Journal publications

34. Mercado-Díaz, J.A., Lücking, R., Moncada, B., Campbell, K.C.S.E., Delnatte, C., Familia, L., Falcón-Hidalgo, B., Motito-Marín, A., Rivera-Queralta, Y., Widhelm, T.J. and Lumbsch, H.T. (2023) Species assemblages of insular Caribbean Sticta (lichenized Ascomycota: Peltigerales) over ecological and evolutionary time scales. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, p.107830.

33. Mercado-Díaz, JA, Holupchinski, E, Álvarez-Berríos, N, Gould, WA, Miller, P, Mote, T., Ramseyer, C, & González, G. (2023). Fostering knowledge-exchange and collaboration among drought-related initiatives in the Caribbean. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (in press). pdf

32. Magain, N, Miadlikowska, J, Goffinet, B, Goward, T, Jüriado, I, Simon , A, Pardo de la Hoz, CJ, Mercado-Díaz, JA, Barlow, T, Moncada, B, Lücking, R, Spielmann, A, Canez, L, Wang, LS, Nelson, P, Wheeler, T, Lutzoni F, Sérusiaux, E. (2022) High species richness in the lichen genus Peltigera (Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes): 34 species in the dolichorhizoid and scabrosoid clades of sect. Polydactylon, including 23 new to science. Persoonia (in press).

31. Phraphuchamnong, P, Nelsen, MP, Distefano, I, Mercado-Diaz, J. A., Parnmen, S, Rangsiruji, A, … & Lumbsch, H. T. (2022). A new species of Megalaria (Ramalinaceae, Ascomycota) from Thailand, and recognition of subgenus Catillochroma. MycoKeys, 93, 149-163.

30. Mercado-Díaz, J. A., Merced A. (2021) Effects of hurricanes on the bryological and lichenological flora of Puerto Rican forests Acta Científica, 32(1-3):55-72. pdf

29. Moncada, B., Mercado-Díaz, J. A., Magain, N., Hodkinson, B. P., Smith, C. W., Bungartz, F., Pérez- Pérez, R-E., Gumboski, E., Sérusiaux, E., Lumbsch, H. T., & Lücking, R. (2021) Phylogenetic diversity of two geographically overlapping lichens: isolation by distance, environment or fragmentation? Journal of Biogeography 48(3): 676-689.

28. Moncada, B., Mercado-Díaz, J. A., Smith, C. W., Bungartz, F., Sérusiaux, E., Lumbsch, H. T., Lücking, R. (2021) Two new common, previously unrecognized species in the Sticta weigelii morphodeme (Ascomycota: Peltigeraceae). Willdenowia 51(1): 35-45.

27. Mercado-Díaz, J. A., Moncada, B., Widhelm, T., Lucking, R., and H.T. Lumbsch (2020) Elucidating species richness in lichen fungi: the genus Sticta in Puerto Rico. TAXON 69(5): 851–891. pdf

26. Simon, A., Lücking, R., Moncada, B., Mercado-Díaz, J. A., Bungartz, F., Cáceres, M. E. D. S., … & Goffinet, B. (2020). Emmanuelia, a new genus of lobarioid lichen-forming fungi (Ascomycota: Peltigerales): phylogeny and synopsis of accepted species. Plant and Fungal Systematics, 65(1), 76-94.

25. Lindgren, H., Moncada, B., Lücking, R., Magain, N., Simon, A., Goffinet, B., Serusiaux, E., Nelsen, M.P., Mercado-Díaz, J. A. Widhelm, T.J. & Lumbsch, H. T. (2020). Cophylogenetic patterns in algal symbionts correlate with repeated symbiont switches during diversification and geographic expansion of lichen-forming fungi in the genus Sticta (Ascomycota: Peltigeraceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 150: 106860.

24. Widhelm, T. J., Grewe, F., Huang, J. P., Mercado-Díaz, J. A., Goffinet, B., Lücking, R., Moncada, B., Mason-Gamer, R. & Lumbsch, H. T. (2019). Multiple historical processes obscure phylogenetic relationships in a taxonomically difficult group (Lobariaceae, Ascomycota). Scientific Reports, 9(1), 8968.

