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Steven D. Leavitt is affiliated with Brigham Young University in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Leavitt's scholarly output notably encompasses work related to Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics alongside Plant Science and Cell Biology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as lichen and fungal ecology, mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, plant pathogens and fungal diseases, botany and plant ecology studies, bryophyte studies and records, biocrusts and microbial ecology, and geology and paleoclimatology research.

Leavitt has published in several specialized venues with multiple contributions to journals including Evansia, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Journal of Fungi, The Lichenologist, and The Bryologist.

  • Species in lichen-forming fungi: balancing between conceptual and practical considerations, and between phenotype and phylogenomics (2021, Fungal Diversity)
  • Formally described species woefully underrepresent phylogenetic diversity in the common lichen photobiont genus Trebouxia (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta): An impetus for developing an integrated taxonomy (2020, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution)
  • Metagenomic data reveal diverse fungal and algal communities associated with the lichen symbiosis (2020, Symbiosis)
  • Genome-scale data reveal the role of hybridization in lichen-forming fungi (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Chloroplast morphology and pyrenoid ultrastructural analyses reappraise the diversity of the lichen phycobiont genus Trebouxia (Chlorophyta) (2021, Algal Research)

Frequent coauthors in Leavitt's publication record include Lucía Muggia, H. Thorsten Lumbsch, Felix Grewe, Jason Hollinger, and Larry L. St. Clair. Collaborative efforts have contributed to advancing understanding across their research interests.

Best Publications

  • Nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region as a universal DNA barcode marker for Fungi

    Conrad L. Schoch;Keith A. Seifert;Sabine Huhndorf;Vincent Robert

  • 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

  • Finding needles in haystacks: Linking scientific names, reference specimens and molecular data for Fungi

    Conrad L. Schoch;Barbara Robbertse;Vincent Robert;Duong Vu

  • Phylogenetic classification of yeasts and related taxa within Pucciniomycotina.

    Q.-M. Wang;A.M. Yurkov;M. Göker;H.T. Lumbsch

  • Goodbye morphology? A paradigm shift in the delimitation of species in lichenized fungi

    H. Thorsten Lumbsch;Steven D. Leavitt

  • A review of the lichen family Parmeliaceae - history, phylogeny and current taxonomy.

    Arne Thell;Ana Crespo;Pradeep K. Divakar;Ingvar Kärnefelt

  • Evolution of complex symbiotic relationships in a morphologically derived family of lichen-forming fungi

    Pradeep K Divakar;Ana Crespo;Mats Wedin;Steven D Leavitt

  • Complex patterns of speciation in cosmopolitan "rock posy" lichens--discovering and delimiting cryptic fungal species in the lichen-forming Rhizoplaca melanophthalma species-complex (Lecanoraceae, Ascomycota).

    Steven D. Leavitt;Johnathon D. Fankhauser;Dean H. Leavitt;Lyndon D. Porter

  • Using a temporal phylogenetic method to harmonize family- and genus-level classification in the largest clade of lichen-forming fungi

    Pradeep K. Divakar;Ana Crespo;Ekaphan Kraichak;Steven D. Leavitt

  • Species delimitation and evolution in morphologically and chemically diverse communities of the lichen-forming genus Xanthoparmelia (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) in western North America

    Steven D. Leavitt;Leigh Johnson;Larry L. St. Clair

  • Fungal specificity and selectivity for algae play a major role in determining lichen partnerships across diverse ecogeographic regions in the lichen‐forming family Parmeliaceae (Ascomycota)

    Steven D. Leavitt;Ekaphan Kraichak;Matthew P. Nelsen;Susanne Altermann

  • Towards a revised generic classification of lecanoroid lichens ( Lecanoraceae, Ascomycota ) based on molecular, morphological and chemical evidence

    Xin Zhao;Steven D. Leavitt;Zun Tian Zhao;Lu Lu Zhang

  • Species delimitation in taxonomically difficult lichen-forming fungi: an example from morphologically and chemically diverse Xanthoparmelia (Parmeliaceae) in North America.

    Steven D. Leavitt;Leigh A. Johnson;Trevor Goward;Larry L. St. Clair

  • Species in lichen-forming fungi: balancing between conceptual and practical considerations, and between phenotype and phylogenomics

    Robert Lücking;Steven D. Leavitt;David L. Hawksworth;David L. Hawksworth

  • Coalescent-based species delimitation approach uncovers high cryptic diversity in the cosmopolitan lichen-forming fungal genus Protoparmelia (Lecanorales, Ascomycota).

    Garima Singh;Francesco Dal Grande;Pradeep K. Divakar;Juergen Otte

  • Diversification of the newly recognized lichen‐forming fungal lineage Montanelia (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) and its relation to key geological and climatic events

    Pradeep K. Divakar;Ruth Del-Prado;H. Thorsten Lumbsch;Mats Wedin

  • The Dynamic Discipline of Species Delimitation: Progress Toward Effectively Recognizing Species Boundaries in Natural Populations

    Steven D. Leavitt;Corrie S. Moreau;H. Thorsten Lumbsch

  • Miocene and Pliocene dominated diversification of the lichen-forming fungal genus Melanohalea (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) and Pleistocene population expansions

    Steven D Leavitt;Theodore L Esslinger;Pradeep K Divakar;H Thorsten Lumbsch

  • Miocene divergence, phenotypically cryptic lineages, and contrasting distribution patterns in common lichen-forming fungi (Ascomycota: Parmeliaceae)

    Steven D. Leavitt;Theodore L. Esslinger;Pradeep K. Divakar;H. Thorsten Lumbsch

  • Multilocus phylogeny of the lichen-forming fungal genus Melanohalea (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota): insights on diversity, distributions, and a comparison of species tree and concatenated topologies.

    Steven D. Leavitt;Theodore L. Esslinger;Toby Spribille;Pradeep K. Divakar

  • Formally described species woefully underrepresent phylogenetic diversity in the common lichen photobiont genus Trebouxia (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta): An impetus for developing an integrated taxonomy.

    Lucia Muggia;Matthew P Nelsen;Paul M Kirika;Eva Barreno

Frequent Co-Authors

H. Thorsten Lumbsch
H. Thorsten Lumbsch Field Museum of Natural History
Pradeep K. Divakar
Pradeep K. Divakar Complutense University of Madrid
Ana Crespo
Ana Crespo Complutense University of Madrid
Imke Schmitt
Imke Schmitt Goethe University Frankfurt
Mats Wedin
Mats Wedin Swedish Museum of Natural History
Robert Lücking
Robert Lücking Freie Universität Berlin
Bruce McCune
Bruce McCune Oregon State University
Sergio Pérez-Ortega
Sergio Pérez-Ortega Real Jardín Botánico
David L. Hawksworth
David L. Hawksworth Royal Botanic Gardens
Teun Boekhout
Teun Boekhout University of Amsterdam

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