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American-born Canadian lichenologist and botanist

Irwin M. Brodo Brodo in Maine on 2 September 2001, receiving the first copy of Lichens of North America Born (1935-11-07) 7 November 1935 (age 90) Alma mater City College; Cornell University; Michigan State University Scientific career Fields Lichenology Institutions Canadian Museum of Nature Author abbrev. (botany) Brodo[1]

**Irwin Murray Brodo** (born November 7, 1935 in New York City) is an [emeritus](/source/Emeritus) scientist at the [Canadian Museum of Nature](/source/Canadian_Museum_of_Nature), in [Ottawa](/source/Ottawa), [Ontario](/source/Ontario), Canada. He is an authority on the identification and biology of [lichens](/source/Lichens).

## Early life and education

Brodo grew up in the [Bronx](/source/Bronx) and attended [City College](/source/City_College_of_New_York) in [Manhattan](/source/Manhattan) as an undergraduate.[2] He went on to do his [graduate studies](/source/Postgraduate_education) at [Columbia University](/source/Columbia_University), and received a [master's degree](/source/Master's_degree) from [Cornell University](/source/Cornell_University). He earned a [Ph.D.](/source/Ph.D.) in lichenology under the supervision of [Henry Imshaug](/source/Henry_Imshaug) at [Michigan State University](/source/Michigan_State_University).[3]

## Career and research

In 1965, Brodo was hired by the National Museum of Canada (now the [Canadian Museum of Nature](/source/Canadian_Museum_of_Nature)), where he continues to work as a research scientist emeritus. Over his career, he has built the lichen collection (CANL) into one of the best in North America.[2] His research includes in-depth studies on challenging genera such as *[Bryoria](/source/Bryoria)*, *[Lecanora](/source/Lecanora)*, and *[Ochrolechia](/source/Ochrolechia)*. His 1968 work on the lichens of [Long Island](/source/Long_Island) and the effects of [air pollutants](/source/Air_pollutant) was pioneering in the field.[2]

In 1970, Brodo started to edit the [exsiccata](/source/Exsiccata) series *Lichenes Canadenses exsiccati*.[4]

## Selected publications

Brodo's list of publications includes approximately 100 scientific articles, 8 popular articles, 22 reviews and 6 editorials and obituaries. One of his great achievements was the publication in 2001 of the 795 page book, *[Lichens of North America](/source/Lichens_of_North_America)* with high-quality photographs of lichens taken by Sylvia Sharnoff and [Stephen Sharnoff](/source/Stephen_Sharnoff). It won the 2002 [National Outdoor Book Award](/source/National_Outdoor_Book_Award) (Nature Guidebook).[5] In 2016, he produced *Keys to Lichens of North America: Revised and Expanded*, a spiral-bound workbook of over 400 pages including keys to 2045 species.[2]

## Teaching and mentorship

Brodo has taught at [Université Laval](/source/Universit%C3%A9_Laval) and the [University of Alaska](/source/University_of_Alaska), and he also supervised [master's](/source/Master's_degree) students at the [University of Ottawa](/source/University_of_Ottawa) and [Carleton University](/source/Carleton_University).[6] He has also given numerous introductory workshops, including a popular field-course on crustose lichens at the Eagle Hill Institute in coastal [Maine](/source/Maine).[2]

## Professional Leadership

Brodo has held several leadership positions in professional organizations. He served as President of the [International Association for Lichenology](/source/International_Association_for_Lichenology) for a four-year term and President of the [American Bryological and Lichenological Society](/source/American_Bryological_and_Lichenological_Society) for a two-year term.[2]

He has also been involved in public service, including work with the [Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club](/source/Ottawa_Field-Naturalists'_Club) and the Ottawa-Hull chapter of the [Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society](/source/Canadian_Parks_and_Wilderness_Society).[2]

## Honors and awards

Brodo has received numerous honors throughout his career. In 1994, he was honored with an [Acharius Medal](/source/Acharius_Medal) presented to him by the [International Association for Lichenology](/source/International_Association_for_Lichenology).[3] In 1993, Brodo was awarded the Mary E. Elliot Service Award for his meritorious service to the [Canadian Botanical Association](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canadian_Botanical_Association&action=edit&redlink=1)[7] — and in 2003, for lifetime achievement, the association's George Lawson Medal.[8] In 2013, Brodo was presented with an [honorary doctorate](/source/Honorary_doctorate) from Carleton University, "in recognition of his distinguished career in lichenology and scientific leadership in the international biosystematics community".[6]