23. Moncada, B., Mercado-Díaz, J. A., & Lücking, R. (2018). The identity of Sticta damicornis (Ascomycota: Lobariaceae): a presumably widespread taxon is a Caribbean endemic. The Lichenologist, 50(5), 591-597.

22. Aptroot, A., Sipman, H., Mercado-Díaz, J. A., Mendonça, C., Feuerstein, S., Cunha-Dias, I. P. R., Pereira T. A., & Cáceres M. E. (2018). Eight new species of Pyrenulaceae from the Neotropics, with a key to 3-septate Pyrgillus species. The Lichenologist, 50(1), 77-87

21. Widhelm T., Bertoletti F. R., Asztalos M. J., Mercado-Díaz J. A., Crouch N., Huang J. P., Magain N., Moncada B., Lücking R., Sérusiaux E., Goffinet B., Mason-Gamer R., Lumbsch H. T. (2018) Oligocene origin and drivers of diversification in the genus Sticta (Lobariaceae, Ascomycota) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 126, 58-73.

20. Aptroot, A., Ertz, D., Etayo Salazar, J.A., Gueidan, C., Mercado Díaz, J. A., Schumm, F. and Weekaron, G. (2018) Forty-six new species of Trypetheliaceae from the tropics. The Lichenologist, 48(6), pp. 609–638. doi: 10.1017/S002428291600013X.

19. Lucking, R., Nelsen, M. P., Aptroot, A., Barillas de Klee, R., Bawingan, P. A., Benatti, M. N., Binh, N.Q., Bungartz, F., Caceres, M.E.S., Canez, L. da S., Chaves, J.-L., Ertz, D., Esquivel, R.E., Ferraro, L.I., Grijalva, A., Gueidan, C., Hernandez M., J.E., Knight, A., Lumbsch, H.T., Marcelli, M.P., Mercado-Díaz, J. A., Moncada, B., Morales, E.A., Naksuwankul, K., Orozco, T., Parnmen, S., Rivas Plata, E., Alazar-Allen, N., Spielmann, A.A. and Ventura, N. (2016) ‘A phylogenetic framework for reassessing generic concepts and species delimitation in the lichenized family Trypetheliaceae (Ascomycota: Dothideomycetes)’, The Lichenologist, 48(6), pp. 739–762. doi: 10.1017/S0024282916000505.

18. Lücking, R., Dal Forno, M., Moncada, B., Coca, L.F., Vargas-Mendoza, L.Y., Aptroot, A., Arias, L.J., Besal, B., Bungartz, F., Cabrera-Amaya, D.M., Cáceres, M.E.S, Chaves, J.L., Eliasaro, S., Gutiérrez, M.C., Hernández Marin, J.E., Herrera-Campos, M de los A., Holgado-Rojas, M.E., Jonitz, H., Kukwa, M., Lucheta, F., Madriñán, S., Marcelli, M.P., de Azevedo Martins, S.M., Mercado-Díaz, J. A., Molina, J.A., Morales, E.A., Nelson, P.R., Nugra, F., Ortega, F., Paredes, T., Patiño, A.L., Peláez-Pulido, R.N., Pérez Pérez, R.E., Perlmutter, G.B., Rivas-Plata, E., Robayo, J., Rodríguez, C., Simijaca, D.F., Soto-Medina, E., Spielmann, A.A., Suárez-Corredor, A., Torres, J-M., Vargas, C.A., Yánez-Ayabaca, A., Weerakoon, G., Wilk, K., Celis Pacheco, M., Díazgranados, M., Brokamp, G., Borsch, T., Gillevet, P., Sikaroodi, M. and J.D. Lawrey (2016) Turbo-taxonomy to assemble a megadiverse lichen genus: seventy new species of Cora (Basidiomycota: Agaricales: Hygrophoraceae), honouring David Leslie Hawksworth’s seventieth birthday. Fungal Diversity, 1-69.

