MUGGIA, LUCIA

1. Curriculum vitae and description of the scientific career (photo) PERSONAL DATA Date and place of birth: 21st February 1980, Trieste, Italy Marital status: single Research position: Associate Professor, Department of Life Sciences University of Trieste Via Giorgieri 10, 34127 Trieste, Italy; Phone.: +39-040-558-8825 E-mail: lmuggia@units.it; lucia_muggia@hotmail.com Researcher ID: F-7401-2016 Orcid ID: 0000-0003-0390-6169 CURRENT POSITION Since 15th March 2021, Associate Professor in Botany (BIO/01, Botanica Generale), including research activity and teaching and institutional duties at the Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Italy. EDUCATION 2023 Habilitation for Full Professor in Botany according to the Italian National Scientific Habilitation (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale per professore di I fascia SSD 05/A1-BOTANICA, Bando decreto direttoriale n. 553/2021 come rettificato con decreto direttoriale n. 589/2021, valid from 06/02/2023 to 06/02/2033, according to the Italian Law D.L. n. 228 of 30th December 2021, art. 6, co. 4 bis, coordinate with the Conversion Law. 15 of 25th February 2022). 2017 Habilitation for Associate Professor in Botany according to the Italian National Scientific Habilitation (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale per professore di II fascia SSD 05/A1-BOTANICA, Bando D.D.1532/2016; valid from 06/04/2017 to 06/04/2023 according the Italian Law 240/10, art. 16, comma 1.) 2012-2021, Research position equivalent to Assistant Professor in Botany (BIO/01, Botanica Generale), including research activity and teaching duties at the Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Italy. (1st November 2012- 14thMarch 2021) 2008 Doctoral thesis (PhD) in Natural Science, Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften, Karl-Franzens University, Graz, Austria. Title of the doctoral thesis: “Polyketide synthase genes in lichens: evolution and biodiversity”. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Martin Grube (Graz, Austria). 2004 Master thesis in Biological Science, University of Trieste (110/110 and lode). Title of the master thesis: “Genetic and morphologic variability in endolithic lichens of Caloplaca sect. Pyrenodesmia (Teloschistales, Ascomycota)”. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Mauro Tretiach (Trieste, Italy), co-examiner: Prof. Dr. Martin Grube (Graz, Austria). 1999 Undergraduate education at the Liceo Scientifico “G. Oberdan” in Trieste (60/60). PREVIOUS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH POSITIONS 2010-2013 Principal Investigator and grant holder of the Herta-Firnberg Stipendium T481-B20, project title: “Species evolution in symbiosis”, funded by the Austrian Science Fund (Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung, FWF), Karl-Franzens University, Graz, Austria; 36 months (01/10/2010-30/09/2013). 2010 Principal investigator and grant holder of the research grant n. GZ:39/83-30 ex09/10 assigned by the Karl-Franzens University, Graz, Austria, project title “Convergent evolution of complexity in lichens”; 5 months (01/05-30/09/2010). 2010 Researcher in the project “Fungal diversity and photobiont association in Schizoxylon albescens” funded by the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden; Principal Investigator and grant holder Prof. Mats Wedin, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden; carried out at Karl-Franzens University, Graz, Austria; 3 months (01/02-30/04/2010). 2009 Researcher in the project “Bacteria and lichens” funded by the Technical University of Graz, Graz, Austria; Principal Investigator and grant holder Prof. Gabriele Berg; 10 months (01/02-31/12/2009). 2008 Researcher in the project “Culture experiments of facultative lichen symbionts” funded by the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden; Principal Investigator and grant holder Prof. Mats Wedin, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden; carried out at Karl-Franzens University, Graz, Austria; 7 months (01/07/2008-31/01/2009). AWARDS 2008 Award for the best scientific research activity assigned by the Karl-Franzens University Graz, Graz, Austria. 2008 Travel Award to attend the 6th Congress of the International Association of Lichenology (IAL6) in Asilomar, California (300 US$), U.S.A., assigned by the Mycological Society of America (MSA). 2005 Award for the best master thesis in lichenology during the academic year 2003-2004 assigned by the Italian Lichen Society (Società Lichenologica Italiana, SLI). SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE – Cell biology, morphology and cell ultrastructure of plants, algae, fungi and lichen thalli. – Microscopy: light microscopy, including histochemical staining methods, confocal laser scanning microscopy, basic experience with transmission and scanning electron microscopy (TEM and SEM). – Establishment and maintenance of culture collection of lichen-associated microorganisms (including lichen mycobionts, lichen photobionts, stress-tolerant black fungi, lichenicolous fungi, not lichenized algae, lichen-associated bacteria), and knowledge on isolation techniques, axenic culturing, culture storage. – Molecular biology: DNA extraction, PCR amplification, purification, cloning, fingerprinting techniques, DNA sequencing, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), next generation sequencing (NGS). – Bioinformatic analyses: DNA, RNA and protein sequence analysis, phylogenetic analyses. RESEARCH ACTIVITY In the past 15 years I developed my interest in lichenology and mycology analysing different aspects of lichen symbioses and of not-lichenized microalgae and microfungi related to lichens. I implemented diverse experimental approaches which make use of light, confocal, scanning and transition electron microscopy, culture isolation, analyses of cell morphology and ultrastructure to uncover symbiotic interactions between algae and fungi, understand their evolution, and shed light on the organismal diversity within lichen thalli. In particular, I contributed to considering lichens under an innovative point of view, i.e. such as ‘micro-niches’ in which multiple microfungi and microalgae co-inhabit and potentially interact with and contribute to the mutual growth and survival of the two principal partners of the lichen symbiosis, i.e. the mycobiont and the photobiont. The lichen specimens have been almost always personally sampled during numerous field excursions and comprised endolithic, epilithic, fruticose, as well as sterile species characterized by either low morphological diversity, highly morphological and ecological polymorphism, or fungi presenting different life styles. I always include a comprehensive taxon sampling for comparison and in many cases I also have investigated the genetic diversity analyzing multiple genetic markers (nuclear, mitochondrial and plastidial loci). I have investigated the biological diversity and the peculiar thallus morphology of some sterile (asexual) lichenized fungi as well as of some lichen-parasitic fungi. These studies have elucidated i) how asexual lichenized species are nested in well know lineages of already well characterized taxa but have evolved own peculiar thallus structures, ii) how melanized, lichen-forming fungi evolved together with plant pathogenic black fungi, and iii) how black microfungi that live on rock in association with green and blue green algae and can form lose lichen-like associations -though not building a lichen thallus- are basal in the evolution of all others life styles in. Among the several microfungi which grow in loose association with microalgae forming primitive symbiotic associations, I focused on two black fungi and on one saprophytic fungus and the algae to them associated. These fungus-alga systems comprised melanised extremophilic, polyextremotolerant (Hotaea werneckii with Dunaliella spp., Lichenothelia spp. with Trebouxia spp.) and optionally lichenized fungi (Schizoxylon albescens with Coccomyxa sp.). After having individually isolated the algae and the fungi, I performed co-culture experiments and studied by microscopy the co-growth of the two partners in vitro. The most recent study of Hotaea werneckii with Dunaliella spp. could not prove a mutual interaction between the two partners, but it arose interesting questions on the compatibility of the symbionts and on the potential necessity of transitional stages of more stressful conditions that forces symbioses in nature. Melanization seems to affect cell wall flexibility in fungi, as similarly to Hortaea, also the melanised genus Lichenothelia spp. does not form branching and appressoria-like structure when it co-grows with the lichen-forming alga Trebouxia (30). Alternatively, the optionally lichenizing fungus Schizoxylon albescens co-grown with the alga Coccomyxa sp. revealed to be a suitable model to study symbiosis, as it forms a characteristic filamentous matrix over the algae cells and tightly contacts the algae with austoria-like hyphae. Lichen mycobionts and photobionts, and many of the additional lichen-associated microfungi and microalgae can be isolated in axenic cultures; however, all of them have extremely slow growth rates, which dramatically affects the experimental planning. I succeeded in isolating numerous mycobionts and photobionts, microcolonial black fungi (belonging to the fungal classes Chaetothyriomycetes and Dothideomycetes) and microalgae (the majority of which belonging to the family Trebouxiophyceae) mainly from epilithic lichens. Both lichen mycobionts and photobionts as well as some black fungi were also used to establish co-culture experiments to study their symbiotic interactions. In this context I implemented a new approach by embedding axenically cultured strains of fungi together with algae in alginate inclusions. In doing so, it was possible to observe the formation of direct contacts between hyphae and algae and of layered structures in a fungus that is otherwise living as