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Austrian lichenologist and mycologist

Josef Hafellner Born 1951 (age 74–75) Scientific career Fields Lichenology, mycology Institutions Karl-Franzens-Universität Author abbrev. (botany) Hafellner [1]

**Josef Hafellner** (1951– ) is an Austrian [mycologist](/source/Mycologist) and [lichenologist](/source/Lichenologist). He was awarded the [Acharius Medal](/source/Acharius_Medal) in 2016 for his lifetime contributions to lichenology.[2] Before his retirement, he was a professor at the [Karl-Franzens-Universität](/source/Karl-Franzens-Universit%C3%A4t) in [Graz](/source/Graz). Hafellner started developing an interest in [lichens](/source/Lichen) while he was a student at this institution, studying under [Josef Poelt](/source/Josef_Poelt). He earned a [master's degree](/source/Master's_degree) in 1975 and a [PhD](/source/PhD) in 1978, defending a [doctoral thesis](/source/Doctoral_thesis) about the genus *[Karschia](/source/Karschia)*. In 2003, Hafellner received his [habilitation](/source/Habilitation). By this time, he had studied with French lichenologist [André Bellemère](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Bellem%C3%A8re) (1927–2014) at [Saint-Cloud](/source/Saint-Cloud), where he learned techniques of [transmission electron microscopy](/source/Transmission_electron_microscopy) and how their application in studying [asci](/source/Ascus) could be used in lichen [systematics](/source/Systematics).[3] His 1984 work *Studien in Richtung einer natürlicheren Gliederung der Sammelfamilien Lecanoraceae und Lecideaceae* has been described as "probably the single most influential publication in [lichen systematics](/source/Lichen_systematics) in the latter half of the 20th century".[4]

His research interests include the [classification](/source/Classification_(biology)) and [taxonomy](/source/Taxonomy_(biology)) of [lichens](/source/Lichen) and [lichenicolous fungi](/source/Lichenicolous_fungi) and lichen [floristics](/source/Floristics) of the eastern [European Alps](/source/European_Alps). He has made about 100,000 [scientific collections](/source/Scientific_collection) of specimens, including about 8000 lichenicolous fungi. Hafellner has introduced more than 600 scientific names to science, and as of 2016, authored or co-authored 289 [scientific publications](/source/Scientific_publication).[5] In 2007 he started to edit and distribute the [exsiccata](/source/Exsiccata) *Lichenicolous Biota*.[6]

## Eponymy

Hafellner has been honoured by having several [taxa](/source/Taxon) named after him, including five genera:[7]

- *[Fellhanera](/source/Fellhanera)* Vězda (1986)

- *[Fellhaneropsis](/source/Fellhaneropsis)* Sérus. & Coppins (1996)

- *[Hafellia](/source/Hafellia)* Kalb, H.Mayrhofer & Scheid. (1986)

- *[Hafellnera](/source/Hafellnera)* Houmeau & Cl.Roux 1984)

- *[Henfellra](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henfellra&action=edit&redlink=1)* Halıcı, D.Hawksw., Z.Kocakaya & Kocakaya (2016)

The following species are also named after Hafellner:[7] *[Arthonia pepei](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arthonia_pepei&action=edit&redlink=1)* Etayo & Pérez-Ort. (2016); *[Biatora hafellneri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biatora_hafellneri&action=edit&redlink=1)* Rodr.Flakus & Printzen (2016); *[Biatoropsis hafellneri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biatoropsis_hafellneri&action=edit&redlink=1)* Millanes, Diederich, M.Westb. & Wedin (2016); *[Caloplaca hafellneri](/source/Caloplaca_hafellneri)* S.Y.Kondr. & Kärnefelt (2009); *[Capronia hafellneri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Capronia_hafellneri&action=edit&redlink=1)* Nograsek (1990); *[Capronia josefhafellneri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Capronia_josefhafellneri&action=edit&redlink=1)* Zhurb. & Etayo (2016); *[Dactylospora hafellneriana](/source/Dactylospora_hafellneriana)* Sérus. (1984); *[Enterographa fellhaneroides](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Enterographa_fellhaneroides&action=edit&redlink=1)* Yeshitela, Eb.Fisch., Killmann & Sérus. (2009); *[Hypotrachyna hafellneri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hypotrachyna_hafellneri&action=edit&redlink=1)* Elix, T.H.Nash & Sipman (2009); *[Malcolmiella fellhaneroides](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Malcolmiella_fellhaneroides&action=edit&redlink=1)* Lücking (2008); *[Megalaria hafellneriana](/source/Megalaria_hafellneriana)* Kantvilas (2016); *[Opegrapha hafellneri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Opegrapha_hafellneri&action=edit&redlink=1)* E.Zimm., Etayo & F.Berger (2016); *[Phaeosporobolus fellhanerae](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phaeosporobolus_fellhanerae&action=edit&redlink=1)* R.C.Harris & Lendemer (2009); *[Schismatomma hafellneri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Schismatomma_hafellneri&action=edit&redlink=1)* Egea & Torrente (1989); *[Stigmidium hafellneri](/source/Stigmidium_hafellneri)* Zhurb. (2009); *[Triblidium hafellneri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Triblidium_hafellneri&action=edit&redlink=1)* Magnes (1997); *[Trichoconis hafellneri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trichoconis_hafellneri&action=edit&redlink=1)* U.Braun, Khodos., Darmostuk & Diederich (2016); *[Xanthoparmelia hafellneri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Xanthoparmelia_hafellneri&action=edit&redlink=1)* Elix (1999); *[Xanthoria hafellneri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Xanthoria_hafellneri&action=edit&redlink=1)* S.Y.Kondr. & Kärnefelt (2003).