17. Mercado-Díaz J. A., Gould WA, González G, Lücking R (2015) Lichens in Puerto Rico: an ecosystem approach. Gen. Tech. Rep. IITF-GTR-46. San Juan, PR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry. 76 p. pdf

16. Mercado Díaz, J. A. (2014) La flora del transecto social-ecologico del Karso Norteño. Acta Científica 28(1-3): 50-68. pdf

15. Mercado-Díaz J. A., Gould WA, González G (2014) Soil nutrients, landscape age, and Sphagno-Eriophoretum vaginati plant communities in Arctic moist-acidic tundra landscapes. Open Journal of Soil Science 4: 375-387. pdf

14. Trejo-Torres JC, Caraballo-Ortiz MA, Vives-Heyliger MA, Torres-Santana CW, Cetzal-IX W, Mercado-Díaz J. A., Carlo TA (2014) Rediscovery of Eugenia fajardensis (Myrtaceae), a rare tree from the Puerto Rican Bank. Phytotaxa 191 (1): 154–164.

13. Nelsen MP, Lücking R, Aptroot A, Andrew CJ, Cáceres M, Rivas-Plata E, Gueidan C, da Silva Canêz L, Knight A, Ludwig LR, Mercado-Díaz JA, Parnmen S & HT Lumbsch (2014) Elucidating phylogenetic relationships and genus-level classification within the fungal family Trypetheliaceae (Dothideomycetes: Ascomycota) Taxon 63(5): 974–992.

12. Lumbsch, HT, Kraichak E, Parnmen S, Rivas-Plata E, Aptroot A, Cáceres MES, Ertz D, Feuerstein SC, Mercado-Díaz JA, Staiger B, van der Broeck D & R Lücking (2014) New higher taxa in the lichen family Graphidaceae (lichenized Ascomycota: Ostropales) based on a three-gene skeleton phylogeny. Phytotaxa 189(1): 39-51.

11. Mercado-Díaz JA, Lücking R, and Parnmen S (2014) Two new genera and twelve new species of Graphidaceae from Puerto Rico: a case for higher endemism of lichenized fungi in islands of the Caribbean?. Phytotaxa 189(1): 186-203. pdf

10. Kraichak E, Parnmen S, Lücking R, Rivas Plata E, Aptroot A, Cáceres M E S, Ertz D, Mangold A, Mercado-Díaz JA, Papong K, Van Den Broeck D, Weerakoon G & HT Lumbsch (2014) Revisiting the phylogeny of Ocellularieae, the second largest tribe within Graphidaceae (lichenized Ascomycota: Ostropales). Phytotaxa 189(1): 52-81.

9. Lücking R, Johnston MK, Aptroot A, Kraichak E, Lendemer JC, Boonpragob K, Cáceres MES, Ertz D, Ferraro LI, Jia Z-F, Kalb K, Mangold A, Manoch L, Mercado-Díaz JA, Moncada B, Mongkolsuk P, Papong KB, Parnmen S, Peláez RN, Poengsungnoen V, Rivas Plata E, Saipunkaew W, Sipman HJM, Sutjaritturakan J, Van Den Broeck D, Von Konrat M, Weerakoon G & Lumbsch HT (2014) One hundred and seventy five new species of Graphidaceae: closing the gap or a drop in the bucket? Phytotaxa 189(1): 007-038.

8. Nelsen MP, Lücking R, Andrew CJ, Aptroot A, Caceres M, Mercado-Díaz JA, Rivas-Plata E, Lumbsch TH (2014) Molecular phylogeny reveals the true colors of Myeloconidaceae (Ascomycota: Ostropales). Australian Systematic Botany 27: 38-47.