a commensal in the host lichen without forming visible symbiotic structures. The majority of the isolated microfungi (comprising the so called lichen mycobiome) revealed to be taxa still unknown to science and unexpectedly closely related to fungi with different life styles (such as plant and animal pathogens, rock inhabiting and extremophilic fungi) and coming from different ecological niches. This has generated further hypotheses on how lichens may represent evolutionary springboards for different fungal life styles. Also, many of these micro fungi were shown to be ubiquitous in lichens, while a few others seem to be lichen species-specific. While these black fungi are almost undetectable in the lichen thalli by microscopical inspection, I was able to modulate and extend the fraction of culturable strains by applying various in vitro culture conditions. Morphological inspections of the cultured strains demonstrate that these microfungi share same mycelium characteristics (i.e. melanised, meristematic, slow growing, absence of sexual reproductive structures), and are potential producers of bioactive compounds. More recently, this organismal diversity within lichens revealed by culture isolations and morphological analyses, found correspondence with molecular sequence data obtained by DNA metabarcoding analyses. This approach is rather new in lichenology but has been rapidly and widely applied and is now implemented also in two of my ongoing projects; it further shows how big is still the unculturable fraction of lichen-associated microorganisms. When focusing on a certain lichen species, I also consider the photobiont partner(s) and take into consideration specificity and selectivity patterns that have lead to the establishment of certain symbioses. I centred my interest on the most widespread genus of lichen-forming algae Trebouxia, whose chloroplast morphology and pyrenoid structure are key studied traits. I was leader in proposing an overview of the genus based on morphological and molecular traits, strengthening the need of axenic isolates for morphological and ultrastructure analyses. Lichen photobionts and microalgae isolated from lichens, grow in culture much faster than the microfungi and the analysis of their cell morphology and ultrastructure by TEM and CLSM is much easier affordable. Altogether the experimental works with the isolated fungi and algae from lichens, as well as of several mycobionts and photobionts, let me establish a unique, rich culture collection of these otherwise hardly retrievable organisms, which is now stored at the University of Trieste and at the University of Graz. These fungal and algal strains are available for uncountable further experiments to leverage new research lines, such as the study on the role of phytohormones as interkingdom signalling molecules in lichen symbioses. This investigation is carried out in cooperation with colleagues of the University of Innsbruck. Also, molecular studies on lichen symbionts and lichen associated organisms are carried out and comprises molecular phylogenetics as well as DNA metabarcoding analyses. An additional and very recent line of research goes beyond the study of lichen symbioses and has focused on establishing, together with Prof. Alberto Pallavicini (University of Trieste) and our collaborators, a modern approach to improve the identification of aerodispersed pollen and fungal spores by DNA metabarcoding analyses. 2. List of publications Peer review publication list (*corresponding author) 1. Pogner CE, Antunes C, Apangu GP, Bruffaerts N, Celenk S, Cristofori A, González Roldán N, Grinn-Gofroń A, Lara B, Lika M, Magyar D, Martinez-Bracero M, Muggia L, Muyshondt B, O'Connor D, Pallavicini A, Penha MA, Pérez-Badia R, Ribeiro H, Rodrigues Costa A, Tischner Z, Xhetani M, Skjøth CA. 2024. Airborne DNA: State of the art-Established methods and missing pieces in the molecular genetic detection of airborne microorganisms, viruses and plant particles. The Science of the Total Environment, 177439. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177439. 2. Gazquez A, Bordenave CD*, Montero-Pau J, Pérez-Rodrigo M, Marco F, Martínez-Alberola F, Muggia L, Barreno E, Carrasco P. 2024. From spores to gametes: a sexual life cycle in a symbiotic Trebouxia microalga. Algal Research: 103744. 3. Nimis PL, Pittao E, Caramia M, Pitacco P, Martellos, Muggia L*. 2024. The ecology of lichenicolous lichens: a case-study in Italy. MycoKeys 105: 253–266. 4. Moya P*, Chiva S, Pazos T, Barreno E, Carrasco P, Muggia L, Garrido-Benavent I. 2024. Myco– phycobiont interactions within the “Ramalina farinacea group”: a geographical survey over Europe and Macaronesia. Journal of Fungi 10: 206. 5. Cometto A, Ametrano CG*, de Carolis R, Leavitt SD, Grube M, Pallavicini A, Muggia L. 2024. Highly heterogeneous mycobiota shape fungal diversity in two globally distributed lichens. Fungal Ecology 69: 101331. 6. Fanfarillo E, Angiolini C, Tordoni E, Bacaro G, Bazzato E, Castaldini M, Cucu MA, Grattacaso M, Loppi S, Marignani M, Mocali S, Muggia L, Salerni E, Maccherini S. 2023. Arable plant communities as a surrogate of crop rhizosphere microbiota. Science of the Total Environment 895:165141. 7. Cometto A, Leavitt SD, Grube M, DeHoog S, Muggia L*. 2023. Tackling fungal diversity in lichen symbioses: molecular and morphological data recognize new lineages in Chaetothyriales (Eurotiomycetes, Ascomycota). Mycological Progress 22:53. 8. Conti M, Nimis PL, Tretiach M, Muggia L, Moro A, Martellos S. 2023. The Italian lichens dataset from the TSB herbarium (University of Trieste). Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e96466. 9. QuanY, Deng S, Prenafeta‑Boldủ FX, Mayer VE, Muggia L, Cometto A, Vicente VA, Menezes da Silva N, Grisolia ME, Song Y, Ahmed SA, Niu X, Favoreto de Souza Lima BJ, Feng P, Vitale RG, Teixeira M, Sudhadham M, Pedrozo e Silva de Azevedo C, Bocca a, Haase G, Selbmann L, Shi D, Kang Y, de Hoog S. 2023. The origin of human pathogenicity and biological interactions in Chaetothyriales. Fungal Diversity (https://doi.org/10.1007/s13225-023-00518-3). 10. De Carolis R, Muggia L*, Bacaro G. 2023. Lichen and lichenicolous fungal communities tested as suitable systems for the application of cross-taxon analysis. Diversity 15 (2): 285. 11. Pichler G, Muggia L, Candotto Carniel F, Grube M, Kranner I*. 2023. How to build a lichen: from metabolite release to symbiotic interplay. New Phytologist 238:1362–1378. 12. Bordenave CD*, García-Breijo F, Gazquez A, Muggia L, Carrasco P, Barreno E. 2023. Low Temperature SEM findings on the ultrastructure of Trebouxia lynnae (Trebouxiophyceae, lichenized microalgae). Diversity 15: 170 (https://doi.org/10.3390/d15020170). 13. Robison A, Baugh M, Muggia L, Leavitt SD*. 2022. Fruticose lichen communities at the edge: distribution and diversity in a desert sky island on the Colorado Plateau. Conservation 2: 550–565. 14. Apangu G, Frisk CA, Petch GM, Muggia L, Pallavicini A, Hanson M, Skjot CA*. 2022. Environmental DNA reveals diversity and abundance of Alternaria species in neighbouring heterogeneous landscapes in Worcester, UK. Aerobiologia 38: 457–481. 15. Cometto A, Leavitt SD, Millanes AA, Wedin M, Grube M, Muggia L*. 2022. The yeast lichenosphere: high diversity of basidiomycetes from the lichens Tephromela atra and Rhizoplaca melanophthalma. Fungal Biology 126 (9): 587–608. 16. Barreno E, Muggia L, Chiva S, Molins A, Bordenave C, García-Breijo F, Moya P*. 2022. Trebouxia lynnae sp. nov. (former Trebouxia sp. TR9): biology and biogeography of an epitome lichen symbiotic microalga. Biology 11: 1196. 17. Cometto A*, Ametrano CG, Muggia L. 2022. Life on tops: cryptoendolithic ascomycetes and microalgae isolated from over 6000 m altitude. Plant and Fungal Systematics 67: 1–16. 18. Resl P, Bujold AR, Tagirdzhanova G, Meidl P, Freire Rallo S, Kono M, Fernandez-Brime S, Guomundsson H, Andresson OS, Muggia L, Mayrhofer H, McCutcheon J, Wedin M, Werth S, Willis LM, Spribille T*. 2022. Large differences in carbohydrate degradation and transport potential among lichen fungal symbionts. Nature Communications 13: 2634. 19. Nelsen MP*, Leavitt SD, Heller K, Muggia L, Lumbsch HT. 2022. Contrasting patterns of climatic niche divergence in Trebouxia—A clade of lichen-forming algae. Frontiers in Microbiology 13: 791546. 20. De Carolis R, Cometto A, Moya P, Barreno E, Grube M, Tretiach M, Leavitt SD, Muggia L*. 2022 (online 2021). Photobiont diversity in lichen symbioses from extreme environments. Frontiers in Microbiology 13: 809804. 21. Ametrano CG*, Lumbsch HT, Di Stefano I, Sangvichien E, Muggia L, Grew F. 2022. Should we hail the Red King: evolutionary consequences of a mutualistic lifestyle in genomes of lichenized fungi. Ecology and Evolution 12: e8471. 22. Bordenave CD, Muggia L*, Chiva S, Leavitt SD, Carrasco P, Barreno E. 2022 (online 2021). Chloroplast morphology and pyrenoid ultrastructural analyses reappraise the diversity of the lichen phycobiont genus Trebouxia (Chlorophyta). Algal Research 61: 102561. 23. Nascimbene* J, Gheza G, Hafellner J, Mayrhofer H, Muggia L, Obermayer W, Thor G, Nimis PL. 2021. Refining the picture: new records of lichen biota in Italy. MycoKeys 82: 97–137. 24. Ribotta S, Liccari F, Muggia L, Pallavicicni A, Bagnolini F, Tordoni E, Bacaro G*. 2021. Invasion at the edge: the case of Rosa rugosa (Rosaceae) in Italy. Diversity 13: 645. 25. Muggia L, Coleine C, De Carolis, R, Cometto A, Selbmann L*. 2021. Antarctolichenia onofrii gen. nov. sp. nov. from Antarctic endolithic communities untangles the evolution of rock-inhabiting and lichenized fungi in Arthoniomycetes. Journal of Fungi 7: 935. 26. Nelsen MP*, Leavitt SD, Heller K, Muggia L, Lumbsch HT. 2021. Macroecological diversification and convergence in a clade of keystone symbionts. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 97: fiab072. 27. Tordoni E, Ametrano CG, Banchi E, Ongaro S, Pallavicini A, Bacaro G, Muggia L*. 2021. Integrated eDNA metabarcoding and morphological analyses assess spatio-temporal patterns of airborne fungal spores. Ecological Indicators 121: 107032. 