Teresa Lebel | |
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| Author abbrev. (botany) | T.Lebel |
Dr Teresa Lebel is a taxonomist and ecologist who works on fungi, with a particular interest in subterranean truffle-like fungi and their mushroom, bolete, bracket or cup relatives.
Lebel studied at the University of Western Australia (undergraduate and Honours 1989), then Oregon State University (PhD) before taking up a position at the National Herbarium of Victoria as a mycologist (1999-2019), and Editor of Muelleria. During this time, Lebel undertook a two-year sabbatical on the Ross Beever Memorial Fellowship at Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research (2012-2014). Lebel is currently (2020-) Senior Botanist and Curator Cryptogams at the State Herbarium of South Australia. [1]
The National Herbarium of Victoria holds over 1200 specimens collected by Lebel, the majority truffle-like fungi. Other herbaria in Australia holding her collections include Western Australian Herbarium, State Herbarium of South Australia, New Zealand Fungarium Te Kohinga Hekakeka o Aotearoa, Queensland Herbarium, Australian National Herbarium, Tasmanian Herbarium and the New South Wales Plant Pathology Herbarium. [2]
Research interests include: the taxonomy, systematics, diversity and biogeography of Australian macrofungi, in particular the truffle and truffle-like fungi; the effects of disturbance such as fire, logging, introduced weedy macrofungi, and loss of dispersal agents on macrofungal diversity and community structure; plant-fungal-animal-insect interactions, including ectomycorrhizae, mycophagy and co-evolution and arms-races. Communication of research to the general public, students, educators and managers in intriguing ways.
The standard author abbreviation T.Lebel is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name . [3]
Lebel T, Davoodian N, Bloomfield MC, Syme K, May TW, Hosaka K, Castellano MA. (2022). A mixed bag of truffle-like fungi from five different families: Boletaceae, Russulaceae, Psathyrellaceae, Strophariaceae, and Hysterangiaceae. Swainsona 36: 33-65
Cooper JA, Nuytinck J, Lebel T. (2022). Confirming the presence of some introduced Russulaceae species in Australia and New Zealand. Swainsona 36: 9-32.
Boxshall AG, Birch JL, Lebel T, Symonds MRE, Callahan DL. (2021). A field-based investigation into Agaricus xanthodermus (Xanthodermatei) toxicity variation in southern Australia. Mycologia 113(6): 1123-1135. doi : 10.1080/00275514.2021.1936851
Davoodian N, Lebel T, Castellano MA, Hosaka K. (2021). Hysterangiales revisited: expanded phylogeny reveals new genera and a new suborder. FUSE 8: 65-80.
Rixon M, Bayly MJ, McLay TGB, Lebel T. (2021). Investigating galling midges (Asphondylia), associated micro fungi and parasitoids in chenopod plant hosts (Amaranthaceae) in south-eastern Australia. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 15: 747-771. doi.org/10.1007/s11829-021-09853-1
Lebel T, Douch J, Tegart L, Vaughan L, Cooper JA, Nuytinck J (21). Untangling the Lactifluus clarkeae - Lf. flocktonae (Russulaceae) species complex in Australasia. Persoonia 47: 1-44
Lebel T, Cooper JA, Castellano MA, Nuytinck J. (2021). Three independent evolutionary events of sequestrate Lactifluus species in Australasia. FUSE 8: 9-25
Plett KL, Kohler A, Lebel T, Singan VR, Bauer D, He G, Ng V, Grigoriev IV, Martin F, Plett JM, Anderson IC (2021). Intra-species genetic variability drives carbon metabolism and symbiotic host interactions in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Pisolithus microcarpus. Environmental Microbiology. 23(4): 2004-2020 https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15320
Davoodian, N., Jackson, C.J., Holmes, G.D., Lebel, T. (2020). Continental‐scale metagenomics, BLAST searches, and herbarium specimens: The Australian Microbiome Initiative and the National Herbarium of Victoria. Applications In Plant Sciences 8(9) doi : 10.1002/aps3.11392
Lebel T, Pennycook S, Barrett M. (2018). Two new species of Pisolithus (Sclerodermataceae) from Australasia, and an assessment of the confused nomenclature of P. tinctorius. Phytotaxa 348(3):163-186
Orihara T, Lebel T, Ge Z-W, Smith ME, Maekawa N. (2017). Evolutionary history of the sequestrate genus Rossbeevera (Boletaceae) reveals a new genus Turmalinea and highlights the utility of ITS minisatellite-like insertions for molecular identification. Persoonia 37: 173-198
Sheedy E, Matheny B, Lebel T, May TW, Martin B. (2016). Dating the emergence of 13 major lineages of sequestrate basidiomycete fungi in Australia using an augmented meta-analysis. Australian Systematic Botany 29, 284–302
Dickie I, Nuñez MA, Pringle A, Lebel T, Tourtellot SG, Johnston PR. (2016). Can invasive ectomycorrhizal fungi be eradicated, and how? Biological Invasions doi : 10.1007/s10530-016-1243-x
Vellinga EC, Kuyper TW, Ammirati J, Desjardin DE, Halling RE, Justo A, Læssøe T, Lebel T, Lodge DL, Matheny PB, Methven AS, Moreau P-A, Mueller GM, Noordeloos ME, Nuytinck J, Ovrebo CL, Verbeken A. (2015). Six simple guidelines for introducing new genera of Fungi. IMA Fungus 6(2): 65-68
Lebel T, Beever RE†, Castellano MA. (2015). Cryptic diversity in the sequestrate genus Stephanospora (Stephanosporaceae) in Australasia. Fungal Biology, 119, 201-228.