7. Mercado-Díaz JA., Gould W.A., G. Gonzalez and R. Lucking (2013) Four new species of Coenogonium (Ascomycota: Ostropales) from vulnerable forest ecosystems in Puerto Rico. The Bryologist 116(4): 373-381. pdf

6. Elmendorf SC, Henry GHR, Hollister RD, Bjork RG, Boulanger-Lapointe N, Cooper E, Cornelissen JHC, Day TA, Dorrepaal E, Elumeeva TG, Gill M, Gould WA, Grétarsdóttir J, Harte J, Hik DA, Hofgaard A, Jarrad F, Johnson DR, Johnstone J, Jonsdottir IS, Jorgenson J, Klanderud K, Klein JA, Koh S, Kudo G, Lara M, Lévesque E, Magnússon B, May JL, Mercado-Díaz JA, Michelsen A, Molau U, Myers-Smith I, Oberbauer SF, Onipchenko VG, Rixen C, Schmidt NM, Shaver GR, Spasojevic MJ, Þórhallsdóttir óE, Tolvanen A, Troxler T, Tweedie CE, Wahren CH, Walker X, Webber PJ, Wipf S (2012) Plot scale evidence of tundra vegetation change and links to recent summer warming. Nature Climate Change 2: 453-457.

5. Elmendorf SC, Henry GHR, Hollister RD, Bjork RG, Bjorkman AJ, Callaghan TV, Cooper E, Cornelissen JHC, Day TA, Fosaa AM, Gould WA, Grétarsdóttir J, Harte J, Hermanutz L, Hik DA, Hofgaard A, Jarrad F, Jonsdottir IS, Keuper F, Klanderud K, Klein JA, Koh S, Kudo G, Lang S, Lowen V, May JL, Mercado-Díaz JA, Michelsen A, Molau U, Pieper S, Robinson CH, Siegart L, Myers-Smith I, Oberbauer SF, Post E, Rixen C, Schmidt NM, Shaver GR, Tolvanen A, Totland O, Troxler T, Wahren CH, Webber PJ, Welker JM, Wookey PA (2012) Global assessment of experimental climate warming on tundra vegetation: heterogeneity over space and time. Ecology Letters 15:164-175.

4. Lücking R, Seavey F, Common RS, Beeching SQ, Breuss O, Buck WR, Crane L, Hodges M, Hodkinson BP, Lay E, Lendemer JC, McMullin RT, Mercado-Díaz JA, Nelsen MP, Rivas-Plata E, Safranek W, Sanders WB, Schaefer Jr HP. & J Seavey (2011) The lichens of Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Florida: Proceedings from the 18th Tuckerman Workshop. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 4:127–186.

3. Mercado-Díaz, JA and E., Santiago-Valentin (2010) Lichenological studies in Puerto Rico: History and Current Status. Harvard Papers in Botany 15(1): 93–101. pdf

2. Walker DA, Bhatt US, Comiso JC, Epstein HE, Gould WA, Henry GHR, Jia GJ, Kokelj SV, Lantz TC, Mercado-Díaz JA, Pinzon JE, Raynolds MK, Shaver GR, Tucker CJ, Tweedie CE, Webber, PJ (2010) Arctic: Land: Vegetation [in “State of the Climate in 2009”]. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 91(6):S114-S116.

1. Walker DA, Walker MD, Gould WA, Mercado J, Auerbach NA, Maier HA, Neufeld GP (2009) Maps for monitoring long-term changes to vegetation structure and composition, Toolik Lake, Alaska. In Mapping and Monitoring of Nordic Vegetation and Landscapes Eds. A. Bryn, W Dramstad and W Fjellstad. Viten 1: 121-123.

Book chapters

1. Shaver GR, Laundre JA, Bret-Harte MS, Chapin FS III, Mercado-Díaz JA, Giblin AE, L Gough, Gould WA, Hobbie SE, Kling GW, Mack MC, Moore JC, Nadelhoffer K, Rastetter EB, Schimel JP (2014) Terrestrial ecosystems at Toolik Lake, Alaska. In JE Hobbie and GW Kling (Eds) Alaska’s changing Arctic: ecological consequences for tundra, streams and lakes. Oxford University Press, NY, pp 90-142.

Other publications

1. Mercado-Díaz, JA (2009) Preliminary checklist of lichens and lichenicolous fungi of Puerto Rico. Herbarium of the Botanical Garden, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras.pdf