February 12, 2015: This article reports the discovery of a new species of the order Physarales from Peru and Argentina. It includes both morphological and molecular data as well as some life cycle observations. A phylogenetic analysis supports its identity as a new species and interestingly, collections were found at almost 5 000 m elevation, virtually unknown for this group of organisms. Read the article here.
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Registration open for PROTIST 2016
January 29, 2016: It is now time to register for the international conference “PROTIST 2016” that will be held in [...]
«Nivicolous Stemonitales from the Austral Andes: analysis of morphological variability, distribution and phenology as a first step toward testing the large-scale coherence of species and biogeographical properties».
April 1, 2015: Ronikier and Lado's new article on nivicolous Stemonitales has just come out in Mycologia. This fine-scale analysis [...]
«Didymium xerophilum, a new myxomycete from the tropical Andes» has been published in Mycologia.
February 12, 2015: This article reports the discovery of a new species of the order Physarales from Peru and [...]
Interesting announcement! VII European Congresses of Protistology: A joint meeting with the International Society of Protistologists.
January 24, 2015: This first joint congress of Federation of European Protistological Societies (FEPS) and the International Society of Protistologists [...]



