spores.
Roccellinastrum lagarostrobi Kantvilas 1990
fungi species in the byssolomataceae family
Roccellinastrum lagarostrobi is a rare species of byssoid (wispy) lichen in the family Ectolechiaceae. Found in Australia, it was formally described as a new species in 1990 by lichenologist Gintaras Kantvilas. The type specimen was collected from Pine Creek, north of Greystone bluff (Tasmania) at an altitude of 140 m (460 ft); here, along the bank of a stream, at the edge of a rainforest, the lichen was found growing as an epiphyte on leafy twigs of the endemic conifer Lagarostrobos franklinii. It has a white, cottony (byssoid) thallus that forms irregularly shaped tufts typically measuring
Roccellinastrum flavescens Kantvilas 1990
fungi species in the byssolomataceae family
Roccellinastrum flavescens is a rare species of fruticose lichen in the family Ectolechiaceae. It is found only in the Walls of Jerusalem National Park in Tasmania, Australia. This pale yellow, shrub-like lichen grows exclusively on the twigs of pencil pine (Athrotaxis cupressoides), a rare Tasmanian conifer. Described by Australian scientist Gintaras Kantvilas in 1990, it can be distinguished from related lichens by its unique chemistry, including traces of usnic acid, and its cottony texture that forms patches up to 1 centimetre across. The species is threatened by the vulnerability of its
Ramboldia subnexa (Stirt.) Kantvilas & Elix 1994
fungi species in the ramboldiaceae family
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Ramboldia stuartii (Hampe) Kantvilas & Elix 1994
fungi species in the ramboldiaceae family
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Ramboldia plicatula (Müll. Arg.) Kantvilas & Elix 1994
fungi species in the ramboldiaceae family
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Ramboldia petraeoides (Nyl. ex C. Bab. & Mitt.) Kantvilas & Elix 1994
fungi species in the ramboldiaceae family
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