Dr Pamela Rodriguez-Flakus
Assistant Professor
Research interests
- Macroevolution and systematics of lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi.
- Phylogenetics, population genetics, species delimitation and phylogeography of fungi.
- Molecular aspects of interspecific interactions between lichenicolous fungi and lichen symbionts and their ecological implications.
- Diversity of lichen-forming fungi and related organisms in South America with special emphasis on Bolivia.
Recent publications (selected)
Darmostuk V., Etayo J., Rodriguez-Flakus P., Kukwa M., Pino-Bodas R., Pérez-Ortega S., Flakus A. 2025. A novel, exclusively licheninhabiting lineage of hypocrealean fungi revealed in the Sordariomycetes. Persoonia 54: 47–91. DOI
Crous P.W., Jurjević Ž., Balashov S., De la Peña-Lastra S., Mateos A., Pinruan U., Rigueiro-Rodríguez A., Osiek E.R., Altés A., Czachura P., Esteve-Raventós F., Gunaseelan S., Kaliyaperumal M., Larsson E., Luangsa-ard J.J., Moreno G., Pancorbo F., Piątek M., Sommai S., Somrithipol S., Asif M., Delgado G., Flakus A., Illescas A., Kezo K., Khamsuntorn P., Kubátová A., Labuda R., Lavoise C., Lebel T., Lueangjaroenkit P., Maciá-Vicente J.G., Paz A., Saba M., Shivas R.G., Tan Y.P., Wingfield M.J., Aas T., Abramczyk B., Ainsworth A.M., Akulov A., Alvarado P., Armada F., Assyov B., Avchar R., Avesani M., Bezerra J.L., Bhat J.D., Bilański P., Bily D.S., Boccardo F., Bozok F., Campos J.C., Chaimongkol S., Chellappan N., Costa M.M., Dalecká M., Darmostuk V., Daskalopoulos V., Dearnaley J., Dentinger B.T.M., De Silva N.I., Dhotre D., Carlavilla J.R., Doungsa-ard C., Dovana F., Erhard A., Ferro L.O., Gallegos S.C., Giles C.E., Gore G., Gorfer M., Guard F.E., Hanson S.-Å., Haridev P., Jankowiak R., Jeffers S.N., Kandemir H., Karich A., Kisło K., Kiss L., Krisai-Greilhuber I., Latha K.P.D., Lorenzini M., Lumyong S., Manimohan P., Manjón J.L., Maula F., Mazur E., Mesquita N.L.S., Młynek K., Mongkolsamrit S., Morán P., Murugadoss R., Nagarajan M., Nalumpang S., Noisripoom W., Nosalj S., Novaes Q.S., Nowak M., Pawłowska J., Peiger M., Pereira O.L., Pinto A., Plaza M., Polemis E., Polhorský A., Ramos D.O., Raza M., Rivas-Ferreiro M., Rodrigues-Flakus P., Ruszkiewicz-Michalska M., Sánchez A., Santos A., Schüller A., Scott P.A., Şen İ., Shelke D., Śliwa L., Solheim H., Sonawane H., Strašiftáková D., Stryjak-Bogacka M., Sudsanguan M., Suwannarach N., Suz L.M., Syme K., Taşkın H., Tennakoon D.S., Tomka P., Vaghefi N., Vasan V., Vauras J., Wiktorowicz D., Villarreal M., Vizzini A., Wrzosek M., Yang X., Yingkunchao W., Zapparoli G., Zervakis G.I., Groenewald J.Z. 2024. Fungal Planet description sheets: 1614–1696. Fungal Systematics and Evolution 13: 183–440. DOI
Oset M., Guzow-Krzemińska B., Flakus A., Rodriguez-Flakus P., Kukwa M. 2024. New records of Cora species (Hygrophoraceae, Agaricales, lichenized Basidiomycota) from Bolivia confirmed by molecular data. Phytotaxa 670: 83–96. DOI
Ossowska E.A., Moncada B., Lücking R., Flakus A., Rodriguez-Flakus P., Olszewska S., Kukwa M. 2024. Additional new species and new records of the genus Sticta (lichenised Ascomycota, lobarioid Peltigeraceae) from Bolivia. MycoKeys 105: 21–47. DOI
