Botany and Mycology Unit

Rocio Deanna
- rocio.deannahelsinkifi
- Botany and Mycology Unit - Postdoctoral Researcher
Person: U2 Teaching and research staff
20242024
Heli Fitzgerald
- heli.fitzgeraldhelsinkifi
- Botany and Mycology Unit - Project Coordinator, Gardener
Person: M5 Teaching and research support staff
20102024
Jaana Haapala
- jaana.haapalahelsinkifi
- Botany and Mycology Unit - Museum Caretaker
Person: M6 Other staff
20092009
Xiaolan He
- xiao-lan.hehelsinkifi
- Botany and Mycology Unit - Curator
- Embryophylo
- Doctoral Programme in Plant Sciences - Supervisor for doctoral programme
Person: U3 Research and teaching staff, UH
19892024
Ville Juhani Heiskanen
- ville.heiskanenhelsinkifi
- Botany and Mycology Unit - Gardener
Person: M5 Teaching and research support staff
20172021

Embryophylo
Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Botany and Mycology Unit, Viikki Plant Science Centre (ViPS)
Organisational unit: Research group

2 Not started
44 Finished
45 Active

Towards an integrative approach for revealing diversity of the soil-inhabiting corticioid basidiomycetes
Spirin, V. & Viner, I.
Suomen Akatemia Projektilaskutus
01/09/2024 → 31/08/2028
Project: Research Council of Finland: Academy Research Fellow
Genomics and biogeography of Physalideae
Poczai, P. & Deanna, R.
European Commission
15/08/2024 → 14/08/2026
Project: EU Horizon Europe: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships: European Fellowships (HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF)
Intra-individual variation: Unravelling
Hyvärinen, M., Lenasi, V. & Moeller, A. C.
Kulturfonden f. Sverige och Finland
01/08/2024 → 31/08/2025
Project: Foundations (Private Foundations, Non-Profit Foundations, Charitable Trusts)
SOLgenbio: Genomics and biogeography of Physalideae (Solanaceae): integration of molecules, morphology and fossils to resolve the evolutionary history of the physaloids
Deanna, R., Poczai, P. & Sanmartin Bastida, I.
01/08/2024 → 31/07/2026
Project: EU Horizon Europe: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships: European Fellowships (HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF)
AlgaeBar: DNA barcoding of DD-classified algae
Lee, K. M., Johansson, N. R. & Laiho, E.
Metsähallitus Palvelukeskus, Metsähallitus Luontopalvelut/Eräpalvelut
01/04/2024 → 31/12/2024
Project: Ministry funding

