简介：JohnWebsterplayedanimportantroleinthehistoryoftheUniversityofExeterasamentor,acolleagueandanimportantinfluenceonsuccessivegenerationsoffungalbiologists.MyfirstencounterwithJohnWebsterwasasayoungLecturer,newlyappointedinlate1993totheDepartmentofBiologicalSciencesattheUniversityofExeter.IspoketoJohnaboutjoininghimonone

简介：JohnWebster(1925-2014)wasperhapsthelastuniversalmycologistconductingresearchonallmajorgroupsoffungiandinseveraldifferentresearchdisciplines.Hewasalsoaninspirationalteacherofmycologytogenerationsofstudentsandahighlyefficientadministrator.Bywayofanobituary,aninterviewconductedwithhiminApril2009ispublishedhereforthefirsttime.Thisinterviewfea-

简介：Appropriatelyforamanwhosenameissocloselyassociatedwithaquaticfungi,JohnWebsterfirstcamemywayunderwater.Iquiteliterallybumpedintohimwhenhewasalargesemi-submergedobjectbarringmywayacrosstheswimmingpoolofahallofresidenceattheUniversityofSouthFlorida,Tampa.WewereboththereasdelegatestotheSec-

简介：以树发属（Alectoria）化石为校正点,使用RPB2序列和BEAST分析方法估计梅衣科部分类群的分化时间。梅衣科地衣部分谱系的分化发生在白垩纪、古新世到始新世和渐新世;主要属内辐射则发生在晚始新世、早渐新世,并延续到中新世和上新世早期。估计的主要谱系分化时间与古气候条件及古地质区域分支图相呼应。