Crous P.W., Osieck E.R., Shivas R.G., Tan Y.P., Bishop-Hurley S.L., Esteve-Raventós F., Larsson E., Luangsa-ard J.J., Pancorbo F., Balashov S., Baseia I.G., Boekhout T., Chandranayaka S., Cowan D.A., Cruz R.H.S.F., Czachura P., De la Peña-Lastra S., Dovana F., Drury B., Fell J., Flakus A., Fotedar R., Jurjević Ž., Kolecka A., Mack J., Maggs-Kölling G., Mahadevakumar S., Mateos A., Mongkolsamrit S., Noisripoom W., Plaza M., Overy D.P., Piątek M., Sandoval-Denis M., Vauras J., Wingfield M.J., Abell S.E., Ahmadpour A., Akulov A., Alavi F., Alavi Z., Altes A., Alvarado P., Anand G., Ashtekar N., Assyov B., Banc-Prandi G., Barbosa K.D., Barreto G.G., Bellanger J.-M., Bezerra J.L., Bhat D.J., Bilanski P., Bose T., Bozok F., Chaves J., Costa-Rezende D.H., Danteswari C., Darmostuk V., Delgado G., Denman S., Eichmeier A., Etayo J., Eyssartier G., Faulwetter S., Ganga K.G.G., Ghosta Y., Goh J., Góis J.S., Gramaje D., Granit L., Groenewald M., Gulden G., Gusmão L.F.P., Hammerbacher A., Heidarian Z., Hywel-Jones N., Jankowiak R., Kaliyaperumal M., Kaygusuz O., Kezo K., Khonsanit A., Kumar S., Kuo C.H., Læssøe T., Latha K.P.D., Loizides M., Luo S.M., Maciá-Vicente J.G., Manimohan P., Marbach P.A.S., Marinho P., Marney T.S., Marques G., Martín M.P., Miller A.N., Mondello F., Moreno G., Mufeeda K.T., Mun H.Y., Nau T., Nkomo T., Okrasińska A., Oliveira J.P.A.F., Oliveira R.L., Ortiz D.A., Pawłowska J., Pérez-De-Gregorio M.À., Podile A.R., Portugal A., Privitera N., Rajeshkumar K.C., Rauf I., Rian B., Rigueiro-Rodríguez A., Rivas-Torres G.F., Rodriguez-Flakus P., Romero-Gordillo M., Saar I., Saba M., Santos C.D., Sarma P.V.S.R.N., Siquier J.L., Sleiman S., Spetik M., Sridhar K.R., Stryjak-Bogacka M., Szczepańska K., Taşkın H., Tennakoon D.S., Thanakitpipattana D., Trovao J., Türkekul İ., van Iperen A.L., van ’t Hof P., Vasquez G., Visagie C.M., Wingfield B.D., Wong P.T.W., Yang W.X., Yarar M., Yarden O., Yilmaz N., Zhang N., Zhu Y.N., Groenewald J.Z. 2023. Fungal Planet description sheets: 1478–1549. Persoonia 50: 158–310. DOI
Hyde K.D., Abdel-Wahab M.A., Abdollahzadeh J., Abeywickrama P.D., Absalan S., Afshari N., Ainsworth A.M., Akulov O.Y., Aleoshin V.V., Al-Sadi A.M., et al. 2023. Global consortium for the classification of fungi and fungus-like taxa. Mycosphere 14: 1960–2012. DOI
Kukwa M., Kosecka M., Jabłońska A., Flakus A., Rodriguez-Flakus P., Guzow-Krzemińska B. 2023. Pseudolepraria, a new leprose genus revealed in Ramalinaceae (Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes, Lecanorales) to accommodate Lepraria stephaniana. MycoKeys 96: 97–112. DOI
Kukwa M., Rodriguez-Flakus P., Aptroot A., Flakus A. 2023. Two new species of Astrothelium from Sud Yungas in Bolivia and the first discovery of vegetative propagules in the family Trypetheliaceae (lichen-forming Dothideomycetes, Ascomycota). MycoKeys 95: 83–100. DOI
Senanayake I.C., Rossi W., Leonardi M., Weir A., McHugh M., Rajeshkumar K.C., Verma R.K., Karunarathna S.C., Tibpromma S., Ashtekar N., et al. 2023. Fungal diversity notes 1611–1716: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on fungal genera and species emphasis in south China. Fungal Diversity 122: 161–403. DOI
Diederich P., Millanes A.M., Flakus A., Rodriguez-Flakus P., Etayo J., Wedin M. 2022. Class Cystobasidiomycetes, order Cyphobasidiales. In: P. Diederich., A.M. Millanes, M. Wedin, J.D. Lawrey (eds.). Flora of Lichenicolous Fungi, Vol. 1, Basidiomycota. National Museum of Natural History, Luxembourg: 305–324.