(3045) Proposal to conserve the name Fomitopsis against Daedalea and Caloporus (Basidiomycota: Polyporales: Fomitopsidaceae)
Spirin, V., Vlasák, J., Malysheva, V., Barrett, M., Viner, I., Ryvarden, L., Niemelä, T., Larsson, K. H. & Miettinen, O., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Taxon.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › Scientific › peer-review
A checklist of Thismia section Labiothismia (Thismiaceae), reinstated to include Asian species earlier placed in the neotropical T. sect. Glaziocharis
Nuraliev, M. S. & Sennikov, A. N., 6 Aug 2024, In: Phytotaxa. 662, 1, p. 93-101 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Airborne DNA reveals predictable spatial and seasonal dynamics of fungi
Abrego, N., Furneaux, B., Hardwick, B., Somervuo, P., Palorinne, I., Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A., Andrew, N. R., Babiy, U. V., Bao, T., Bazzano, G., Bondarchuk, S. N., Bonebrake, T. C., Brennan, G. L., Bret-Harte, S., Bässler, C., Cagnolo, L., Cameron, E. K., Chapurlat, E., Creer, S., D’Acqui, L. P., & 93 othersde Vere, N., Desprez-Loustau, M. L., Dongmo, M. A. K., Jacobsen, I. B. D., Fisher, B. L., Flores de Jesus, M., Gilbert, G. S., Griffith, G. W., Gritsuk, A. A., Gross, A., Grudd, H., Halme, P., Hanna, R., Hansen, J., Hansen, L. H., Hegbe, A. D. M. T., Hill, S., Hogg, I. D., Hultman, J., Hyde, K. D., Hynson, N. A., Ivanova, N., Karisto, P., Kerdraon, D., Knorre, A., Krisai-Greilhuber, I., Kuzmina, M., Lecomte, N., Lecomte, E., Loaiza, V., Lundin, E., Meire, A., Mešić, A., Miettinen, O., Monkhouse, N., Mortimer, P., Müller, J., Nilsson, R. H., Nonti, P. Y. C., Nordén, J., Nordén, B., Norros, V., Paz, C., Pellikka, P., Pereira, D., Petch, G., Pitkänen, J. M., Popa, F., Potter, C., Purhonen, J., Pätsi, S., Rafiq, A., Raharinjanahary, D., Rakos, N., Rathnayaka, A. R., Raundrup, K., Rebriev, Y. A., Rikkinen, J., Rogers, H. M. K., Rogovsky, A., Rozhkov, Y., Runnel, K., Saarto, A., Savchenko, A., Schlegel, M., Schmidt, N. M., Seibold, S., Skjøth, C., Stengel, E., Sutyrina, S. V., Syvänperä, I., Tedersoo, L., Timm, J., Tipton, L., Toju, H., Uscka-Perzanowska, M., van der Bank, M., van der Bank, F. H., Vandenbrink, B., Ventura, S., Vignisson, S. R., Wang, X., Weisser, W. W., Wijesinghe, S. N., Wright, S. J., Yang, C., Yorou, N. S., Young, A., Yu, D. W., Zakharov, E. V., Hebert, P. D. N., Roslin, T. & Ovaskainen, O., 25 Jul 2024, In: Nature. 631, 8022, p. 835-842 8 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access
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Alien Plants of Kyrgyzstan: The First Complete Inventory, Distributions and Main Patterns
Sennikov, A. N. & Lazkov, G. A., 18 Jan 2024, In: Plants. 13, 2, 17 p., 286.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access
A new species of Lejeunea (Lejeuneaceae) from Papua New Guinea
Lee, G. E. & He, X., 28 May 2024, In: Phytotaxa. 650, 2, p. 194-198 5 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Suuri luontoilta
Heidi Björklund (Attendee), Jouko Rikkinen (Attendee), Tea von Bonsdorff (Attendee), Mikko Kuussaari (Attendee), Henry Pihlström (Attendee), Jaakko Kullberg (Attendee) & Paul Segersvärd (Chair)
19 Sept 2024
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars

File
Roman Volkov
Péter Poczai (Host)
21 Apr 2024 → 29 Apr 2024
Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Academic visit at UH
Finnish Plant Science Days 2025
Péter Poczai (Member of organizing committee)
Jan 2024 → Dec 2024
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Nordic Journal of Botany (Journal)
Péter Poczai (Reviewer)
2024
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences (Journal)
Péter Poczai (Reviewer)
2024
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts

Honorary Member, Indian Lichenological Society
Ahti, Teuvo (Recipient), 1 Dec 2017
Prize: Prizes and awards
Honorary Member of Russian Botanical Society
Ahti, Teuvo (Recipient), 17 Sept 2013
Prize: Prizes and awards
Hopeinen Kairamo-mitali
Uotila, Pertti (Recipient), 26 Feb 2004
Prize: Prizes and awards
Pentti Tuomikoski Fund
Flores, Jorge (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prizes and awards
Professor Pentti Tuomikoski Fund
He, Xiaolan (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prizes and awards

