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Something of a delayed notice, but the first Issue of 2024 is out: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

It's a globe-trotting issue (Australia, India, Tanzania) to deal with the taxonomy of Cliostomum, Placopsis and Pseudopyrenula, and including the free-to-access article on tropical sterile crusts in Brazil: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Plus new microsatellites for Sticta from Andrea Goss and Silke Werth: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Anyone scrutinising the inside front cover will notice some changes for 2024 – a special thank you to Ekaphan Kraichak and Måns Svensson who join us as Associate Editors – we warmly welcome their expertise in shepherding manuscripts through the review process to publication.

A joint March-May Issue is now published – with star turns from Ampliotrema, Circinaria, Gallaicolichen, Lecidella and Malmidea (and their authors, of course), spanning the tropics to Antarctica, across the northern and southern Hemispheres… cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Plus an investigation outlining the tools, techniques and inferences for resolving phycobiont diversity in foliicolous lichen communities, by William Sanders Florida Gulf Coast University and team: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

More exciting news – we’re absolutely delighted to announce that Prof. Lucia Muggia Università di Trieste joins us as an Associate Editor – welcome Lucia!

After something of a hiatus we’re expecting a flurry of activity to round off 2024 – to start with, and in case anyone missed it, the latest Issue is now out and available online (including open access content): cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Now published is our Special Issue dedicated to Teuvo Ahti; Guest Edited by Leena Myllys, Bruce McCune, Tiina Randlane, Soili Stenroos, and Saara Velmala – and with reflections from Orvo Vitikainen, Irwin Brodo and Trevor Goward… cambridge.org/core/journals/…

As befits such a lichenological luminary, it includes a spectacular array of content, from method development, through taxonomy to conservation assessment...

And with our first (we think) video content as supplementary material – very creative and highly instructive! youtube.com/watch?v=RDy622… youtube.com/watch?v=PDn79S…

To let the online world know that the final Issue of 2024 was published just in time for the New Year… with a mix of taxonomy and ecology… and… cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Including a major work on IUCN conservation assessment standards, best practice and knowledge gaps for lichens – an international multi-author contribution towards IUCN Species Survival Commission cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Lichenology is our shared global endeavour, and in 2024 we published articles for authors across 36 countries on all continents (except Antarctica)… with 50% of content being Open Access...

And in case anyone missed it, 2025 has kicked-off with some exciting taxonomy (Diploicia, Leprocaulon, Micarea and Porina), and nitrogen pollution and climate warming effects on Bryoria distributions… keep the manuscripts coming in! cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Manuscripts invited (deadline Sept. 2025) for an exciting Special Issue - Organismal Composition, Interactions and Functionality, guest edited by @veera_tuovinen, Ioana Onut Brännström, Gulnara Tagirdzhanova and Ellen Cameron - select the option ‘Lichen Symbiosis’ on submission!

For the latest info: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

For those awaiting their hard-copy Lichenologist, remember you can check out the latest (March) Issue online - travel with authors from the Mediterranean to Peru, including a delve into lichenicolous Chaenothecopsis and ecology of the iconic Dolichousnea longissima!

Discover the content here: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

And a reminder that as we prepare a combined Issue for May/July, future content appears online as FirstView: cambridge.org/core/journals/…