28. Pichler G, Candotto Carniel F, Muggia L, Holzinger A, Tretiach M, Kranner I*. 2021. Enhanced culturing techniques for the mycobiont isolated from the lichen Xanthoria parietina. Mycological Progress 20: 797–808. 29. Muggia L*, Quan Y, Gueidan C, Al-Hatmi AMS, Grube M, de Hoog S. 2021. Sequence data from isolated lichen-associated melanized fungi enhance delimitation of two new lineages within Chaetothyriomycetidae. Mycological Progress 20: 911–927. 30. Molins A, Moya P, Muggia L, Barreno E*. 2021. Thallus growth stage and geographic origin shape microalgal diversity in Ramalina farinacea lichen holobionts. Journal of Phycology 57: 975–987. 31. Selbman L, Benko Z, Coleine C, de Hoog S, et al. 2020. Shed lighT in the darRk lienageES of the fungal tree of Life – STRES. Life 10: 362. 32. Muggia L*, Ametrano CG, Sterflinger K, Tesei D. 2020. An Overview of genomics, phylogenomics and proteomics approaches in Ascomycota. Life 10: 356. 33. Pichler G, Stöggl W, Trippel D, Candotto Carniel F, Muggia L, Ametrano CG, Çimen T, Holzinger A, Tretiach M, Kranner I*. 2020. Phytohormone release by three isolated lichen mycobionts and the effects of indole-3-acetic acid on their compatible photobionts. Symbiosis 82: 95–108. 34. Quan Y, Muggia L, Moreno LF, Wang M, Al-Hatmi AMS, Menezes da Silva N, Shi D, Deng S, Ahmed S, Hyde KD, Vicente VA, Kang Y, Stielow JB, de Hoog GS*. 2020. A re-evaluation of the Chaetothyriales using criteria of comparative biology. Fungal Diversity 103: 47–85. 35. Muggia L*, Zalar P, Azua-Bustos A, Gonzales-Sila C, Grube M, Gunde-Cimerman N. 2020. The beauty and the yeast: can the microalgae Dunaliella form a borderline lichen with Hortaea werneckii? Symbiosis 82: 123–131. 36. Smith H, Dal Grande F, Muggia L, Keuler R, Divakar PK, Grewe F, Schmitt I, Lumbsch HT, Lavitt SD*. 2020. Data mining metagenomic sequencing reads reveals diverse, lichen-specific mycobiomes. Symbiosis 82: 133–147. 37. Banchi E, Ametrano CG, Tordoni E, Stanković D, Ongaro S, ARPA working group, Tretiach M, Pallavicini A, Muggia L*. 2020. Environmental DNA assessment of airborne plant and fungal seasonal diversity. Science of The Total Environment 738: 140249. 38. Pichler G, Stöggl W, Candotto Carniel F, Muggia L, Ametrano CG, Holzinger A, Tretiach M, Kranner I*. 2020. Abundance and extracellular release of phytohormones in aeroterrestrial microalgae (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) as a potential chemical signalling source. Journal of Phycology 56: 1295–1307. 39. Muggia L, Nelsen MP, Kirika PM, Barreno E, Beck A, Trebouxia working group, Lindgren H, Lumbsch HT, Leavitt SD*. 2020. Formally described species woefully underrepresent phylogenetic diversity in the common lichen photobiont genus Trebouxia (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta): An impetus for developing an integrated taxonomy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 149: 106821. 40. Bradshaw M, Grew F, Thomas A, Harrison CH, Lindgren H, Muggia L, St Clair LL, Lumbsch HT, Leavitt SD*. 2020. Characterizing the ribosomal tandem repeat and its utility as a DNA barcode in lichen-forming fungi. BMC Evolutionary Biology 20: 2. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-019-1571-4. 41. Banchi E, Ametrano CG, Greco S, Stanković D, Muggia L, Pallavicini A*. 2020. PLANiTS: a curated sequence reference dataset for plant ITS DNA metabarcoding. DATABASE 2020, baz155. 42. Muggia L*, Pérez-Ortega S, Ertz D. 2019. Muellerella, a lichenicolous fungal genus recovered as polyphyletic within Chaetothyriomycetidae (Eurotiomycetes, Ascomycota). Plant and Fungal Systematic 64 (2): 367–381. 43. Ametrano CG*, Grewe F, Crous PW, Goodwin SB, Liang C, Selbmann L, Lumbsch HT, Leavitt SD, Muggia L*. 2019. Genome-scale data resolve ancestral rock-inhabiting lifestyle in Dothideomycetes (Ascomycota). IMA Fungus 10: 19. 44. Bacaro G*, Tordoni E, Martellos S, Maccherini S, Marignani M, Muggia L, Petruzzellis F, Napolitano R, Da Re D, Guidi T, Benesperi R, Gonnelli V, Lastrucci L. 2019. Cross taxon congruence between lichens and vascular plants in a riparian ecosystem. Diversity 11: 133. 45. Ametrano CG, Knudsen K, Kocourkova J, Grube M, Selbmann L, Muggia L*. 2019. Phylogenetic relationships of rock-inhabiting black fungi belonging to the widespread genera Lichenothelia and Saxomyces. Mycologia 111: 127–160. 46. Fernandez-Brime S*, Muggia L, Maier S, Grube M, Wedin M. 2019. Bacterial communities in an optional lichen symbiosis are determined by substrate, not algal photobionts. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 95: fiz012. 47. Steinova J*, Skaloud P, Bestová H, Yahr R, Muggia L*. 2019. Reproductive and dispersal strategies shape the diversity of mycobiont-photobiont association in Cladonia lichens. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 134: 226–237. 48. Banchi E, Pallavicini A*, Muggia.L*. (2019) 2020. Relevance of plant and fungal DNA metabarcoding in aerobiology. Aerobiologia 36: 9–23. 49. Avtzisa DN, Stara K, Sgardeli V, Betsis A, Diamandis S, Healey JR, Kapsalis E, Kati V, Korakis G, Marini V Govigli, Monokrousosb N, Muggia L, Nitsiakos V, Papadatou E, Papaioannou H, Rohrer A, Τsiakiris R, Van Houtanop KS, Halley JM*. 2018. Quantifying the conservation value of Sacred Natural Sites. Biological Conservation 222: 95–103. 50. Zamora JC*, Svensson M, Kirschner R, et al. (over 200 authors). 2018. Considerations and consequences of allowing DNA sequence data as types of fungal taxa. IMA Fungus 9: 167–175. 51. Muggia L*, Leavitt SD, Barreno E. 2018. The hidden diversity of lichenized Trebouxiophyceae (Chlorophyta). Phycologia 57: 503–524. 52. Vančurová L*, Muggia L, Peksa O, Řídká T, Škaloud P. 2018. The complexity of symbiotic interactions influences the ecological amplitude of the host: a case study in Stereocaulon (lichenized Ascomycota). Molecular Ecology 27: 3016–3033. 53. Banchi E, Stanković D, Fernandez-Mendoza F, Gionechetti F, Palavicini A, Muggia L*. 2018. ITS2 metabarcoding analysis complements lichen mycobiome diversity data. Mycological Progress 17: 1049–1066. 54. Muggia L*, Vasiliki K, Rohrer A, Halley J, Mayrhofer H. 2018. Species diversity of lichens in the sacred groves of Epirus (Greece). Herzogia 31: 231–244. 55. Muggia L*, Kraker S, Gößler T, Grube M. 2018. Enforced fungal-algal symbioses in alginate spheres. FEMS Microbiology Letters 14: 365 (0.1093/femsle/fny115). 56. Muggia L*, Grube M. 2018. Fungal diversity in lichens: from extremotolerance to interaction with algae. Life 8: 15. doi:10.3390/life8020015 57. Banchi E, Ametrano CG, Stanković D, Verardo P, Moretti O, Gabrielli F, Lazzarin S, Borney MF, Tassan T, Tretiach M, Pallavicini A, Muggia L*. 2018. DNA metabarcoding uncovers fungal diversity of mixed airborne samples in Italy. PLoS ONE 13 e0194489. 58. Muggia L*, Mancinelli R, Tønsber T, Jablonska A, Kukwa M, Palice Z. 2017. Molecular analyses uncover the phylogenetic position of the lichenized hyphomycetous genus Cheiromycina. Mycologia 109: 588–600. 59. Fernandez-Mendoza F, Kopun T, Fleischhacker A, Grube M, Muggia L*. 2017. ITS1 metabarcoding highlights low specificity of lichen mycobiomes at local scale. Molecular Ecology 26: 4811–4830. 60. Muggia L*, Kopun T, Grube M. 2017. Effects of growth media on the diversity of culturable fungi from lichens. Molecules 22: 824. 61. Grube M*, Avery SV, Bendiksby M, Eivindsen T, Fernstad SJ, Gaya E, Kauserud H, Kõljalg U, Muggia L, Smith AM. 2017. The next generation fungal biologist. Fungal Biology Review 31: 124–130. 62. Ametrano CG, Selbmann L, Muggia L*. 2017. A standardized approach for co-culturing Dothidealean rock-inhabiting fungi and lichen photobionts in vitro. Symbiosis 73: 35–44. 63. Santi E, Bacaro G*, Rocchini D, Chiarucci A, Bonini I, Brunialti G, Muggia L, Maccherini S. (2016) 2017. Methodological issues in exploring cross-taxon congruence across vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens. Folia Geobotanica 51: 297–304. 64. Moya P, Molins AA, Ânez-Alberola FM, Muggia L, Barreno E*. 2017. Unexpected associated microalgal diversity in the lichen Ramalina farinacea is uncovered by pyrosequencing analyses. PLoS ONE 12: e0175091. 65. Cestaro L, Tønsberg T, Muggia L*. 2016. Phylogenetic data and chemical traits characterize a new species in the lichen genus Tephromela. Herzogia 29: 383–402. 66. Muggia L*, Fernadez-Brime S, Grube M, Wedin M. 2016. Schizoxylon as an experimental model for studying interkingdom symbiosis. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 92: fiw165. 67. Leavitt SD*, Grewe F, Widhelm T, Muggia L, Wray B, Lumbsch TH. 2016. Resolving evolutionary relationships in lichen-forming fungi using diverse phylogenomic datasets and analytical approaches. Scientific Reports 6: 22262. 68. Candotto Carniel F, Gerdol M*, Montagner A, Banchi E, De Moro G, Manfrin C, Muggia L, Pallavicini A, Tretiach M. 2016. New features of desiccation tolerance in the lichen photobiont Trebouxia gelatinosa are revealed by a transcriptomic approach. Plant Molecular Biology 91: 319–339. 69. Walter H, Muggia L, Fritscher M, Holler A, Horvat D, Guttenberger H, Simon UK*. 2016. Multiple taxa in the Phoma-complex associate with black elder (Sambucus nigra L.). Fungal Biology 120: 43–50. 70. Muggia L*, Fleischhacker A, Kopun T, Grube M. 2016. Extremotolerant fungi from alpine rock lichens and their phylogenetic relationships. Fungal Diversity 76: 119–142. 71. Muggia L*, Kocourkova J, Knudsen K. 2015. Disentangling the complex of Lichenothelia species from rock communities in the desert. Mycologia 107: 1233–1253. 72. Muggia L*, Kopun T, Ertz D. 2015. Phylogenetic placement of the lichenicolous, anamorphic genus Lichenodiplis and its connection to Muellerella-like teleomorphs. Fungal Biology 119: 1115–1128. 73. Fleischhacker A, Grube M, Kopun T, Hafellner J, Muggia L*. 2015. Community analyses uncover high diversity of lichenicolous fungi in alpine habitats. Microbial Ecology 70: 348–360. 74. Wijayawardene NN, Crous PW, Kirk PM, et al. (52 authors) Hyde KD*. 