Diederich P., Millanes A.M., Flakus A., Rodriguez-Flakus P., Etayo J., Wedin M. 2022. Class Tremellomycetes, order Filobasidiales. In: P. Diederich., A.M. Millanes, M. Wedin, J.D. Lawrey (eds.). Flora of Lichenicolous Fungi, Vol. 1, Basidiomycota. National Museum of Natural History, Luxembourg: 83–104.
Kosecka M., Kukwa M., Jabłońska A., Flakus A., Rodriguez-Flakus P., Ptach Ł., Guzow-Krzemińska B. 2022. Phylogeny and ecology of Trebouxia photobionts from Bolivian lichens. Frontiers in Microbiology 13: 779784. DOI
Ossowska E.A., Moncada B., Kukwa M., Flakus A., Rodriguez-Flakus P., Olszewska S., Lücking R. 2022. New species of Sticta (lichenised Ascomycota, lobarioid Peltigeraceae) from Bolivia suggest a high level of endemism in the Central Andes. MycoKeys 92: 131–160. DOI
Medeiros I.D., Mazur E., Miadlikowska J., Flakus A., Rodriguez-Flakus P., Pardo-De la Hoz C.J., Cieślak E., Śliwa L., Lutzoni F. 2021. Turnover of lecanoroid mycobionts and their Trebouxia photobionts along an elevation gradient in Bolivia highlights the role of environment in structuring the lichen symbiosis. Frontiers in Microbiology 12: 774839. DOI
Kosecka M., Jabłońska A., Flakus A., Rodriguez‐Flakus P., Kukwa M., Guzow‐Krzemińska B. 2020. Trentepohlialean algae (Trentepohliales, Ulvophyceae) show preference to selected mycobiont lineages in lichen symbioses. Journal of Phycology 56: 979–993. DOI
Piątek M., Rodriguez-Flakus P., Domic A., Palabral-Aquilera A.N., Gómez M.I., Flakus A. 2020. Phylogenetic placement of Leptosphaeria polylepidis, a pathogen of Andean endemic Polylepis tarapacana, and its newly discovered mycoparasite Sajamaea mycophila gen. et sp. nov. Mycological Progress 19: 1–14. DOI
Rodriguez-Flakus P. 2020. Non-saxicolous lecideoid lichens in southern South America. Phytotaxa 476: 1–73. DOI
Wijayawardene N.N., Hyde K.D., Al-Ani L.K.T., Tedersoo L., Haelewaters D., Rajeshkumar K.C., Zhao R.L., Aptroot A., Leontyev D.V., Saxena R.K., Tokarev Y.S., Dai D.Q., Letcher P.M., Stephenson S.L., Ertz D., Lumbsch H.T., Kukwa M., Issi I.V., Madrid H., Phillips A.J.L., Selbmann L., Pfliegler W.P., Horváth E., Bensch K., Kirk P.M., Kolaříková K., Raja H.A., Radek R., Papp V., Dima B., Ma J., Malosso E., Takamatsu S., Rambold G., Gannibal P.B., Triebel D., Gautam A.K., Avasthi S., Suetrong S., Timdal E., Fryar S.C., Delgado G., Réblová M., Doilom M., Dolatabadi S., Pawłowska J.Z., Humber R.A., Kodsueb R., Sánchez-Castro I., Goto B.T., Silva D.K.A., de Souza F.A., Oehl F., da Silva G.A., Silva I.R., Błaszkowski J., Jobim K., Maia L.C., Barbosa F.R., Fiuza P.O., Divakar P.K., Shenoy B.D., Castañeda-Ruiz R.F., Somrithipol S., Lateef A.A., Karunarathna S.C., Tibpromma S., Mortimer P.E., Wanasinghe D.N., Phookamsak R., Xu J., Wang Y., Tian F., Alvarado P., Li D.W., Kušan I., Matočec N., Mešić A., Tkalčec Z., Maharachchikumbura S.S.N., Papizadeh M., Heredia G., Wartchow F., Bakhshi M., Boehm E., Youssef