Publications/Presentations/Patents
Peer Reviewed Publications
2000. Henkel TW, Aime MC, Miller SL. Systematics of pleurotoid Russulaceae from Guyana and Japan, with notes on their ectomycorrhizal status. Mycologia 92:1119-1132.
2001. Miller OK, Aime MC. Systematics, Ecology, and World Distribution in the Genus Chroogomphus (Gomphidiaceae). Pp.315-333. In: Misra JK and Horn BW (Eds). Trichomycetes and Other Fungal Groups: Robert W. Lichtwardt Commemoration Volume. Science Publishers, Inc. Enfield, NH, USA.
2002. Aime MC, Ball J. The mating system in two species of Crepidotus. Mycotaxon 81:191-194.
2002. Aime MC, Baroni TJ, Miller OK. Crepidotus thermophilus comb. nov., a reassessment of Melanomphalia thermophila, a rarely collected tropical agaric. Mycologia 94(6):1059-1065.
2002. Aime MC, Miller OK. Delayed germination of basidiospores in temperate species of Crepidotus (Fr.) Staude. Canadian Journal of Botany 80:280-287.
2002. Miller OK, Aime MC, Camacho F, Peintner U. Two new species of Gomphidius from the Western United States and Eastern Siberia. Mycologia 94(6):1044-1050.
2002. Miller SL, Aime MC, Henkel TW. Russulaceae of the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana. I. New species of pleurotoid Lactarius. Mycologia 94(3):545-553.
2002. Moncalvo JM. Vilgalys R, Redhead SA, Johnson JE, James TY, Aime MC, Hofstetter V, Verduin SJW, Larsson E, Baroni TJ, Thorn RG, Jacobsson S, Clémençon H, Miller OK. One hundred and seventeen clades of euagarics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 23:357-400.
2003. Aime MC, Henkel TW, Ryvarden L. Studies in neotropical polypores 15: new and interesting species from Guyana. Mycologia 95(4): 614-619.
2003. Matheny PB, Aime MC, Henkel TW. New species of Inocybe from Dicymbe forests of Guyana. Mycological Research 107(4):495-505.
2004. Aime MC. Intercompatibility tests and phylogenetic analysis in the Crepidotus Sphaerula group complex: Concordance between ICGs and nuclear rDNA sequences highlight phenotypic plasticity within Appalachian species. Pp. 71-80. In: Cripps CL (Ed). Fungi in Forest Ecosystems: Systematics, Diversity, and Ecology. New York Botanical Gardens, NY.
2004. Berner DK, Eskandari FM, Rossman AY, Aime MC, Kashefi J. First report of Anthracnose of Crupina vulgaris Caused by a Colletotrichum sp. in Greece. Plant Disease 88:1161.
2004. Henkel TW, Aime MC, Chin M, Andrew C. Edible mushrooms from Guyana. The Mycologist 18(3):104-111.
2004. Henkel TW, Roberts P, Aime MC. Sebacinoid species from the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana. Mycotaxon 89(2):433-439.
2004. Hernández J, Aime MC, Newbry B. Aecidium kalanchoe sp. nov., a new rust on Kalanchoe blossfeldiana (Crassulaceae). Mycological Research 108(7):846-848.
2004. Rossman AY, Aime MC, Farr DF, Castlebury LA, Peterson KR, Leahy R. The coelomycetous genera Chaetomella and Pilidium represent a newly discovered lineage of inoperculate discomycetes. Mycological Progress 3(4):275-290.
2005. Aime MC, Phillips-Mora W. The causal agents of witches’ broom and frosty pod rot of cacao (chocolate, Theobroma cacao) form a new lineage of Marasmiaceae. Mycologia 97(5):1012-1022.
2005. Aime MC, Vilgalys R, Miller OK. The Crepidotaceae (Basidiomycota, Agaricales): Phylogeny and taxonomy of the genera and revision of the family based on molecular evidence. American Journal of Botany 92(1): 74-82.