Lebel T, Dunk CW, May TW. (2013). Rediscovery of Multifurca stenophylla (Berk.) T.Lebel, C.W.Dunk & T.W.May comb. nov. (Russulaceae) from Australia. Mycological Progress 12, 497–504.
Lebel T, Vellinga EC. (2013) Description and affinities of a sequestrate Lepiota (Agaricaceae) from Australia. Mycological Progress 12, 525–532
Danks M, Lebel T, Vernes K. (2010). ‘Cort short on a mountaintop’ – Eight new species of sequestrate Cortinarius from sub-alpine Australia and affinities to sections within the genus. Persoonia 24: 106–126
Newbound M, McCarthy M, Lebel T. (2010). ‘Fungi and the urban environment: a review’. Landscape and Urban Planning 96 (3): 138-145.
Catcheside P, Lebel T. (2009). The truffle genus Cribbea (Physalacriaceae, Agaricales) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany. 22(1), 39-55.
Moore D, Pöder R, Molitoris PH, Money NP, Figlas D, Lebel T (2006). Crisis in teaching future generations about fungi. Mycological Research 110: 625-627.
Lebel T.(2003). Australasian Truffle-like Fungi XV. Cystangium. Aust. Syst. Bot.16(3): 371-400.
Smith JE, Molina R, Huso MMP, Luoma DL, McKay D, Castellano MA, Lebel T, Valachovic Y (2002). Species richness, abundance, and composition of hypogeous and epigeous ectomycorrhizal fungal sporocarps in young, rotation-age, and old-growth stands of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) in the Cascade Range of Oregon, USA. Canadian Journal of Botany. 80: 186-204.
Lebel T, Castellano MA (2002). Type studies of sequestrate Russulales. Part II. Species related to Russula from Australia and New Zealand. Mycologia. 94(2): 327-354
Bougher N, Lebel T. (2001). Sequestrate (Truffle-like) Fungi of Australia and New Zealand. Aust. Syst. Bot. 14: 439-484.
Lebel T, Castellano MA. (1999). Australian truffle-like fungi. IX. History and current trends in the study of the taxonomy of sequestrate macrofungi from Australia and New Zealand. Australian Systematic Botany. 12: 803-817
Scheibling RE, Evans T, Mulvay P, Lebel T, Williamson D, Holland S. (1990). Commensalism between an epizoic limpet, Patelloida nigrosulcata, and its gastropod hosts, Haliotis roei and Patella laticostata, on intertidal reef platforms off Perth, Western Australia. Aust. J. Mar. Fresh. Res. 41: 647-55.
The Russulaceae are a diverse family of fungi in the order Russulales, with roughly 1,900 known species and a worldwide distribution. They comprise the brittlegills and the milk-caps, well-known mushroom-forming fungi that include some edible species. These gilled mushrooms are characterised by the brittle flesh of their fruitbodies.
Lactarius is a genus of mushroom-producing, ectomycorrhizal fungi, containing several edible species. The species of the genus, commonly known as milk-caps, are characterized by the milky fluid ("latex") they exude when cut or damaged. Like the closely related genus Russula, their flesh has a distinctive brittle consistency. It is a large genus with over 500 known species, mainly distributed in the Northern hemisphere. Recently, the genus Lactifluus has been separated from Lactarius based on molecular phylogenetic evidence.
Russula is a very large genus composed of around 750 worldwide species of ectomycorrhizal mushrooms. They are typically common, fairly large, and brightly colored – making them one of the most recognizable genera among mycologists and mushroom collectors. Their distinguishing characteristics include usually brightly coloured caps, a white to dark yellow spore print, brittle, attached gills, an absence of latex, and absence of partial veil or volva tissue on the stem. Microscopically, the genus is characterised by the amyloid ornamented spores and flesh (trama) composed of spherocysts. Members of the related genus Lactarius have similar characteristics but emit a milky latex when their gills are broken. The genus was described by Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1796.
The Sclerodermataceae are a family of fungi in the order Boletales, containing several genera of unusual fungi that little resemble boletes. Taxa, which include species commonly known as the ‘hard-skinned puffballs’, ‘earthballs’, or 'earthstars', are widespread in both temperate and tropical regions. The best known members include the earthball Scleroderma citrinum, the dye fungus Pisolithus tinctorius and the 'prettymouths' of the genus Calostoma.