2014. Naming and outline of Dothideomycetes–2014 including proposal for the protection or suppression of generic names. Fungal Diversity 69: 1–55. 75. Muggia L*, Pérez-Ortega S, Kopun T, Zellnig G, Grube M. 2014. Photobiont selectivity leads to ecological tolerance and evolutionary divergence in a polymorphic complex of lichenized fungi. Annals of Botany 114: 463–475. 76. Spribille T*, Tønsberg T, Stabenteiner E, Muggia L. 2014. Reassessing evolutionary relationships in Siplonema (Peltigerales, Lecanoromycetes). Lichenologist 46: 373–388. 77. Muggia L*, Pérez-Ortega S, Fryday A, Spribille T, Grube M. 2014. Global assessment of genetic variation and phenotypic plasticity in the lichen-forming species Tephromela atra. Fungal Diversity 64: 233–251. 78. Hyde KD*, Gareth Jones EB, et al. (68 authors). 2013. Families of Dothideomycetes. Fungal Diversity 63: 1–313. 79. Muggia L*, Klug B, Berg G, Grube M. 2013. Localization of bacteria in lichens from Alpine soil crusts by fluorescence in situ hybridization. Applied Soil Ecology 68: 20–25. 80. Spribille T*, Muggia L. 2013. Expanded taxon sampling disentangles evolutionary relationships and reveals a new family in Peltigerales (Lecanoromycetidae, Ascomycota). Fungal Diversity 58: 171–184. 81. Muggia L*, Vancurova L, Škaloud P, Peksa O, Wedin M, Grube M. 2013. The symbiotic playground of lichen thalli – a highly flexible photobiont association in rock-inhabiting lichens, 2013. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 85: 313–323. 82. Muggia L*, Gueidan C, Knudsen K, Perlmutter G, Grube M. 2013. The lichen connections of black fungi. Mycopathologia 175: 523–535. 83. Gostinčar C, Muggia L, Grube M*. 2012. Polyextremotolerant black fungi: oligotrophism, adaptive potential, and a link to lichen symbioses. Frontiers in Microbiology 3: 390. 84. Printzen C*, Fernandez-Mendoza F, Muggia L, Berg G, Grube G. 2012. Alphaproteobacterial communities in geographically distant populations of the lichen Cetraria aculeata. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 82: 316–325. 85. Muggia L, Nelson P, Wheeler T, Yakovchenko LS, Tonsberg T, Spribille T*. 2011. Convergent evolution in a symbiotic duet: the case of the lichen genus Polychidium (Peltigerales, Ascomycota). American Journal of Botany 98: 1647–1656. 86. Thüs H*, Muggia L, Pérez-Ortega S, Favero-Longo SE, Joneson S, O’Brien H, Nelsen MP, Duque-Thüs R, Grube M, Friedl T, Brodie J, Andrew CJ, Lücking R, Lutzoni F, Gueidan C. 2011. Revisiting photobiont diversity in the lichen family Verrucariaceae (Ascomycota). European Journal of Phycology 46(4): 399–415. 87. Spribille T*, Goffinet B, Klug B, Muggia L, Obermayer W, Mayrhofer H. 2011. Molecular support for the recognition of the Mycoblastus fucatus group as the new genus Violella (Tephromelataceae, Lecanorales). The Lichenologist 43 (5): 445–466. 88. Muggia L*, Baloch E, Stabentheiner E, Grube M, Wedin M. 2011. Photobiont association and genetic diversity of the optionally lichenized fungus Schizoxylon albescens. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 75: 255–272. 89. Muggia L*, Rabensteiner J, Zellnig G, Grube M. 2010. Morphological and phylogenetic study of algal partners associated with the lichen-forming fungus Tephromela atra from the Mediterranean region. Symbiosis 51: 149–160. 90. Muggia L*, Gueidan C, Grube M. 2010. Phylogenetic placement of some morphologically unusual member of Verrucariaceae. Mycologia 102: 835–846. 91. Muggia L*, Grube M. 2010. Type III polyketide synthases in lichen mycobionts. Fungal Biology 114: 379–385. 92. Muggia L*, Grube M. 2010. Fungal composition of lichen thalli assessed by single strand conformation polymorphism. Lichenologist 42: 1–13. 93. Nelsen MP*, Lücking R, Grube M, Mbatchou JS, Muggia L, Rivas Plata E, Lumbsch HT. 2009. Unravelling the phylogenetic relationships of lichenized fungi in Dothideomyceta. Study in Mycology 64: 135–144. 94. Schoch CL*, Crous PW, Groenewald JZ, Boehm EWA, Burgess TI, De Gruyter J, de Hoog GS, Dixon LJ, Grube M, Gueidan C, Harada Y, Hatakeyama S, Hirayama K, Hosoya T, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Kohlmeyer J, Kruys A, Lücking R, Lumbsch TH, Lutzoni F, Marvanová L, McVay AH, Mbatchou JS, Miller AN, Mugambi GK, Muggia L, Nelsen MP, Nelson P, Owensby CA, Li YM, Phillips AJL, Phongpaichit S, Pointing SB, Pujade-Renaud V, Raja HA, Rivas Plata E, Robbertse B, Ruibal C, Sakayaroj J, Sano T, Selbmann L, Shearer CA, Shirouzu T, Slippers B, Suetrong S, Tanaka K, Volkmann-Kohlmeyer B, Wingfield MJ, Wood AR, Woudenberg JHC, Yonezawa H, Zhang Y, Spatafora JW. 2009. A class-wide phylogenetic assessment of Dothideomycetes. Study in Mycology 64: 1–15. 95. Ruibal C*, Gueidan C, Selbmann L, Gorbushina AA, Crous PW, Groenewald JZ, Muggia L, Grube M, Isola D, Schoch CL, Staley JT, Lutzoni F, de Hoog GS. 2009. Phylogeny of rock-inhabiting fungi related to Dothideomycetes. Study in Mycology 64: 123–133. 96. Muggia L*, Gueidan C, Perlmutter GB, Eriksson OE, Grube M. 2009. Molecular data confirm the position of Flakea papillata in the Verrucariaceae. Bryologist 15: 538–543. 97. Brunauer G*, Muggia L, Stocker-Wörgötter E, Grube M. 2009. A transcribed polyketide synthase gene from Xanthoria elegans. Mycological Research 113: 82–92. 98. Fazio AT*, Bertoni MD, Adler MT, Ruiz LB, Rosso ML, Muggia L, Hager A, Stocker-Wörgötter E, Maier MS. 2009. Culture studies on the mycobiont isolated from Parmotrema reticulatum (Taylor) Choisy: metabolite production under different conditions. Mycological Progress 8: 359–365. 99. Tretiach M, Muggia L, Baruffo L*. 2009. Species delimitation in the Lepraria isidiata-L. santosii group: a population study in the Mediterranean-Macaronesian region. Lichenologist 41: 1–15. 100. Muggia L*, Grube M, Tretiach M. 2008. A combined molecular and morphological approach to species delimitation in black-fruited, endolithic Caloplaca: high genetic and low morphological diversity. Mycological Research 112: 36–49. 101. Muggia L*, Hafellner J, Wirtz N, Hawksworth DL, Grube M. 2008. The sterile microfilamentous lichenized fungi Cystocoleus ebeneus and Racodium rupestre are relatives of plant pathogens and clinically important dothidealean fungi. Mycological Research 112: 50–56. 102. Muggia L*, Schmitt I, Grube M. 2008. Purifying selection is a prevailing motif in the evolution of ketoacyl synthase domains of polyketide synthases from lichenized fungi. Mycological Research 112: 277–288. 103. Muggia L*, Grube M, Tretiach M. 2008. Genetic diversity and photobiont association in selected taxa of the Tephromela atra group (Lecanorales, lichenized Ascomycota). Mycological Progress 7: 147–160. 104. Harutyunyan S, Muggia L, Grube M*. 2008. Black fungi in lichens from seasonally arid habitats. Study in Mycology 61: 83–90. 105. Tretiach M*, Muggia L. 2006. Caloplaca badioreagens, a new calcicolous, endolithic lichen from Italy. Lichenologist 38: 223–229. Book chapters 1. Grube M*, Muggia L. 2021 Complex lichen communities inhabiting rock surfaces. In: Budel B, Friedel T (eds), Life at rock surfaces challenged by extreme light, temperature and hydration fluctuations. De Grutyer, Berlin, pp. 175–187. 2. Ametrano CG, Muggia L, Grube M*. 2019. Extremotolerant black fungi from rocks and lichens. In: Tiquia-Arashiro SM, Grube M (eds), Fungi in Extreme Environments: Ecological Role and Biotechnological Significance. Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 119–143. 3. Muggia L*, Candotto Carniel F, Grube M. 2017. The lichen photobiont Trebouxia: towards and appreciation of species diversity and molecular studies. In: Grube M, Seckbach J, Muggia L (eds), Algal and Cyanobacteria Symbioses. World Scientific Publisher, pp. 111–146. 4. Grube M*, Muggia L, Baloch E, Hametner C, Stocker-Wörgötter E. 2017. Symbioses of lichen-forming fungi with Trentepohlialean algae. In: Grube M, Seckbach J, Muggia L* (eds), Algal and Cyanobacteria Symbioses. World Scientific Publisher, pp. 85–110. 5. Maier S*, Muggia L, Kuske CR, Grube M. 2016. Bacteria and non-lichenized fungi within biological soil crust. In: Weber B, Budel B, Belnap J (eds), Biological soil crusts: an organizing principle in drylands. Springer, pp. 81–100. 6. Grube M*, Muggia L, Gostinčar C. 2013. Niches and adaptation of polyextremotolerant black fungi. In: Seckbach J, Oren A, Stan-Lotter E (eds), Polyextremophiles. Life under multiple forms of stress. Springer, pp. 551–566. 7. Grube M*, Muggia L. 2010. Identifying algal symbionts in lichen symbiosis. In: Nimis PL, Vignes LebbeR (eds), Tools for Identifying Biodiversity: Progress and problems, pp. 295–299. 8. Grube M*, Rabensteiner J, Grube U, Muggia L. 2010. Architectures of biocomplexity: lichen-dominated soil crusts and mats. In: Seckbach J, Oren A (eds), Microbial Mats. Modern and ancient microorganisms in stratified systems. Springer, pp. 341–357. Not peer review 1. Grube M*, Muggia L. 2013. Success by flexible management of algal partners. Lichen Symbiosis. The Biochemist 35: 10–13. 2. Hafellner J*, Muggia L, Obermayer W. 2012. Rinodina candidogrisea, a new sorediate species from high altitudes in the Alps. Bibliotheca Lichenologica 108: 75–100. 3. Muggia L, Schmitt I, Grube M*. 2009. Lichens as treasure chests of natural products. Society of Industrial Microbiology News, pp. 85–97. 