## Selected works

A complete listing of Hafellner's 289 scientific publications up to 2016 is given in Grube and colleagues' commemorative article.[5] Hafellner's major works include the following:

- Hafellner, J (1979). Karschia*. Revision einer Sammelgattung an der Grenze von lichenisierten und nicht-lichenisierten Ascomyceten* [*Revision of a collective genus on the border of lichenized and non-lichenized Ascomycetes*]. Beiheft zur Nova Hedwigia (in German). Vol. 62. pp. 1–248.

- Poelt, J.; Hafellner, J. (1975). "Schlauchpforten bei der Flechtengattung Thelocarpon". *Phyton* (in German). **17**: 67–77.

- Hafellner, J. (1981). "Monographie der Flechtengattung *Letrouitia* (Lecanorales, Teloschistineae)" [Monograph of the lichen genus *Letrouitia* (Lecanorales, Teloschistineae)]. *Nova Hedwigia* (in German). **35**: 645–729.

- Hafellner, J. (1984). "Studien in Richtung einer natürlicheren Gliederung der Sammelfamilien Lecanoraceae und Lecideaceae". In Hertel, H.; Oberwinkler, F. (eds.). *Beitrage zur Lichenologie. Festschrift J. Poelt* [*Studies in the direction of a more natural classification of the collective families Lecanoraceae and Lecideaceae*]. Beiheft zur Nova Hedwigia (in German). Vol. 79. Vaduz: J. Cramer. pp. 241–371.

See also: [Category:Taxa named by Josef Hafellner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Taxa_named_by_Josef_Hafellner)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Hafellner, Joseph (Josef) (1951–)"](https://www.ipni.org/a/19825-1). [International Plant Names Index](/source/International_Plant_Names_Index). Retrieved 17 August 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-IAL_2-0)** ["Acharius Medallists"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210624065615/http://www.lichenology.org/index.html?%2FAwards%2FAchariusMedallists.html). [International Association for Lichenology](/source/International_Association_for_Lichenology). Archived from [the original](http://www.lichenology.org/index.html?/Awards/AchariusMedallists.html) on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKärnefelt2009303_3-0)** [Kärnefelt 2009](#CITEREFKärnefelt2009), p. 303.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Tehler_&_Wedin_2008_4-0)** Tehler, Mats; Wedin, Mats (2008). "Systematics of lichen fungi". In [Nash III, Thomas H.](/source/Thomas_Hawkes_Nash_III) (ed.). [*Lichen Biology*](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292060652) (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 3. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1017/CBO9780511790478.018](https://doi.org/10.1017%2FCBO9780511790478.018). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-521-69216-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-69216-8).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Grube_et_al._2016_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Grube_et_al._2016_5-1) Grube, Martin; Obermayer, Walter; Mayrhofer, Helmut; [Spribille](/source/Toby_Spribille), Toby (2016). "Josef Hafellner – a life amongst lichens and their parasites". *Herzogia*. **29** (2): 213–234. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.13158/heia.29.2.2016.213](https://doi.org/10.13158%2Fheia.29.2.2016.213). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [90032312](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:90032312).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Lichenicolous Biota: IndExs ExsiccataID=2147199717"](https://www.botanischestaatssammlung.de/DatabaseClients/IndExs/Exsiccatae_IndExs_Details.jsp?ExsiccataID=2147199717). *IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae*. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 4 August 2024.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Hertel_et_al._2017_7-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Hertel_et_al._2017_7-1) Hertel, Hannes; Gärtner, Georg; Lőkös, László (2017). ["Forscher an Österreichs Flechtenflora"](https://www.zobodat.at/biografien/Flechtenforschung_Austria_STAPFIA_0104_2_0001-0211.pdf) [Investigators of Austria's lichen flora] (PDF). *Stapfia* (in German). **104** (2): 1–211.

### Cited literature

- Kärnefelt, Ingvar (2009). "Fifty influential lichenologists". In Thell, Arne; Seaward, Mark R. D.; Feuerer, Tassilo (eds.). *Diversity of Lichenology – Anniversary Volume*. Bibliotheca Lichenologica. Vol. 100. Stuttgart: J. Kramer. pp. 283–368. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3-443-58079-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-443-58079-7).

v t e Recipients of the Acharius Medal Kansri Boonpragob (2024) Per Magnus Jørgensen (2021) James D. Lawrey (2021) William Alfred Weber (2018) Allan Green (2016) Josef Hafellner (2016) Bruce McCune (2016) Peter Crittenden (2014) Pier Luigi Nimis (2014) Ana Crespo (2012) Leif Tibell (2012) Brian John Coppins (2010) Thomas Hawkes Nash III (2010) David Galloway (2008) Hannes Hertel (2008) Rosmarie Honegger (2008) Mark Seaward (2006) Jack Elix (2004) Ludger Kappen (2004) Marie-Agnès Letrouit-Galinou (2004) David Cecil Smith (2003) David Leslie Hawksworth (2002) Teuvo Ahti (2000) Georges Clauzade (2000) Nina Golubkova (2000) Vernon Ahmadjian (1996) Siegfried Huneck (1996) Christian Leuckert (1996) Ernie Brodo (1994) Margalith Galun (1994) Syo Kurokawa (1994) Elisabeth Tschermak-Woess (1994) Dharani Awasthi (1992) Chicita F. Culberson (1992) William Louis Culberson (1992) Gunnar Degelius (1992) Aino Henssen (1992) Peter James (1992) Hildur Krog (1992) Otto Ludwig Lange (1992) Josef Poelt (1992) Rolf Santesson (1992) John Walter Thomson (1992) Hans Trass (1992) Antonín Vězda (1992)

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