Multifurca is a rare genus of ectomycorrhizal fungi in the family Russulaceae. It was described in 2008, after molecular phylogenetic study had shown that it forms a monophyletic lineage within the family, sister to Lactarius. The genus contains six species known from the United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, India, China, Thailand, Australia, and New Caledonia, but so far has not been reported from Europe, Africa, or South America. Four of those species were formerly classified as Russula section Ochricompactae, and Multifurca furcata was originally described as a Lactarius species.
Fevansia is a fungal genus in the family Albatrellaceae. A monotypic genus, it contains the single rare truffle-like species Fevansia aurantiaca, found in old-growth forests of Oregon. The name Fevansia honors Frank Evans of the North American Truffling Society, who collected the holotype specimen. Aurantiaca is Latin for "pale orange", referring to the color of the peridium.
Zelleromyces is a genus of fungi in the family Russulaceae. It was first described by mycologists Rolf Singer and Alexander H. Smith in 1960 to contain hypogeous (underground) fungi with gasteroid fruit bodies that "bleed" latex when they are cut.
Elaphomyces is a genus of hypogeous fungi in the family Elaphomycetaceae. The widespread genus contains 25 truffle-like species. Elaphomyces is one of the most important ectomycorrhizal fungal genera in temperate and subarctic forest ecosystems. E. asperulus, E. granulatus, and E. muricatus were found to accumulate arsenic ; the composition of organoarsenicals is very unusual, with methylarsonic acid and trimethylarsine oxide as major As compounds.
James Martin Trappe is a mycologist and expert in the field of North American truffle species. He has authored or co-authored 450 scientific papers and written three books on the subject. MycoBank lists him as either author or co-author of 401 individual species, and over the course of his career he has helped guide research on mycorrhizal fungi, and reshaped truffle taxonomy: establishing a new order, two new families, and 40 individual genera.
Arcangeliella is a genus of gasteroid fungi in the family Russulaceae. Taxonomic and phylogenetic research has shown that it is very likely a synonym of Lactarius. The type species Arcangeliella borziana was moved to Lactarius in 2003. However, the genus name is still in use for several species for which new combinations have not yet been proposed.
Lactifluus clarkeae, formerly known as Lactarius clarkeae, is a species of mushroom-forming fungus in the family Russulaceae. It is found in Australia and New Zealand in mycorrhizal association with species of Nothofagus and the family Myrtaceae.
Stephanospora is a genus of truffle-like gasteroid fungi in the order Agaricales. In 2014, nine new Australasian species were described from collections previously thought to represent S. flava.
Lactifluus jetiae is a species of mushroom-forming fungus in the family Russulaceae. It was described by Luke Vaughan, Lachlan Tegart, James K. Douch, and Teresa Lebel in 2021. The specific epithet is a Latinisation of the initials JET, in honour of Jennifer E. Tonkin, who had collected and preliminarily analysed many Australian members of the Russulaceae. The type locality is near the Cann River, Australia.
Lactifluus pagodicystidiatus is a species of mushroom in the family Russulaceae. It was described by Luke Vaughan, Lachlan Tegart, and James K. Douch in 2021. The specific epithet refers to the presence of some cystidia with shapes resembling a pagoda. The type locality is near the summit of Mount Jersey, Australia.
Lactifluus rugulostipitatus is a species of mushroom in the family Russulaceae. It was described by James K. Douch, Lachlan Tegart, Luke Vaughan, and Teresa Lebel in 2021. The specific epithet refers to the longitudinally wrinkled stipe that is characteristic of this species. The type locality is near Mount Bundey, Australia.
Lactifluus albens is a species of mushroom in the family Russulaceae. It was described by Teresa Lebel, James K. Douch, and Luke Vaughan in 2021. The specific epithet is Latin (bleached), named for the pale cream to buff colouration of basidiomata. The type locality is Dwellingup, Australia.
Lactifluus aurantioruber is a species of mushroom in the family Russulaceae. It originally described by McNabb as Lactifluus clarkeae var. aurantioruber in 1971, named for its reddish-orange colour. Jerry A. Cooper raised this variety to species-rank in 2021, thus acquiring the name Lactifluus aurantioruber. The type locality is Tongariro National Park, New Zealand.
Lactifluus psammophilus is a species of mushroom in the family Russulaceae. It was described by Teresa Lebel, James K. Douch, and Luke Vaughan in 2021. The specific epithet is Latin (sand-loving), referring to this species' habitat. The type locality is Bunyip State Park, Australia.
Lactifluus pseudoflocktoniae is a species of mushroom in the family Russulaceae. It was described by Teresa Lebel, James K. Douch, Lachlan Tegart, and Luke Vaughan in 2021. The specific epithet refers to Lactifluus flocktoniae, to which this species has a strong resemblance. The type locality is near Cann River, Australia.
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