4. Hafellner J*, Muggia L. 2006. Über Vorkommen von Caloplaca erodens in der Steiermark (Österreich). Mitteilungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereines für Steiermark 135: 33–49. CONTRIBUTIONS AT INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES Oral communications (18 as speaker; speaker is underlined; invited talk is indicated): - 2024, 4th Lichen Photobiont Workshop, 17-20.09.2024, Gdanzk, Poland, Dĕdková K, Steinová J, Vančurová L, Muggia L, “Photobiont diversity in soredia of Cladonia lichens”. - 2024 IMC12, Twelfth International Mycological Congress, Maastricht, The Netherland 11-15.08.2024, MuggiaL, Ametrano CG, de Hoog S, Selbmann L, Pallavicini A, Leavitt S, Grube M, “The lichen-associated mycobiota”; Tomasello B, Pallavicini A, Petruzzellis F, Salvi G, Muggia L, Ametrano CG, “Influence of conservation agriculture on soil microbiota in an experimental farm in Friuli Venezia Giulia (North Eastern Italy). - 2023, 1st IUMB Focus Meeting on Extremophilic Fungi, Ljubliana, Muggia L (invited talk) “Diversity of extremophilic fungi in highly heterogeneous lichen mycobiome”. - 2021, 9th IAL Symposium of the International Association for Lichenology (IAL9), Bonito, Brazil (VIRTUAL). Muggia L (invited keynote talk), “Fungi and algae: from interactions to relationships”; Cometto A, Grube M, Leavitt SD, Muggia L, “Stability and variation of lichen mycobiome”; Kono M, Fernandez-Brime S, Muggia L, Wedin M, Resl P, Terai Y “Comparative genomic approaches towards the genetic basis of fungal lifestyles in Stictidaceae”; Nelsen M, Leavitt SD, Heller K, Muggia L, Lumbsch TH, “Disentangling the evolution of climatic preference in Trebouxia”; Fernandez-Mendoza F, Strasser E, Vondrak J, Frolov I, Muggia L, Gaya E, Mayrhofer H, Grube M “Genomic insights into an open species complex, the saxicolous Pyrenodesmia (Teloschistales) in Eurasia”. - 2018, 5th Meeting of the ISHAM working group of Black Years and Chromoblastomycosis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Muggia L, Grew F, Lumbsch TH, Grube M, Leavitt SD, Ametrano CG, “Phylogenetic and phylogenomic analyses of the two rock inhabiting fungi Lichenothelia and Saxomyces (Dothideomycetes, Ascomycota)” Book of Abstracts without page number. - 2018, 10th International Mycological Congress (IMC11), San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA. Grube M, Fernandez-Mendoza F, Banchi E, Muggia L, “Lichen symbioses as a niche for extremotolerant fungi”, Book of Abstracts p. 107. - 2016, 6th Meeting of the ISHAM working group of Black Years and Chromoblastomycosis, Viterbo, Italy. Ametrano CG, Knudsen K, Kocourkova J, Grube M, Selbmann L, Muggia L, “The phylogenetic relationships connecting extremotolerant rock-inhabiting fungi from the Alps to the desert”. - 2016, XV OPTIMA Meeting, Montpellier, France. Muggia L, Fernandez-Mendoza F, Grube M (invited talk), “Lichens as a niche for black fungi”, Book of Abstracts p. 45; Fernandez-Mendoza F, Frolov I, Vondrak J, Rabensteiner J, Kopun T, Muggia L, Mayrhofer H, Grube M (invited talk), “A phylogenetic insight into the diversification of saxicolous black fruited Caloplacas in Eurasia (Pyrenodesmia, Teloschistaceae)”. Book of Abstract p. 46. - 2016, 8th IAL Symposium of the International Association for Lichenology (IAL8), Helsinki, Finland. Muggia L, Ametrano CG, Grube M, Fernandez-Brime S, Wedin M (invited talk), “A panoramic path along multiple symbiotic patterns: together or not together?”, Book of Abstracts p. 53; Ametrano CG, Knudsen K, Grube M, Selbmann L, Muggia L, “Phylogenetic relationships among extremotolerant rock-inhabiting fungi and their association with algae”, Book of Abstracts p. 75; Banchi E, Stankovic D, Fernandez-Mendoza F, Pallavicini A, Muggia L, “Intrathalline diversity of lichen-inhabiting fungi assessed by metabarcoding of ITS2 region”, Book of Abstracts p. 87; Fernandez-Brime S, Muggia L, Maier S, Grube M, Wedin M, “Exploring the microbiome of the optionally lichenized fungus Schizoxylon albescens”, Book of Abstract p. 88; Montagner A, Candotto Carniel F, Gerdol M, Banchi E, Manfrin C, Muggia L, Pallavicini A, Tretiach M, “Transcriptomic analysis of the lichen photobiont Trebouxia gelatinosa subjected to dehydration and rehydration processes”, Book of Abstracts p. 99. - 2015, 8th Congress of the International Symbiosis Society, Lisbon, Portugal. Muggia L, Skaloud P, Steinova J. (invited talk), “Challenging symbiont association patterns in lichens”; Steinova J, Muggia L, Skaloud P, “Diversity of mycobiont-photobiont associations correlate with reproductive strategies in Cladonia lichen species” - 2015, 2° Workshop of Inter-kingdom Interactions and Biocontrol, Graz, Austria. Muggia L (invited talk), “The multiplicity of algal interactions: a panoramic path from rock to bark of evolutionary relationships and symbiotic patterns”. - 2014, 10th International Mycological Congress (IMC10), Bangkok, Thailand. Muggia L, Fleischhacker A, Kopun T, Hafellner J, Grube M, “Diversity of lichen-associated fungi in alpine communities by amplicon sequencing”, Book of Abstracts. - 2013 5th Polar and Alpine Microbiology Congress, (PAM5), Big Sky, Montana, U.S.A. Muggia L, Fleischhacker A, Kopun T, Hafellner J, Grube M, “Alpine lichen communities as hotbeds of stress tolerant fungi”, Program & Abstracts p. 28. - 2013, 5th Meeting of the ISHAM working group of Black Years and Chromoblastomycosis, Guangzhou, China. Muggia L, Fleischhacker A, Kopun T, Hafellner J, Grube M, “Diversity of black and lichenicolous fungi from lichen communities in the Alps”, Electronic Abstract p. 29; de Hoog S, Deng S, Yang L, Moreno L, Stielow B, Blatrix R, Muggia L, Grube M, “Phylogeny and ecology of the Chaetothyriales based on LSU rDNA”, Electronic Abstracts, p. 14: http://www.blackyeast.org/ Guangzhou/Download/Abstract.pdf. - 2012, 7th IAL Symposium of the International Association for Lichenology (IAL7), Bangkok, Thailand. Muggia L, Perez-Ortega S, Spribille T, Grube M, “The Tephromela atra species-complex: a case study of symbiotic species evolution”, Book of Abstract p. 24; Gueidan C, Thues H, Muggia L, et al. “Evolution of photobiont associations in the family Verrucariaceae” Book of Abstracts p. 4. - 2011, 4th Polar and Alpine Microbiology Congress, (PAM4), Ljubljana, Slovenia. Muggia L, Perez-Ortega S, Spribille T, Grube M “Tephromela atra lichen species-complex: a model for symbiotic evolution studies”, Book of Abstract p. 59; Printzen C, Muggia L, Grube M, “Alphaproteobacterial communities in geographically distant populations of the lichen Cetraria aculeata”, Book of Abstracts p. 46. - 2011, 4th ISHAM Black Fungi Workshop, Curitiba, Brazil. Muggia L, Gueidan C, Knudsen K, Perlmutter G, Kocourkova J, Grube M, “Lichens and black fungi: evolutionary relationships and shared habitats’; Muggia L, Grube M, “Isolation method to study black yeast in lichens” (no book of abstract available). - 2010, 9° International Mycological Congress (IMC9), Edinburgh, Scotland. Special Interest Group “Cryptic speciation in lichen forming fungi”. Muggia L, “The implications of morphological and phylogenetic species concepts in lichens”. Book of Abstracts in CD-ROM. - 2008, 6 th International Association for Lichenology Congress (IAL6), Asilomar, California, USA. Muggia L, Grube M, “Polyketide synthase genes in lichens: evolution and diversity”, Lichenological Abstracts pp. 48. Muggia L, Grube M, Zellnig G, “Characterization of the trebouxioid photobiont of Tephromela atra (Lecanorales, Ascomycota) from the Mediterranean region”, Lichenological Abstracts pp. 48. - 2006, 8 th International Mycological Congress (IMC8), Cairns, Australia. Muggia L, Schmitt I, Blaha J, Rankl J, Grube M, “Evolution of polyketide synthases in lichens”, 8th International Mycological Congress, Cairns, Australia. Congress handbook and abstract book 1, p. 167. Posters (n=22) - 2024, IMC12, Twelfth International Mycological Congress, Maastricht, The Netherland 11-15.08.2024, Banchi E, Manna V, Muggia L, Celussi M, “Marine fungal diversity and dynamics in the Gulf of Trieste (northern Adriatic Sea)”. - 2023, 1st IUMB Focus Meeting on Extremophilic Fungi, Ljubliana, De Carolis R, Stoppiello GA, Coleine C, Selbmann L, Muggia L “Lichen mycodiversity in Antarctica reveal the key role of thallus structure as suitable niche for diversity”. - 2018, 10th International Mycological Congress (IMC11), San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA. Ametrano CG, Grewe F, Knudsen K, Lumbsch HT, Muggia L, Leavitt SD, “First insights into the genomes of Lichenothelia and Saxomyces (Dothideomycetes)”, Book of Abstracts p. 345; Muggia L, Zalar P, Azua-Bustos A, Gunde-Cimermann N, “The thread connection Hotaea weneckii and Dunaliella atacamensis: triggering symbiosis from spiderwebs to in vitro culture”, Book of Abstracts p. 383; Muggia L, Banchi E, Ametrano CG, Stankovic D, Pallavicini A, Fungal diversity of airborne samples is uncovered by DNA metabarcoding.” Book of Abstracts p. 233; Hill R, Fernández-Brime S, Muggia L, Hawksworth D, Navarro-Rosinés P, Gaya E, “Exploring the evolution of lichenicolous fungi in a phylogenetic context”, Book of Abstracts p. 348. - 2016, 8th IAL Symposium of the International Association for Lichenology (IAL8), Helsinki, Finland. “Potential horizontal gene transfer (HGT) of Desiccation Related proteins in the lichen phototbiont Trebouxia gelatinosa” Banchi E, Candotto Carniel F, Gerdol M, Montagner A, Muggia L, Pallavicini A, Tretiach M, Book of Abstract p. 112; “A phylogenomic examination of the diversification of black fruited Caloplacas in Eurasia (Pyrenodesmia, Teloschistaceae)” Fernandez-Mendoza F, Frolov I, Vondrak J, Rabensteiner J, Kopun T, Muggia L, Mayrhofer H, Grube M, Book of Abstract p. 113; “Molecular analyses uncover the phylogenetic position of the lichenized hyphomycetous genus Cheiromycina” Muggia L, Mancinelli R, Tønsberg T, Palice Z, Book of Abstract p. 170. - 2016, 6th Meeting of the ISHAM working group of Black Years and Chromoblastomycosis, Viterbo, Italy. “Black fungi as model for mixed culture experiments: analyses of co-growth rate and photobiont associations” Ametrano CG, Muggia L. -2015, II International Workshop on Ascomycete Systematics, Amsterdam, The Netherland, “Black magics on the rocks: anamorph-teleomorph relationship among rock inhabiting fungi?” Muggia L, Selbmann L, Knudsen K, Grube M. Program and Abstract p. 25. - 2015 8th Congress of the International Symbiosis Society, Lisbon, Portugal, “Insights in the lichen-forming species complex Tephromela atra: mycobiont-photobiont specific association defines a new taxon”. Cestaro L, Grube M, Bjork C, Tønsberg T, Muggia L. - 2014, 10th International Mycological Congress (IMC10), Bangkok, Thailand, “Disentangling the complex of Lichenothelia species from rock communities in the desert”, Muggia