2005. Deadman ML, Sadi AMA, Jahdhami SA, Aime MC. First report of rust caused by Puccinia carthami on safflower in Oman. Plant Disease 89:208.
2005. Henkel TW, Meszaros R, Aime MC, Kennedy A. New Clavulina species from the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana. Mycological Progress 4(4):343-350.
2005. Hernández JR, Aime MC, Henkel TW. The rust fungi (Uredinales) of Guyana. Sydowia 57(2):189-222.
2005. Kapooria RG, Aime MC. First report of the rust fungus Olivea scitula on Vitex doniana in Zambia. Plant Disease 89:431.
2005. Osterbauer N, Trippe A, French K, Butler T, Aime MC, McKemy J, Bruckart WL, Peerbolt T, Kaufman D. First report of Phragmidium violaceum infecting Himalaya and evergreen blackberries in North America. Online. Plant Health Progress doi:10.1094/PHP-2005-0923-01-BR.
2005. Ripková S, Aime MC, Lizoñ P. Crepidotus crocophyllus includes C. nephrodes. Mycotaxon 91:397-403.
2005. Tunali B, Yildirim A, Aime MC, Hernández J, Berner D. First report of the rust fungus Coleosporium tussilaginis on Tussilago farfara in Turkey. Plant Disease 89:1131.
2006. Aime MC. Toward resolving family-level relationships in rust fungi (Uredinales). Mycoscience 47(3):112-122.
2006. Aime MC, Matheny PB, Henk DA, Frieders EM, Nilsson RH, Piepenbring M, McLaughlin DJ, Szabo LJ, Begerow D, Sampaio JP, Bauer R, Weiss M, Oberwinkler F, Hibbett DS. An overview of the higher-level classification of Pucciniomycotina based on combined analyses of nuclear large and small subunit rDNA sequences. Mycologia 98(6):896-905.
2006. Aime MC, Miller OK. Proposal to conserve the name Chroogomphus against Brauniellula (Gomphidiaceae, Agaricales, Basidiomycota). Taxon 55(1): 228-229.
2006. Bruckart WL, Eskandari FM, Becktell MC, Bean D, Littlefield J, Pilgeram AL, Sands DC, Aime MC. Puccinia acroptili on Russian knapweed in Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming. Plant Disease 90:971.
2006. Chlebicki A, Aime MC. New distribution and host records for Puccinia atrofusca and other notable Puccinia species (Uredinales) from central Asia. Polish Botanical Journal 51(1):87-91.
2006. Crozier J, Thomas SE, Aime MC, Evans HC, Holmes KA. Molecular characterization of endophytic morphospecies isolated from stems and pods of Theobroma cacao. Plant Pathology 55: 783-791
2006. Deadman ML, Sa’di AMA, Maqbali YMA, Jahdhami SA, Patzelt A, Aime MC. First report of the rust Melampsora euphorbiae on Euphorbia heterophylla in Oman. Journal of Plant Pathology 88:121.
2006. Deadman ML, Sa’di AMA, Maqbali YMA, Livingston S, Aime MC. First report of Puccinia sorghi on maize in Oman. Plant Disease 90:826.
2006. Farr DF, Aime MC, Rossman AY, Palm ME. Species of Colletotrichum on Agavaceae. Mycological Research 110:1395-1408.
2006. Henkel TW, Aime MC, Mehl H, Miller SL. Cantharellus pleurotoides, a new and unusual basidiomycete from Guyana. Mycological Research 110:1409-1412.
2006. Henkel TW, James TY, Miller SL, Aime MC, Miller OK. The mycorrhizal status of Pseudotulostoma volvata (Elaphomycetaceae, Eurotiales, Ascomycota). Mycorrhiza 16(3):241-244.
2006. Kong H, Patterson CD, Mitchell RE, Buyer JS, Aime MC, Lydon J. A mutation in an exbD gene alters tagetitoxin production by Pseudomonas syringae pv. tagetis. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 52:1027-1035.