N., Hustad V.P., Lawrey J.D., Santiago A.L.C.M.A., Bezerra J.D.P., Souza-Motta C.M., Firmino A.L., Tian Q., Houbraken J., Hongsanan S., Tanaka K., Dissanayake A.J., Monteiro J.S., Grossart H.P., Suija A., Weerakoon G., Etayo J., Tsurykau A., Vázquez V., Mungai P., Damm U., Li Q.R., Zhang H., Boonmee S., Lu Y.Z., Becerra A.G., Kendrick B., Brearley F.Q., Motiejūnaitė J., Sharma B., Khare R., Gaikwad S., Wijesundara D.S.A., Tang L.Z., He M.Q., Flakus A., Rodriguez-Flakus P., Zhurbenko M.P., McKenzie E.H.C., Stadler M., Bhat D.J., Liu J.K., Raza M., Jeewon R., Nassonova E.S., Prieto M., Jayalal R.G.U., Erdoğdu M., Yurkov A., Schnittler M., Shchepin O.N., Novozhilov Y.K., Silva-Filho A.G.S., Gentekaki E., Liu P., Cavender J.C., Kang Y., Mohammad S., Zhang L.F., Xu R.F., Li Y.M., Dayarathne M.C., Ekanayaka A.H., Wen T.C., Deng C.Y., Pereira O.L., Navathe S., Hawksworth D.L., Fan X.L., Dissanayake L.S., Kuhnert E., Grossart H.P., Thines M. 2020. Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa. Mycosphere 11: 1060–1456. DOI
Flakus A., Etayo J., Miadlikowska J., Lutzoni F., Kukwa M., Matura N., Rodriguez-Flakus P. 2019. Biodiversity assessment of ascomycetes inhabiting Lobariella lichens in Andean cloud forests led to one new family, three new genera and 13 new species of lichenicolous fungi. Plant and Fungal Systematics 64: 283–344. DOI
Flakus A., Etayo J., Pérez-Ortega S., Kukwa M., Palice Z., Rodriguez-Flakus P. 2019. A new genus, Zhurbenkoa, and a novel nutritional mode revealed in the family Malmideaceae (Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota). Mycologia 111: 593–611. DOI
Guzow-Krzemińska B., Flakus A., Kosecka M., Jabłońska A., Rodriguez-Flakus P., Kukwa M. 2019. New species and records of lichens from Bolivia. Phytotaxa 397: 257–279. DOI
Guzow-Krzemińska B., Jabłońska A., Flakus A., Rodriguez-Flakus P., Kosecka M., Kukwa M. 2019. Phylogenetic placement of Lepraria cryptovouauxii sp. nov. (Lecanorales, Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota) with notes on other Lepraria species from South America. MycoKeys 53: 1–22. DOI
Szczepańska K., Rodriguez-Flakus P., Urbaniak J., Śliwa L. 2019. Neotypification of Protoparmeliopsis garovaglii and molecular evidence of its occurrence in Poland and South America. MycoKeys 57: 31–46. DOI
Rodriguez-Flakus P. 2018. Palicella lueckingii (Lecanorales, Ascomycota), a new lichen species inhabiting Araucaria from the extratropical South America. Phytotaxa 344: 24–30. DOI