L, Kocoukova J, Knudsen K, Book of abstracts. - 2013, 5th Polar and Alpine Microbiology Congress, (PAM4), Big Sky, Montana, U.S.A. Muggia L, Perez-Ortega S, Spribille T, Grube M. “A lichen species complex to study evolution of organisms in symbiosis” Program & Abstracts p. 47. - 2012, 7th IAL Symposium of International Association for Lichenology (IAL7), Bangkok, Thailand, Muggia L, Vancourova L, Skaloud P, Peksa O, Grube M, Are long living thalli an arena for photobiont variation? Book of Abstract p. 94; Muggia L, Spribille T, A tale of two mycobionts. Exploring convergent evolution and photobiont switching in the lichen genus Polychidium. Book of Abstract p. 95; Muggia L, Klug B, Berg G, Grube M, Fluorescence in situ hybridization and confocal laser scanning microscopy approach to analyse alpine soil crust lichens. Book of Abstract p. 78. - 2011, 4th Polar and Alpine Microbiology Congress, (PAM4), Ljubljana, Slovenia. Muggia L, Klug B, Berg G, Grube M, Fluorescence in situ hybridization and confocal laser scanning microscopy approach to analyse alpine soil crust lichens. Book of Abstract p. 118. - 2010, 9th International Mycological Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland. Muggia L, Baloch E, Stabentheiner E, Grube M, Wedin M, Photobiont association and genetic diversity of the optionally lichenized fungus Schizoxylon albescens. Book of abstract in CD-ROM. - 2008, 6 th International Association for Lichenology Congress (IAL), Asilomar, California, USA. Muggia L, Gueidan C, Grube M, Phylogenetic affiliation of granulose genera formely attributed to Verrucariaceae. Lichenological Abstracts, pp. 48; Muggia L, Nadyeina O, Grube M, Diversity of fungal associates in lichens assessed by single strand conformation polymorphism. Lichenological Abstracts, pp. 49. - 2007, European Consortium of the Barcoding Of Life (ECBOL), DNA-barcoding Congress, Leiden, The Netherlands. Muggia L, Bjelland T, Cardinale M, Wornik S, Grube M, DNA-barcoding and fungal symbiosis. DNA Barcoding in Europe, 3-5 October 2007, Leiden, The Netherlands, Conference Book, p. 44. - 2005, XVII International Botanical Congress (IBC), Vienna, Austria. Muggia L, Rankl J, Blaha J, Grube M, Paralogy and homology in polyketide genes of lichen fungi. XVII International Botanical Congress, Vienna, Book of abstract, p. 554. - 2004, 5th International Association for Lichenology Congress (IAL5), Tartu, Estonia. Muggia L, Tretiach M, Grube M, Genetic and morphological variability in endolithic taxa of Caloplaca sect. Pyrenodesmia. In: Randlane T, Saag, A (eds.), Book of Abstracts of the 5th IAL Symposium. Lichens in Focus. Tartu University Press, p. 19. CONTRIBUTIONS AT NATIONAL CONGRESSES Oral communications (13 as speaker; speaker is underlined; invited talk is indicated) - 2023 XXXV Congress of the Società Lichenologica Italiana, Verona, Italy. Ametrano CG, Pichelr G, Kranner I, Candotto Carniel F, Tretiach M, Pallavicini A, Muggia L, “Uraveling genomic adaptation of the lichenicolous fungus Muellerella atricola and its phylogenetic allies in Chaetothyriomycetidae”, Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 36 p. 13; De Carolis R, Stoppiello GA, Coleine C, Selbmann L, Muggia L, “Lichen mycobiota in Antarctica reveal the key role of thallus structure as suitable niche for diversity”, Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 36 p. 19; Nimis PL, Martellos S, Muggia L, Pitacco P, Pittao E, “On the ecology of lichenicolous lichens. A case study in Italy”, Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 36 p. 25; Sander W, De Carolis R, Ertz D, De Los Rios A, Muggia L, “The microfruticose Porina (Ostropales, Lecanoromycetes): two new isidioid species from southwestern Florida”, Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 36 p. 27. - 2022 XXXIV Congress of the Società Lichenologica Italiana, Pavia, Italy. Cometto A, Ametrano CG, Leavitt SD, Pallavicini A, Muggia L, “Stability and variation of lichen mycobiome”. Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 35 p. 15; De Carolis R, Cometto A, Ametrano CG, Pallavicicni A, Muggia L, Metabarcoding data for the analysis of photobiont shift in Rhizoplaca melanophthalma and Tephromela atra in exterme environments”, Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 35 p. 21; Cometto A, Ametrano CG, Freire-Rallo S, Millanes AM, Muggia L, “Characterization of the mating compatibility of the lichenicolous fungus Tremella macrobasidita”, Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 35 p. 20. - 2021 XXXIII Congress of the Società Lichenologica Italiana, Genova, Italy (VIRTUAL). Cometto A, Grube M, Pallavicini A, Leavitt SD, Muggia L, “Stability and variation of lichen mycobiome”. - 2019 XXXII Congress of the Società Lichenologica Italiana, Bologna, Italy. Muggia L, Perez-Ortega S, Ertz D, “Muellerella, a lichenicolous fungal genus recovered as polyphyletic within Chaetothyriomycetidae (Eurotiomycetes, Ascomycota)”. Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 32 p. 19. - 2018 XXXI Congress of the Società Lichenologica Italiana, Pistoia, Italy. Muggia L, Grube M, “Lichen-associated fungi: diversity and culture approaches”. Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 31 p. 22. - 2017, XXX Congress of the Società Lichenologica Italiana, Torin, Itay. “Species or not species: the dark boundaries between Lichenothelia and Saxomyces” Ametrano CG, Knudsen K, Leavitt S, Kocourkova J, Selbmann L, Grube M, Muggia L. Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 30, p. 18. - 2016, XXVIV Congress of the Società Lichenologica Italiana, Trieste, Itay. Ametrano CG, Knudsen K, Kocourkova J, Grube M, Selbmann L, Muggia L, “Phylogenetic relationships among extremotolerant rock-inhabiting fungi and their association with algae” Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 29, p. 22; Banchi E, Stankovic D, Fernandez-Mendoza F, Pallavicini A, Muggia L, “Intrathalline diversity of lichen inhabiting fungi assessed by metabarcoding of ITS region”, Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 29, p. 25; Mancinelli R, Tonsber T, Palice Z, Muggia L, “Molecular analyses uncover the phylogenetic position of the lichenized hyphomycetous genus Cheiromycina”, Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 29, p. 27. - 2015, XXVIII Congress of the Società Lichenologica Italiana, Lanciano, Italy. Muggia L, Selbmann L, Knudsen K, Grube M, “Rock-inhabiting fungi and their association with algae: where does symbiosis start?”, Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 28, p. 24. - 2014, XXVII Congress of the Società Lichenologica Italiana, Montecatini Terme, Italy. “Diversity of lichen-associated fungi in alpine communities by amplicon sequencing”, Muggia L, Fleischhacker A, Kopun T, Hafellner J, Grube M, Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 27, p. 30. - 2013, XXVI Congress of the Società Lichenologica Italiana, Piacenza, Italy. Muggia L, Perez-Ortega S, Spribille T, Grube M. “A lichen species complex to study evolution of organisms in symbiosis” Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 26, p. 31. - 2012, XXV Congress of the Società Lichenologica Italiana, Roma, Italy. Muggia L, Grube M, “Lichens and black fungi: evolutionary relationships and shared habitats”, Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 25, p. 17. - 2011, XXIV Congress of the Società Lichenologica Italiana, Terni, Italy. Muggia L, Spribille T, “A tale of two mycobionts. Exploring convergent evolution and photobiont switching in the lichen genus Polychidium” ,Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 24, p. 44. - 2010, XXIII Congress of the Società Lichenologica Italiana, Pesche, Italy. Muggia L, Baloch E, Stabentheiner E, Grube M, Wedin M, “Photobiont association and genetic diversity of the optionally lichenized fungus Schizoxylon albescens”, Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 23, p. 24. - 2009, XXII Congress of the Società Lichenologica Italiana, Brescia, Italy. Muggia L, Gueidan C, Grube M. “Phylogenetic relationships of some morphologically unusual members of Verrucariales”, Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 22, p. 27. - 2008, XXI Congress of the Società Lichenologica Italiana, Cogne, Italy. Muggia L, Nadyeina O, Grube M. “Stima della diversità di associazioni fungine in talli lichenici attraverso SSCP analisi”, Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 21, p. 19. - 2006, XIX Congress of the Società Lichenologica Italiana, Trento, Italy. Muggia L, Schmitt I, Blaha J, Rankl J, Grube M, “Evoluzione, selezione ed espressione dei geni delle poliketide sintasi nei licheni”, Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 19, p. 82. - 2005, XVIII Congress of the Società Lichenologica Italiana, Trieste, Italy. Muggia L, Grube M, Munzi S, Tretiach M. “Analisi filogenetica di mico- e fotobionte in popolazioni simpatriche di tre varietà del lichene Tephromela atra (Huds.) Hafellner”, Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 19, p. 15. Posters (n=14) - 2019 XXXII Congress of the Società Lichenologica Italiana, Bologna, Italy. Moya P, Molins A, Muggia L, Barreno E, “Illumina assay reveals habitat as the main factor shaping microalgal diversity in Ramalina farinacea”. Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 321 p. 64. - 2018 XXXI Congress of the Società Lichenologica Italiana, Pistoia, Italy. Ametrano CG, Grewe F, Knudsen K, Lumbsch HT, Muggia L, Leavitt SD, “First insights into the genomes of Lichenothelia and Saxomyces (Dothideomycetes)”, Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana p. 31. - 2015 XXVIII Congress of the Società Lichenologica Italiana, Montecatini Terme, Italy. Cestaro L, Grube M, Bjork C, Tønsberg T, Muggia L, “Insights in the lichen-forming species complex Tephromela atra: mycobiont-photobiont specific association defines a new taxon”, Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 28, p. 41; Banchi E, Gerdol M, Montagner A, Candotto Carniel F, Muggia L, Pallavicini A, Tretiach M, “The dessication-related proteins in Trebouxia: a family to discover”, Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 28, p. 34. - 2014 XXVII Congress of the Società Lichenologica Italiana, Montecatini Terme, Italy. Rohrer A, Mayrhofer H, Kati V, Muggia L, “Species richness and diversity of lichen communities by conservation through religion”, Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 27, p. 69. - 2014 XXVII Congress of the Società Lichenologica Italiana, Montecatini Terme, “Pyrosequencing analysis reveals high diversity of lichen-associated fungi in alpine habitats” Fleischhacker A, Kopun T, Grube M, Muggia L, Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 27, p. 46. - 2013 XXVI Congress of the Società Lichenologica Italiana, Piacenza, Italy. Fleischhacker A, Kopun T, Grube M, Muggia L, “Diversity of lichenicolous and endolichenic fungi from alpine lichen communities” Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 26, p. 38. - 2012 XXV Congress of the Società Lichenologica Italiana, Roma, Fleischhacker A, Hafellner J, Grube M, Muggia L, Assessing fungal diversity among alpine lichen communities. Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 25, p. 48; Muggia L, Perez-Ortega S, Spribille T, Grube M, The Tephromela atra species complex: a case study of symbiotic species evolution. Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 25, p. 57. - 2011 XXIV Convegno of the Società Lichenologica Italiana, Terni, Italy. Muggia L, Perez-Ortega S, Spribille T, Grube M, The Tephromela atra species-complex: a case study of symbiotic species evolution. Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 24, p. 64. - 2008, XXI Congress of the Società Lichenologica Italiana, Cogne, Italy. Muggia L, Grube M, Evoluzione e diversità dei geni delle polichetidi sintasi nei licheni. Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 21, p. 52; Muggia L, Grube M, Zellnig G. Caratterizzazione di un fotobionte di Tephromela atra (Lecanorales, Ascomycota) dall’area Mediterranea. Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 21, p. 53. - 2007, XX Congress of the Società Lichenologica Italiana, Siena, Italy. Muggia L, Brunauer G, Grube M. Phylogenetic analysis of polyketide synthase domains in ascomycetes. Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 20, p. 68. - 2006, 101° National congress of the Società Botanica Italiana, Caserta, Italy. Baruffo L, Muggia L, Tretiach M. Posizione sistematica e distribuzione di due problematici taxa del genere Lepraria (Lecanorales, Ascomycota). Riassunti Relazioni – Comunicazioni – Poster, p. 239. - 2006, XIX Congress of the Società Lichenologica Italiana, Trento, Italy. Benesperi R, Brunialti G, Cavini E, Fappiano A, Ferrarese A, Frati L, Giordani P, Isocrono D, Matteucci E, Muggia L, Rizzi G, Tretiach M, Stima della diversità lichenica dell’isola di Pianosa (Arcipelago Toscano): influenza della scala spaziale e approcci metodologici a confronto. Notiziario della Società Lichenologica Italiana 19, p. 75. 3. List of projects and cooperations (my role, “project title”, acronym, grant agency, project number; principal investigator; period; total budget) INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS AND COOPERATIONS 2019-2023 Management Committee member of COST Action project “New approaches in detection of pathogens and aeroallergens", funded by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union (EU), project n. CA18226; 48 months (21/11/2019-10/11/2023); budget allocated by the EU for travels and meetings. 2019-2022 Co-Principal Investigator of the JGI project ”Shed light in The daRk lineagES of the Fungal Tree Of Life (FTOL)”, STRES, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI; https://jgi.doe.gov/), California, U.S.A.; Principal Investigator Prof. Laura Selbmann, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy; 36 months (09/2019-09/2022); total budget located at JGI for 100 genome sequencing. 2018-2021 Collaborator in the project “The lichen symbiosis: metabolites involved in lichenization”, funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF (Fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung), project n. P-32092; Principal Investigator and grant holder Prof. Ilse Kranner, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; 48 months (01/01/2019-31/12/2022); total budget 336.349,13 €. 2017-2021 Collaborator in the project “Lichen symbiosis as a complex mutualistic association and paradigm of resilience to adverse environments. Genomic, structural and functional diversity.”, funded by Ayudas para el desarrollo de acciones científicas del programa de investigación de Excelencia Prometeo, Consellería de Educación, Dirección General de Política Científica, Generalitat Valenciana, Spain; project n. PROMETEO/2017/039; Principal Investigator and grant holder Prof. Eva Barreno Rodríguez, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain; 48 months (01/01/2017-31/12/2020); total budget/year: 99.858,00 €/2017, 99.289,00 €/2018, 99.224,00 €/2019, 99.164,00 €/2020. 2017-2019 Collaborator in the project “Novel interdisciplinary perspective on the complexity of lichen symbiosis: a genomic and functional study of microalgae and bacteria.”, SYMBIOLICHEN, funded by the Ministerio Economía y Competitividad MINECO, Spain; project n. CGL2016-79158-P and FEDER; Principal Investigator and grant holder Prof. Eva Barreno Rodríguez, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain; 36 months (30/12/2016-29/12/2019); total budget 181.500,00 €. 2017-2020 Collaborator in the project “Fungal phylogeny and evolution”, funded by The Swedish Research Council, project n. VR2016-03589; Principal Investigator and grant holder Prof. Mats Wedin, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden; 48 months; total budget 4.000.000 SEK. 2013-2016 Collaborator in the project “Fungal phylogeny and evolution”, funded by the Swedish Research Council, project n. VR621-2012-3990; Principal Investigator and grant holder Prof. Mats Wedin, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden; 48 months; total budget not available. 2013-2017 Collaborator in the project “THALIS-SAGE: Conservation through religion: the sacred groves of Epirus”, THALIS uoi32, co-funded by the European Union (European Social Fund – ESF) and the Greek national funds through the Operational funded Program "Education and Lifelong Learning“ of the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) - Research Funding Program: THALIS. Investing in knowledge society through the European Social Fund; Principal Investigator and grant holder Dr. John M. Halley, University of Joannina, Joannina, Greece; 60 months; total budget 509.820,00 €. 2012-2015 Collaborator in the project “Lichen Inventory for the Southwest Alaska Network”, funded by United States National Park Service, under Cooperative Agreement H8W07110001 with Oregon State University, project n. KATM-00108; Principal Investigator and grant holder Prof. Bruce McCune, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A.; 36 months; total budget 135.000,00 US$. 2012-2015 Principal Investigator and grant holder of the project “Alpine lichen as hot-beds for fungal diversification”, funded by the Austrian Science Fund (Fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung, FWF), project n. P24114-B16, carried out at the Karl-Franzens University, Graz, Austria; 36 months (01/03/2012-28/02/2015); total budget 273.945,00 €. 2010-2011 Member of the project “Symbiotic selection arenas in lichens”, funded by the Osterreichische Austauschdienst-GmbH OeAD, project n. CZ 07/2010; Principal Investigator Prof. Martin Grube, Karl-Franzens University, Graz, Austria; 24 months (01/01/2010-31/12/2011); total budget 2.737,00 €. ITALIAN NATIONAL PROJECTS 2023-2025 Principal Investigator of the project “Graphite for graphene: digging into the diversity of primary degrading microorganisms”, GraDirMi, funded by the Programme ‘Progetti di ricerca di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale (PRIN)’ and co-funded by the University of Trieste; 24 months (12/10/2023-11/10/2025); total budget: total eligible costs 220.680,00 € of which MUR contribution 164.779,00 €. 2020-2023 Principal Investigator of the project “Stability and variation of lichen mycobiomes”, LiMycS, funded by the Programme ‘Progetti di ricerca di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale (PRIN)’ and co-funded by the University of Trieste; 36 months plus 6 months extension (22/01/2020-23/07/2023); total budget: MIUR contribution 174.108,00 €, total eligible costs 212.314,00 €. 2020-2022 Principal Investigator of the project “The Antartic lichen as evolutionary niches for microbial diversification”, THALLI, funded by the programme Programma Nazionale per la Ricerca in Antartide (PNRA; National Program for Antarctic Research), project n. PNRA18_00056; starting in October 2020, 24 months; total eligible budget 123.800,00 €. RESEARCH FUNDS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE 2018-2020 Principal Investigator of the project RIC-Altri Progetti di ricerca nazionali (COST TO COST), Fondo per il finanziamento delle attività base di ricerca, project n. BNDPUMUGGIAFABBR-18; 24 months (01/01/2018-31/12/2020); total budget 3.000,00 €. 2020-2022 Principal Investigator of the project “Uncharted terrain in lichen symbioses: photobiont diversity in extreme environments”, funded by the University of Trieste, RIC-Altri Progetti di Ateneo (COST TO COST), project n. D40_microgrants_MUGGIA; 24 months (01/07/2020-30/07/2022); total budget 2.960,00 €. 2017-2018 Principal Investigator of the project “Development of NGS meta-barcoding for the characterization of aerobiological samples”, funded by the University of Trieste, by the programme ‘Fondi per la Ricerca di Ateneo FRA-2016’ (intra-department project), project n. FRAMUGGIA2016-17; 24 months (01/01/2017-31/12/2018); 16.940,00 €. 