2006. Matheny PB, Curtis JM, Hofstetter V, Aime MC, Moncalvo JM, Ge ZW, Yang ZL, Slot JC, Ammirati JF, Baroni TJ, Bougher NL, Hughes KW, Lodge DJ, Kerrigan RW, Seidl MT, Aanen DK, DeNitis M, Daniele GM, Desjardin DE, Kropp BR, Norvell LL, Parker A, Vellinga EC, Vilgalys R, Hibbett DS. Major clades of Agaricales: a multilocus phylogenetic overview. Mycologia 98 (6):982-995.
2006. Nieves-Rivera AM, Aime MC. Montagnea arenaria (Agaricaceae, Basidiomycota), a new record for Puerto Rico. Caribbean Journal of Sciences 42(2):244-246.
2006. Phillips-Mora W, Cawich J, Garnett W, Aime MC. First report of frosty pod rot (moniliasis disease) caused by Moniliophthora roreri on cacao in Belize. Plant Pathology 55:584. (Doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2006.01378.x)
2006. Phillips-Mora W, Coutiño A, Ortiz CF, López AP, Hernández J, Aime MC. First report of Moniliophthora roreri causing frosty pod rot (moniliasis disease) of cocoa in Mexico. Plant Pathology 55:584. (Doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2006.01418.x)
2006. Scholler M, Aime MC. On some rust fungi (Uredinales) collected in an Acacia koa-Metrosideros polymorpha woodland, Mauna Loa Road, Big Island, Hawaii. Mycoscience 47:159-165.
2006. Tunali B, Yildirim A, Aime MC, Hernández JR. First report of rust disease caused by Uromyces galegae on Galega officinalis in Turkey. Plant Disease 90:525.
2007. Aime, MC, Ryvarden L, Henkel TW. Studies in Neotropical polypores 22: Additional new and rare species from Guyana. Synopsis Fungorum 23: 15-31.
2007. Deadman ML, Sa’di AA, Maqbali YA, Aime MC. First report of Puccinia triticina on wheat in Oman. Plant Disease 91:113.
2007. Deadman ML, Maqbali YA, Subhi AA, Yahyai RA, Sa’di AA, Aime MC. First report of rust caused by Tranzschelia discolor on peach in Oman. Plant Disease 91(5):638.
2007. Hibbett DS, Binder M, Bischoff JF, Blackwell M, Canon PF, Eriksson OE, Huhndorf S, James T, Kirk PM, Lücking R, Lumbsch HT, Lutzoni, F, Matheny PB, McLaughlin DJ, Powell MJ, Redhead S, Schoch CL, Spatafora JW, Stalpers JA, Vilgalys R, Aime MC, Aptroot A, Bauer R, Begerow D, Benny GL, Castlebury LA, Crous PW, Dai YC, Gams W, Geiser DM, Griffith GW, Gueidan C, Hawksworth DL, Hestmark G, Hosaka K, Humber RA, Hyde KD, Ironside JE, Kõljalg U, Kurtzman CP, Larsson KH, Lichtwardt R, Longcore J, Miadlikowska J, Miller A, Moncalvo JM, Mozley-Standridge S, Oberwinkler F, Parmasto E, Reeb V, Rogers JD, Roux C, Ryvarden L, Sampaio JP, Schuessler A, Sugiyama J, Thorn RG, Tibell L, Untereiner WA, Walker C, Wang Z, Weir A, Weiss M, White MM, Winka K, Yao, YJ, Zhang N. A higher-level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi. Mycological Research 111:509-547.
2007. Posada, F, Aime MC, Peterson SW, Rehner SA, Vega FE. Inoculation of coffee plants with the fungal entomopathogen Beauveria bassiana (Ascomycota: Hypocreales). Mycological Research 111:749-758.
Invited Scientific Presentations
· Purdue University, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Invited Seminar, 14 November 2007, West Lafayette, IN: Biology and Systematics of Cacao Pathogens
· First Africa Conference on Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms, Plenary Session, 25 October 2006, Kampala, Uganda: Aime, MC and Isikhuemhen, O. From the field to the table: How to identify a good mushroom candidate for cultivation.