Zamora J.C., Svensson M., Kirschner R., Olariaga I., Ryman S., Parra L.A., Geml J., Rosling A., Adamčík S., Ahti T., Aime M.C., Ainsworth A.M., Albert L., Albertó E., Altés García A., Ageev D., Agerer R., Aguirre-Hudson B., Ammirati J., Andersson H., Angelini C., Antonín V., Aoki T., Aptroot A., Argaud D., Arguello Sosa B.I., Aronsen A., Arup U., Asgari B., Assyov B., Atienza V., Bandini D., Baptista-Ferreira J.L., Baral H.O., Baroni T., Barreto R.W., Beker H., Bell A., Bellanger J.M., Bellù F., Bemmann M., Bendiksby M., Bendiksen E., Bendiksen K., Benedek L., Bérešová-Guttová A., Berger F., Berndt R., Bernicchia A., Biketova A.Y., Bizio E., Bjork C., Boekhout T., Boertmann D., Böhning T., Boittin F., Boluda C.G., Boomsluiter M.W., Borovička J., Brandrud T.E., Braun U., Brodo I., Bulyonkova T., Burdsall Jr. H.H., Buyck B., Burgaz A.R., Calatayud V., Callac P., Campo E., Candusso M., Capoen B., Carbó J., Carbone M., Castañeda-Ruiz R.F., Castellano M.A., Chen J., Clerc P., Consiglio G., Corriol G., Courtecuisse R., Crespo A., Cripps C., Crous P.W., da Silva G.A., da Silva M., Dam M., Dam N., Dämmrich F., Das K., Davies L., De Crop E., De Kesel A., De Lange R., De Madrignac Bonzi B., dela Cruz T.E.E., Delgat L., Demoulin V., Desjardin D.E., Diederich P., Dima B., Dios M.M., Divakar P.K., Douanla-Meli C., Douglas B., Drechsler-Santos E.R., Dyer P.S., Eberhardt U., Ertz D., Esteve-Raventós F., Etayo Salazar J.A., Evenson V., Eyssartier G., Farkas E., Favre A., Fedosova A.G., Filippa M., Finy P., Flakus A., Fos S., Fournier J., Fraiture A., Franchi P., Franco Molano A.E., Friebes G., Frisch A., Fryday A., Furci G., Galán Márquez R., Garbelotto M., García-Martín J.M., García Otálora M.A., García Sánchez D., Gardiennet A., Garnica S., Garrido Benavent I., Gates G., Gerlach A.C.L., Ghobad-Nejhad M., Gibertoni T.B., Grebenc T., Greilhuber I., Grishkan B., Groenewald J.Z., Grube M., Gruhn G., Gueidan C., Gulden G., Gusmão L.F.P., Hafellner J., Hairaud M., Halama M., Hallenberg N., Halling R.E., Hansen K., Harder C.B., Heilmann-Clausen J., Helleman S., Henriot A., Hernandez-Restrepo M., Herve R., Hobart C., Hoffmeister M., Høiland K., Holec J., Holien H., Hughes K., Hubka V., Huhtinen S., Ivančevi B., Jagers M., Jaklitsch W., Jansen A.E., Jayawardena R.S., Jeppesen T.S., Jeppson M., Johnston P., Jørgensen P.M., Kärnefelt I., Kalinina L.B., Kantvilas G., Karadelev M., Kasuya T., Kautmanová I., Kerrigan R.W., Kirchmair M., Kiyashko A., Knapp D.G., Knudsen H., Knudsen K., Knutsson T., Kolařík M., Kõljalg U., Košuthová A., Koszka A., Kotiranta H., Kotkova V., Koukol O., Kout J., Kovács G.M., Kříž M., Kruys Å., Kučera V., Kudzma L., Kuhar F., Kukwa M., Kumar T.K.A., Kunca V., Kušan I., Kuyper T.W., Lado C., Læssøe T., Lainé P., Langer E., Larsson E., Larsson K.H., Laursen G., Lechat C., Lee S., Lendemer J.C., Levin L., Lindemann U., Lindström H., Liu X., Llarena Hernandez R.C., Llop E., Locsmándi C., Lodge D.J., Loizides M., Lőkös L., Luangsa-ard J., Lüderitz M., Lumbsch T., Lutz M., Mahoney D., Malysheva E., Malysheva V., Manimohan P., Marin-Felix Y., Marques G., Martínez-Gil R., Marson G., Mata G., Matheny P.B., Mathiassen G.H., Matočec N., Mayrhofer H., Mehrabi M., Melo I., Meši A., Methven A.S., Miettinen O., Millanes Romero A.M., Miller A.N., Mitchell J.K., Moberg R., Moreau P.A., Moreno G., Morozova O., Morte A., Muggia L., Muñoz González G., Myllys L., Nagy I., Nagy L.G., Neves M.A., Niemelä T., Nimis P.L., Niveiro N., Noordeloos M.E., Nordin A., Noumeur S.R., Novozhilov Y., Nuytinck J., Ohenoja E., Oliveira Fiuza P., Orange A., Ordynets A., Ortiz-Santana B., Pacheco L., Pál-Fám F., Palacio M., Palice Z., Papp V., Pärtel K., Pawlowska J., Paz A., Peintner U., Pennycook S., Pereira O.L., Pérez Daniëls P., Pérez-De-Gregorio Capella M.