2015-2016 Principal Investigator of the project “Analyses of symbiotic associations in vitro by studying the Schizoxylon-Coccomyxa system” funded by the University of Trieste, by the programme ‘Fondi per la Ricerca di Ateneo FRA-2014’ (individual project), project n. MUGGIA-FRA2014; 24 months (01/01/2015-31/12/2016); total budget 2.325,00 €. 4. Teaching (University, course of study (ID), name of the course (ID), total hours, n. of university credits; academic years; language of teaching) First Level – Bachelor study University of Trieste, Bachelor study of Science and Technology for Environment and Nature (SM40), Summer School on the Identification of vascular plants (SV001), 36 hour course, 3 CFU credits; academic years 2023/2024; Italian. University of Trieste, Bachelor study of Science and Technology for Environment and Nature (SM40), Systematic Botany (SM074), 48 hour course, 6 CFU credits; academic years 2023/2024; Italian. University of Trieste, Bachelor study of Science and Technology for Environment and Nature (SM40), Laboratory of Plant Histology (SM621), 36 hour course, 3 CFU credits, academic year 2016/2017; Italian. University of Trieste, Bachelor study of Biological Sciences and Technologies (SM51), Plant Biology (181SM), 24 hours and 3 CFU credits (of the total 72 hour course and 9 CFU credits); academic year 2018/2019 and 2019/2020, 2020/2021, 2021/2022; Italian. University of Trieste, Bachelor study of Science and Technology for Environment and Nature (SM40), General Botany (SM621), 48 hour course, 6 CFU credits; academic years 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021, 2021/2022; Italian. University of Trieste, Bachelor study of Science and Technology for Environment and Nature (SM40), Systematic Botany (SM621), 48 hour course, 6 CFU credits; academic years 2023/2024; Italian. Karl-Franzens University of Graz (Austria), Bachelor study in Biology, Module “Lebensraum Alpen” (635.087) combined with student field excursion at Planner Alm (Styria, Austria), 45 hours course, 3 semester hours; academic years 2013/2014 and 2014/2015; German. Karl-Franzens University of Graz (Austria), Diploma study in Pharmacy, “Morphology and systematics of medical plants” (651.967), 30 hours course, 2 semester hours; academic years 2011/2012 and 2012/2013; German. Second Level – Master study University of Trieste, Master study in Ecology and Sustainability of Climate Changes (SM58), Phytogeography (948SV), 48 hour course, 6 CFU credits, academic year 2022/2023, 2023/2024; English. University of Trieste, Master study in Ecology of Climate Changes (SM57), Cladistics and Phylogeography (633 SM), 48 hour course, 6 CFU credits, academic year 2019/2020, 2020/2021, 2021/2022, 2022/2023; English. University of Trieste, Master study in Ecology of Climate Changes (SM57), Genetics and molecular biology for environmental analysis (633 SM), module Cladistics and Phylogeography, 48 hour course, 6 CFU credits; academic years 2015/2016, 2016/2017 and 2017/2018; English. University of Trieste, Master study in Environmental Biology (SM56), Molecular Systematics (668 SM), 48 hour course, 6 CFU credits; academic years 2013/2014 and 2014/2015; English. Third level – graduate school Karl-Franzens University of Graz (Austria), Seminar for Doctoral Study in Plant Science, “Special chapter about evolution and systematic of plants and fungi by applying CLS- microscopy methods” (651.606), 30 hours course, 2 semester hours, academic years 2010/2011 and 2012/2013; English. Additional courses University of Trieste, coordinator together with Prof. Mauro Tretiach and Prof. Martin Grube of the course “Techniques of DNA analysis in lichenology” organized by the Italian Lichen Society, 13-18/09/2004; English and Italian. Mentoring of master and PhD students Supervisor of 15 bachelor theses (since 2015). Supervisor of four master theses (since 2016). Supervisor of three PhD theses (XXXVI Doctoral School of Environmental Life Sciences, Roberto De Carolis; XXXV Doctoral School of Environmental Life Sciences, Agnese Cometto; 2017-2018, XXXI Doctoral School of Environmental Life Sciences, Dr. Claudio G. Ametrano). Co- supervisor of one PhD thesis (XXX Doctoral School of Environmental Life Sciences, Dr. Elisa Banchi). Co-supervisor of one PhD student at Karl-Franzens University of Graz, Austria (2015, Antonia Fleischhacker). Advisor of one PhD student from Czech Republic during two-month visit in Graz for the Aktion Austria-Czech Republic project research (2013, Dr. Jana Steinova). DOCTORAL SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL LIFE SCIENCES Since November 2023 Coordinator of the Doctoral School of Environmental Life Sciences at the University of Trieste. Since 2013, member of the Doctoral School of Environmental Life Sciences at the University of Trieste. 5. Other scientific activities COMMISSIONS OF TRUST 2012 Evaluator of Czech national project (Czech Science Foundation project 14-29819S). 2011 Evaluator of Italian national project PRIN 2010 (prot. 2010YB8HWR). 2014 Evaluator of Netherlands Polar Program project (NWO) (project ALWNNPP/2014-04). 2008 to date, Reviewer of international journals: Algal Research, Biodiversity and Conservation, Bryologist, Ecology and Evolution, Environmental Microbiology, European Journal of Soil Biology, Fungal Biology, Fungal Diversity, International Microbiology, Molecular Ecology, Molecular Phylogenetic and Evolution, Mycologia, Mycological Progress, Mycotaxon, New Phytologist, Plant and Soil, PlosONE, Polar Biology, Symbiosis, The Lichenologist (and several others more). SCHOLARSHIP AND RESEARCH VISITS 2011 Synthesis European Grant, London, “Species evolution in lichen symbiosis: Tephromela atra species-complex as study model”. TRAINING ACTIVITIES 2011-2012 MentoringPLUS Career development program for young female scientists, as mentee at the Karl-Franzens University Graz. MEMBERSHIP OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY – Società Lichenologica Italiana (SLI) since 2004; – International Association for Lichenology (IAL) since 2004; – Bryologisch-lichenologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Mitteleuropa (BLAM) since 2008. ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS 2018 – Co-organizer (Chair) of the session "Polyextremotolerant fungi in natural and urban extreme environments" at the 11thInternational Mycological Congress (IMC11), Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico. 2016 – Organizer (Chair) of the “Trebouxia Workshop”, International workshop on the algal genus Trebouxia lichen photobiont; University of Trieste, Department of Life Sciences, Trieste, Italy. 2016 – Organizer (Chair) of the session “The diversity within” at the 8th Congress of the International Association of Lichenology (IAL8), Helsinki, Finland. 2012 – Organizer (Chair) of the session 3I “New approaches to understanding biosynthesis and ecological roles of metabolites in lichens” at the 7th Congress of the International Association of Lichenology (IAL7), Bangkok, Thailand. 2009 – Organizer (chair) of the session “Taxonomy, floristic and systematics” at the XXII° National Congress of the Italian Lichen Society (SLI), Brescia, Italy. EDITORIAL ACTIVITY 2021 – Guest co-editor of the special issue “Photobiont diversity in lichen symbioses”, Frontiers in Microbiology, section Microbe and Virus Interactions with Plants. 2016 – Co-editor of the book Algal and Cyanobacteria Symbioses, World Scientific Publisher; Grube M, Seckbach J, Muggia L (eds). https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/q0017 2016 – Leading editor of the special Issue of Herzogia 29(2) “Festschrift celebrating the 65th birthday of Josef Hafellner”; Muggia L, Obermayer W, Mayrhofer H, Spribille T, Werth S, Resl P, Grube M (eds). FIELD RESEARCH ACTIVITIES 2004 – Central- and South Italy (Abruzzo, Marche, Molise, Puglia): wide sampling of endolithic lichens used in the research work of the master thesis. 2005 – Italy, Island of Pianosa: field work in collaboration with the members of the working group “Floristic and Systematic” of the Italian Lichen Society (SLI), compilation of the lichen flora of the island. 2006 – Italy, Parco Nazionale dell’Adamello: joint field excursion of the Italian (Società Lichenologica Italiana) and French (Association Francaise de Lichénologie) lichen societies. 2007 – Albania: in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Josef Hafellner (Graz, Austria) and Prof. Dr. Mauro Tretiach (Trieste, Italia): sampling of lichen material for the completion of the lichen flora of Albania. 2007 – Costa Rica, Botanic excursion organized by the Karl-Franzens University of Graz by Ass. Prof. Dr. Edith Stabentheiner. 2008 – California, U.S.A.: pre-congress excursion of the International Association for Lichenology. 2009 – Tanzania, Mt. Kilimandjaro: collected lichen material was sent on loan to Spanish (Dr. Sergio Perez- Ortega, Instituto de Recursos Naturales, Madrid) and Czech collaborators (Dr. Pavel Skaloud, University of Prague) for molecular and phylogenetic analyses. 2010 – Alaska, student field excursion of the Karl-Franzens University of Graz. 2013 – Greece, Epirus: lichen survey for the project “Conservation through religion: the sacred groves of Epirus”. 2013 – Alaska, Katmai National Park: lichen survey for the project “Lichen Inventory for the Southwest Alaska Network”. 2013 – New Zealand, North and South Island: lichen sampling for the project “Species evolution in symbiosis" (FWF T481-B20), further collected material was used also for a cooperation project with Dr. Pavel Škaloud, University of Prague (Czech Republic) and sent to Dr. Bruce McCune Oregon State University (Oregon, U.S.A.). 6. Personalia LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE English, writing and speaking: good German, writing and speaking: good, ÖSD C1 certificate Italian, writing and speaking: good, mother language Personalia I like nature, in particular hiking, climbing and mountaineering in the Alps and Andes. I play a lot of sport as amateur, such as swimming, climbing, alpine ski and jogging. In my spare time I like cooking, reading, knitting, relaxing or spending moments with colleagues and friends.