· University of Benin, Department of Botany, Invited Seminar, 16 October 2006, Benin City, Nigeria: Systematic Mycology
· United States Botanic Garden, Systematics Lecture Series, 7 September 2006, Washington, DC
Exploring the lost world: In search of new species of fungi in remote rainforests of Guyana (general public--$8 admission fee).
· American Phytopathological Society/Mycological Society of America joint annual meeting, 29 July – 2 August 2006, Quebec City, Canada: New phylogenies: Revelations on cacao pathogens and the diseases they cause
· Penn State, Department of Plant Pathology, Invited Seminar, 24 April 2006, College Station, PA: Biology and systematics of New World cacao pathogens
· University of Southern Mississippi, Coastal Research Center, Invited Seminar, 2 March 2006, Ocean Springs, MS: What’s eating chocolate: Biology and systematics of New World cacao pathogens
· Deep Hypha: A Phylogeny for the Kingdom Fungi 5th Annual Meeting, 24-26 February 2006, Baton Rouge, LA: An overview of the Urediniomycotina
· The Bean Improvement Cooperative 18th Biennial Meeting, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2005, Newark DE: Molecular variability of bean rusts
· BARC-USDA-ARS World Cocoa Foundation Partnership Meeting/USDA Research Overview and Technology Transfer of Cacao Research: Current Status and Future Direction meeting, 12 Oct 2005 Beltsville, MD: Systematics of Cacao Pathogens
· BARC-USDA-ARS Cacao Endophyte Meeting, 26 Sept 2005 Beltsville, MD: Biology and Systematics of New World cacao pathogens
· Mycological Society of America/Mycological Society of Japan joint annual meeting, 31 July – 4 August 2005 Hilo, Hawaii: Molecular systematics of Uredinales
· Mycological Society of America/Mycological Society of Japan joint annual meeting, 31 July – 4 August 2005 Hilo, Hawaii: Aime, M.C. & T.W. Henkel. Strategies for bio-inventory: Lessons from Guyana
· Mycological Association of Washington, June 7 2005, Bethesda, MD: How to identify mushrooms 101
· Humboldt Bay Mycological Society, 20 April 2005, Arcata, CA: The Crepidotaceae: Common wood and litter decomposers
· University of New Mexico, Department of Biology, 16 Mar 2005, Las Cruces, NM: Ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic fungal diversity in western Guyana.
· Moniliasis, Regional Breeding & Resistance Workshop, 21-25 Feb 2005, CATIE, Costa Rica: Nomenclature of Frosty Pod Rot Complex: Molecular analysis and impact on breeding.
· Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation Annual Meeting, July 12-16, 2004, Miami, FL: M.C. Aime, T. Henkel, and M. Chin. Ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic fungal diversity in Western Guyana
· Southern Idaho Mycological Association, June 19, 2004, McCall, ID: Exploring Guyana: Fungi and Mycophagy in the Pakaraima Mountains
· Mycological Association of Washington, March 2, 2004, Glen Echo, MD: Exploring Guyana: fungi and mycophagy in the Pakaraima Mountains
· Mycological Association of Washington, Aug. 5, 2003, Chevy Chase, MD: Molecular systematics and the taxonomy of mushrooms
· University of Oxford, Department of Plant Sciences, June 2002, Oxford, UK: Exploring Guyana: searching for biodiversity in remote rainforests of the Pakaraima Mountains
· 8th European Conference on Fungal Genetics, Apr. 10, 2002, Pisa, Italy: M.C. Aime, and L.A. Casselton. hmg-1 encodes an Hmg-domain protein implicated in nuclear migration in Coprinus cinereus
· Osaka Institute for Fermentation, July 23, 1998, Osaka-ken, Japan: Molecular systematics in the Crepidotaceae
· Kyoto University Institute for Ecological Research, July 20, 1998, Kyoto-ken, Japan: Fungal molecular systematics
· Forest and Forest Products Research Institute, July 16, 1998, Tsukuba, Ibaraki-ken, Japan: Fungal molecular systematics |