## Eponyms

A lichen genus and several lichen [taxa](/source/Taxon) have been named to honor Brodo. These [eponyms](/source/Eponym) include:

- *[Brodoa](/source/Brodoa)* Goward (1987);[9] *[Bactrospora brodoi](/source/Bactrospora_brodoi)* Egea & Torrente (1993)[10] *[Lecanora brodoana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lecanora_brodoana&action=edit&redlink=1)* Lumbsch & T.Nash (1995);[11] *[Megalaria brodoana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Megalaria_brodoana&action=edit&redlink=1)* S.Ekman & Tønsberg (1996);[12] [*Bryoria trichodes* subsp. *brodoana*](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bryoria_trichodes&action=edit&redlink=1) Bystr. & Fabiszewski (1998);[13] *[Lecidea brodoana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lecidea_brodoana&action=edit&redlink=1)* Hertel & Leuckert (2004);[14] *[Ochrolechia brodoi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ochrolechia_brodoi&action=edit&redlink=1)* Kukwa (2011);[15] *[Lepraria brodoi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lepraria_brodoi&action=edit&redlink=1)* Lendemer & Tønsberg (2014);[16] *[Rinodina brodoana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rinodina_brodoana&action=edit&redlink=1)* Sheard, Lendemer & E.A.Tripp (2014);[17] *[Acarospora brodoana](/source/Acarospora_brodoana)* K.Knudsen, Kocourk. & M.Westb. (2016);[18] *[Alectoria brodoana](/source/Alectoria_brodoana)* Essl. (2016);[19] *[Bryoria irwinii](/source/Bryoria_irwinii)* Goward & Myllys (2016);[20] and *[Catinaria brodoana](/source/Catinaria_brodoana)* R.C.Harris & W.R.Buck (2016).[21]