Compilation of use cases and user stories, functional demands and their analyses for the RI DiSSCo – DiSSCo Prepare Tasks 1.1 & 1.2
Fitzgerald, H. (Creator), von Mering, S. (Creator), Juslén, A. (Creator), Petersen, M. (Creator), Berger, F. (Creator), von Bonsdorff, T. (Creator), de Smedt, S. (Creator), Figueira, R. (Creator), Frank, J. (Creator), Häffner, E. (Creator), Haston, E. (Creator), Islam, S. (Creator), Järvi, J. (Creator), Livermore, L. (Creator), Loo, T. (Creator), Mergen, P. (Creator), Raes, N. (Creator), Runnel, V. (Creator), Schulman, L. (Creator), Semal, P. (Creator) & Vincent, S. (Creator), Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN) - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7479/17qp-ge55
Dataset
Flora of Murmansk Region point distribution data
Kozhin, M. N. (Creator), Lommi, S. (Creator) & Sennikov, A. (Creator), Suomen Lajitietokeskus, 2020
DOI: 10.15468/ub7xkx
Dataset
Vascular Plant Herbarium at the Kandalaksha Strict Nature Reserve (KAND), Russia
Kozhin, M. N. (Creator) & Sennikov, A. (Creator), Kandalaksha State Nature Reserve, 2020
DOI: 10.15468/vebcs3
Dataset
The Nordic priority crop wild relative gene pool and distribution dataset
Fitzgerald, H. (Creator), Aronsson, M. (Contributor), Asdal, Å. (Contributor), Endresen, D. (Contributor), Kiviharju, E. (Contributor), Palme, A. (Contributor), Lund, B. (Contributor), Rasmussen, M. (Contributor), Þorbjörnsson, H. (Contributor) & Weibull, J. (Contributor), Figshare, 2018
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5688130.v1
Dataset
Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species – Uzbekistan
Sennikov, A. (Creator), Tojibaev, K. S. (Creator), Beshko, N. Y. (Creator), Esanov, H. K. (Creator), Jenna Wong, L. (Creator) & Pagad, S. (Creator), Invasive Species Specialist Group, 2018
DOI: 10.15468/m5vdwk
Dataset

Ilmastonmuutoksen nopeus uhkaa ylittää lajien sopeutumiskyvyn
Anniina L. K. Mattila & Marko Hyvärinen
02/10/2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Tutkimuksen paikka – Jäkälä on outo eliö
Annina Kantelinen
12/12/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Tiedekulma: Miten Suomen luonto voi? (Ympäristö nyt 2023)
Tea von Bonsdorff, Aleksi Lehikoinen & Pasi Sihvonen
31/10/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Haastattelu lehtiartikkeliin: Suomen Luonto 6/2023, Aikaan sinikellojen
Mari Miranto
01/06/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Miten on: uhanalaiset kasvit.
Marko Hyvärinen
13/01/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media

Botany and Mycology Unit

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Rocio Deanna

Heli Fitzgerald

Jaana Haapala

Xiaolan He

Ville Juhani Heiskanen

Embryophylo

Towards an integrative approach for revealing diversity of the soil-inhabiting corticioid basidiomycetes

Genomics and biogeography of Physalideae

Intra-individual variation: Unravelling

SOLgenbio: Genomics and biogeography of Physalideae (Solanaceae): integration of molecules, morphology and fossils to resolve the evolutionary history of the physaloids

AlgaeBar: DNA barcoding of DD-classified algae

(3045) Proposal to conserve the name Fomitopsis against Daedalea and Caloporus (Basidiomycota: Polyporales: Fomitopsidaceae)

A checklist of Thismia section Labiothismia (Thismiaceae), reinstated to include Asian species earlier placed in the neotropical T. sect. Glaziocharis

Airborne DNA reveals predictable spatial and seasonal dynamics of fungi

Alien Plants of Kyrgyzstan: The First Complete Inventory, Distributions and Main Patterns

A new species of Lejeunea (Lejeuneaceae) from Papua New Guinea

Suuri luontoilta

Roman Volkov

Finnish Plant Science Days 2025

Nordic Journal of Botany (Journal)

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences (Journal)

Honorary Member, Indian Lichenological Society

Honorary Member of Russian Botanical Society

Hopeinen Kairamo-mitali

Pentti Tuomikoski Fund

Professor Pentti Tuomikoski Fund

Compilation of use cases and user stories, functional demands and their analyses for the RI DiSSCo – DiSSCo Prepare Tasks 1.1 & 1.2

Flora of Murmansk Region point distribution data

Vascular Plant Herbarium at the Kandalaksha Strict Nature Reserve (KAND), Russia

The Nordic priority crop wild relative gene pool and distribution dataset

Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species – Uzbekistan

Ilmastonmuutoksen nopeus uhkaa ylittää lajien sopeutumiskyvyn

Tutkimuksen paikka – Jäkälä on outo eliö

Tiedekulma: Miten Suomen luonto voi? (Ympäristö nyt 2023)

Haastattelu lehtiartikkeliin: Suomen Luonto 6/2023, Aikaan sinikellojen

Miten on: uhanalaiset kasvit.

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