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70
Citations
31587
World Ranking
6850
National Ranking
497

Overview

Robert Lücking is a researcher affiliated with Freie Universität Berlin in Germany, specializing primarily in Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work has contributed to several subfields, including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, and Ecological Modeling.

Their research topics broadly cover areas such as Lichen and fungal ecology, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Botany and Plant Ecology Studies, Plant Diversity and Evolution, Fern and Epiphyte Biology, and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Among recent publications authored or coauthored by Robert Lücking are:

  • Unambiguous identification of fungi: where do we stand and how accurate and precise is fungal DNA barcoding? (2020, IMA Fungus)
  • Fungal taxonomy and sequence-based nomenclature (2021, Nature Microbiology)

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Bibiana Moncada
  • André Aptroot
  • Marcela Eugênia da Silva Cáceres
  • H. Thorsten Lumbsch
  • Joel A. Mercado-Díaz

Robert Lücking regularly publishes in venues such as:

  • The Lichenologist
  • The Bryologist
  • IMA Fungus
  • Plant and Fungal Systematics
  • Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales

The scientist has also contributed to book publications through Princeton University Press, including the 2024 title The Lives of Lichens, listed twice with varying citation counts.

Best Publications

  • Towards a unified paradigm for sequence-based identification of fungi

    Urmas Koljalg;Urmas Koljalg;R. Henrik Nilsson;Kessy Abarenkov;Leho Tedersoo

  • A higher-level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi

    David S Hibbett;Manfred Binder;Joseph F Bischoff;Meredith Blackwell

  • Reconstructing the early evolution of Fungi using a six-gene phylogeny

    Timothy Y. James;Frank Kauff;Conrad L. Schoch;P. Brandon Matheny

  • Fungal Diversity Revisited: 2.2 to 3.8 Million Species

    David L. Hawksworth;Robert Lücking

  • Assembling the fungal tree of life: progress, classification, and evolution of subcellular traits

    François Lutzoni;Frank Kauff;Cymon J. Cox;David McLaughlin

  • The Ascomycota Tree of Life: A Phylum-wide Phylogeny Clarifies the Origin and Evolution of Fundamental Reproductive and Ecological Traits

    Conrad L. Schoch;Gi Ho Sung;Francesc López-Giráldez;Jeffrey P. Townsend

  • Families of Dothideomycetes

    Kevin D. Hyde;E. B.Gareth Jones;Jian Kui Liu;Hiran Ariyawansa

  • A class-wide phylogenetic assessment of Dothideomycetes

    C. L. Schoch;P. W. Crous;J. Z. Groenewald;E. W. A. Boehm

  • Fungal diversity notes 111–252—taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa

    Guo Jie Li;Kevin D. Hyde;Kevin D. Hyde;Kevin D. Hyde;Rui Lin Zhao;Sinang Hongsanan;Sinang Hongsanan

  • The 2016 classification of lichenized fungi in the Ascomycota and Basidiomycota – Approaching one thousand genera

    Robert Lücking;Brendan P. Hodkinson;Brendan P. Hodkinson;Steven D. Leavitt

  • Unambiguous identification of fungi: where do we stand and how accurate and precise is fungal DNA barcoding?

    Robert Lücking;M. Catherine Aime;Barbara Robbertse;Andrew N. Miller

  • A five-gene phylogeny of Pezizomycotina

    Joseph W. Spatafora;Gi Ho Sung;Desiree Johnson;Cedar Hesse

  • Notes for genera: Ascomycota

    Nalin N. Wijayawardene;Kevin D. Hyde;Kunhiraman C. Rajeshkumar;David L. Hawksworth

  • New insights into classification and evolution of the Lecanoromycetes (Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota) from phylogenetic analyses of three ribosomal RNA- and two protein-coding genes

    Jolanta Miadlikowska;Frank Kauff;Valérie Hofstetter;Emily Fraker

  • A multigene phylogenetic synthesis for the class Lecanoromycetes (Ascomycota): 1307 fungi representing 1139 infrageneric taxa, 317 genera and 66 families

    Jolanta Miadlikowska;Frank Kauff;Filip Högnabba;Jeffrey C. Oliver

  • Naming and outline of Dothideomycetes-2014 including proposals for the protection or suppression of generic names.

    Nalin N. Wijayawardene;Pedro W. Crous;Paul M. Kirk;Paul M. Kirk;David L. Hawksworth;David L. Hawksworth;David L. Hawksworth

  • Phylogenetic generic classification of parmelioid lichens (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) based on molecular, morphological and chemical evidence

    Ana Crespo;Frank Kauff;Pradeep K. Divakar;Ruth del Prado

  • One hundred new species of lichenized fungi : a signature of undiscovered global diversity

    H. Thorsten Lumbsch;Teuvo Ahti;Susanne Altermann;Guillermo Amo de Paz

  • Fungi evolved right on track

    Robert Lucking;Sabine Huhndorf;Donald H. Pfister;Eimy Rivas Plata

  • A world-wide key to the genus Graphis (Ostropales: Graphidaceae)

    Robert Lücking;Alan W. Archer;André Aptroot

Frequent Co-Authors

H. Thorsten Lumbsch
H. Thorsten Lumbsch Field Museum of Natural History
André Aptroot
André Aptroot Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul
Harrie J. M. Sipman
Harrie J. M. Sipman Freie Universität Berlin
David L. Hawksworth
David L. Hawksworth Royal Botanic Gardens
Kevin D. Hyde
Kevin D. Hyde Mae Fah Luang University
Damien Ertz
Damien Ertz Meise Botanic Garden
Cécile Gueidan
Cécile Gueidan Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Pedro W. Crous
Pedro W. Crous Utrecht University
Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe
Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe King Saud University
Conrad L. Schoch
Conrad L. Schoch National Institutes of Health

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