## See also

- [Category:Taxa named by Irwin Brodo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Taxa_named_by_Irwin_Brodo)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Brodo, Irwin Murray (1935–)"](https://www.ipni.org/a/16567-1). [International Plant Names Index](/source/International_Plant_Names_Index). Retrieved 29 September 2024.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Weber_et_al._2015_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Weber_et_al._2015_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Weber_et_al._2015_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Weber_et_al._2015_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Weber_et_al._2015_2-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-Weber_et_al._2015_2-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-Weber_et_al._2015_2-6) Weber, Evi; Lutzoni, François; Clayden, Stephen; Lendemer, James; Goward, Trevor; Hawksworth, David L.; Verkley, Gerard; Robert, Vincent (2015). ["Awards and Personalia"](https://doi.org/10.1007%2FBF03449353). *IMA Fungus*. **6**: A51–A55. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1007/BF03449353](https://doi.org/10.1007%2FBF03449353).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-IAL_Acharius_Medallists:_Brodo_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-IAL_Acharius_Medallists:_Brodo_3-1) [Kärnefelt, Ingvar](/source/Ingvar_K%C3%A4rnefelt) (19 August 1994). ["Acharius Medallists: Irwin M. Brodo"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160402175123/http://www.lichenology.org/Awards/Acharius_Brodo.html). [International Association for Lichenology](/source/International_Association_for_Lichenology). Archived from [the original](http://www.lichenology.org/Awards/Acharius_Brodo.html) on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Lichenes Canadenses exsiccati: IndExs ExsiccataID=760360419"](https://www.botanischestaatssammlung.de/DatabaseClients/IndExs/Exsiccatae_IndExs_Details.jsp?ExsiccataID=760360419). *IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae*. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 16 July 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-NOBA_2002_5-0)** Watters, Ron. ["Winners of the 2002 National Outdoor Book Awards"](http://www.noba-web.org/books02.htm). [National Outdoor Book Awards](/source/National_Outdoor_Book_Awards). Retrieved 10 January 2021.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Carleton_University_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Carleton_University_6-1) ["Carleton Presents Renowned Lichenologist With Honorary Doctorate"](https://newsroom.carleton.ca/archives/2013/06/11/carleton-presents-renowned-lichenologist-with-honorary-doctorate-2/). [Carleton University](/source/Carleton_University). 11 June 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ILN_1994_7-0)** ["Award for Irwin Brodo"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210719185546/http://www.lichenology.org/Publications/ILN/ILN_27_1.pdf) (PDF). *International Lichenological Newsletter*. **27** (1): 13–14. 1994. Archived from [the original](http://www.lichenology.org/Publications/ILN/ILN_27_1.pdf) (PDF) on 2021-07-19. Retrieved 2022-04-28.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Past Recipients of the Lawson Medal"](https://www.cba-abc.ca/awards/the-lawson-medal/past-recipients-of-the-lawson-medal). *Canadian Botanical Association/L'Association Botanique du Canada*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Goward_1986_9-0)** Goward, Trevor (1986). "*Brodoa*, a new lichen genus in the Parmeliaceae". *Bryologist*. **89** (3): 219–223. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2307/3243288](https://doi.org/10.2307%2F3243288). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [3243288](https://www.jstor.org/stable/3243288).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Egea_&_Torrente_1993_10-0)** Egea, J. M.; Torrente, P. (2007). "The lichen genus *Bactrospora*". *The Lichenologist*. **25** (3): 211–255. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1006/lich.1993.1028](https://doi.org/10.1006%2Flich.1993.1028).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Lumbsch_&_Nash_1995_11-0)** [Lumbsch, H. Thorsten](/source/Helge_Thorsten_Lumbsch); [Nash, Thomas H.](/source/Thomas_Hawkes_Nash_III) (1995). "New species and new records of *Lecanora* s.str. from Western North America". *The Bryologist*. **98** (3): 398–401. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2307/3243379](https://doi.org/10.2307%2F3243379). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [3243379](https://www.jstor.org/stable/3243379).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Ekman_et_al._1996_12-0)** Ekman, Stefan; Tønsberg, Tor; Tonsberg, Tor (1996). "A new species of *Megalaria* from the North American west coast, and notes on the generic circumscription". *The Bryologist*. **99** (1): 34–40. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2307/3244435](https://doi.org/10.2307%2F3244435).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Bystrek_&_Fabiszewski_1998_13-0)** Bystrek, Jan; Fabiszewski, Jerzy (1998). ["Materials to North American lichen flora"](https://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/asbp.1998.012/612). *Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae*. **67** (1): 87–93. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.5586/asbp.1998.012](https://doi.org/10.5586%2Fasbp.1998.012).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Nash_et_al._2004_14-0)** Nash, T. H. III; Ryan, B. D.; Diederich, P.; Gries, C.; Bungartz, F. (2004). *Lichen flora of the greater Sonoran Desert region*. Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited. p. 290. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-9716759-1-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9716759-1-9).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Kukwa_2011_15-0)** Kukwa, Martin (2011). *The lichen genus*Ochrolechia*in Europe*. Gdańsk: Fundacja Rozwoju Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego. p. 100. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-8375311709](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-8375311709).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Lendemer_&_Tønsberg_2014_16-0)** Lendemer, J.C.; Tønsberg, T. (2014). "*Lepraria brodoi* (Stereocaulaceae, Lichenized Ascomycetes), a new species from the temperate rainforests of western Canada and southeastern Alaska, U.S.A.". *Opuscula Philolichenum*. **13**: 20–25.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Lendemer_et_al._2014_17-0)** Lendemer, James C.; Tripp, Erin A.; Sheard, John (2014). "A review of *Rinodina*(Physciaceae) in Great Smoky Mountains National Park highlights the growing significance of this "island of biodiversity" in eastern North America". *The Bryologist*. **117** (3): 259–281. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1639/0007-2745-117.3.259](https://doi.org/10.1639%2F0007-2745-117.3.259).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Knudsen_et_al._2016_18-0)** Knudsen, Kerry; Kocourková, Jana; Westberg, Martin; Wheeler, Tim (2016). "Two new species of Acarosporaceae from North America with carbonized epihymenial accretions". *The Lichenologist*. **48** (5): 347–354. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1017/s0024282916000256](https://doi.org/10.1017%2Fs0024282916000256).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Esslinger_2016_19-0)** Esslinger, T.L. (2016). "*Alectoria* in Mexico". In Herrera-Campos, Maria; Pérez-Pérez, Rosa Emilia; Nash, Thomas H. III (eds.). *Lichens of Mexico. The Parmeliaceae – Keys, distribution and specimen descriptions*. Bibliotheca Lichenologica. Vol. 110. Stuttgart: J. Cramer. pp. 69–80. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3-443-58089-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-443-58089-6).

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-Lendemer_et_al._2016_21-0)** Lendemer, James C.; Buck, William R.; Harris, Richard C. (2016). "Two new host-specific hepaticolous species of *Catinaria* (Ramalinaceae)". *The Lichenologist*. **48** (5): 441–449. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1017/s0024282916000438](https://doi.org/10.1017%2Fs0024282916000438).

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