À., Pérez del Amo C.M., Pérez Gorjón S., Pérez-Ortega S., Pérez-Vargas I., Perry B.A., Petersen J.H., Petersen R.H., Pfister D.H., Phukhamsakda C., Piątek M., Piepenbring M., Pino-Bodas R., Pinzón Esquivel J.P., Pirot P., Popov E.S., Popoff O., Prieto Álvaro M., Printzen C., Psurtseva N., Purahong W., Quijada L., Rambold G., Ramírez N.A., Raja H., Raspé O., Raymundo T., Réblová M., Rebriev Y.A., Reyes García J.D., Ribes Ripoll M.A., Richard F., Richardson M.J., Rico V.J., Robledo G.L., Rodrigues Barbosa F., Rodriguez-Caycedo C., Rodriguez-Flakus P., Ronikier A., Rubio Casas L., Rusevska K., Saar G., Saar I., Salcedo I., Salcedo Martínez S.M., Salvador Montoya C.A., Sánchez Ramírez S., Sandoval-Sierra J.V., Santamaria S., Santana Monteiro J., Schroers H.J., Schulz B., Schmidt-Stohn G., Schumacher T., Senn-Irlet B., Ševčíková H., Shchepin O., Shirouzu T., Shiryaev A., Siepe K., Sir E.B., Sohrabi M., Soop K., Spirin V., Spribille T., Stadler M., Stalpers J., Stenroos S., Suija A., Sunhede S., Svantesson S., Svensson S., Svetasheva T.Yu., Świerkosz K., Tamm H., Taskin H., Taudière A., Tedebrand J.-O., Tena Lahoz R., Temina M., Thell A., Thines M., Thor G., Thüs H., Tibell L., Tibell S., Timdal E., Tkalčec Z., Tønsberg T., Trichies G., Triebel D., Tsurykau A., Tulloss R.E., Tuovinen V., Ulloa Sosa M., Urcelay C., Valade F., Valenzuela Garza R., van den Boom P., Van Vooren N., Vasco-Palacios A.M., Vauras J., Velasco Santos J.M., Vellinga E., Verbeken A., Vetlesen P., Vizzini A., Voglmayr H., Volobuev S., von Brackel W., Voronina E., Walther G., Watling R., Weber E., Wedin M., Weholt Ø., Westberg M., Yurchenko E., Zehnálek P., Zhang H., Zhurbenko M.P., Ekman S. 2018. Considerations and consequences of allowing DNA sequence data as types of fungal taxa. IMA Fungus 9: 167–175. DOI
Gierczyk B., Rodriguez-Flakus P., Pietras M., Gryc M., Czerniawski W., Piątek M. 2017. Coprinopsis rugosomagnispora: a distinct new coprinoid species from Poland (Central Europe). Plant Systematics and Evolution 303: 915–925. DOI
Rodriguez-Flakus P., Flakus A. 2017. Líquenes y hongos liquenícolas del valle de La Paz. In: M.I. Moya, R.I. Meneses, J. Sarmiento (eds.). Historia natural del valle de La Paz. Tercera Edición. Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, La Paz: 125–132.
Printzen C., Halda J.P., McCarthy J.W., Palice Z., Rodriguez-Flakus P., Thor G., Tønsberg T., Vondrák J. 2016. Five new species of Biatora from four continents. Herzogia 29: 566–585. DOI