Irwin Murray Brodo

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Dr. Irwin M. Brodo (b. 1935) is an emeritus scientist at the Canadian Museum of Nature, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.   He is a world authority on the identification and biology of lichens.

In 1994, Irwin Brodo was honored with an Acharius Medal presented to him by the International Association for Lichenology.   More details about the his career can be found on the Acharius Medallists' web site. [1]

One of Irwin Brodo's great achievements was the publication of the 795 page book, "Lichens of North" which is filled with high quality photographs of lichens taken by Sylvia and Stephen Sharnoff. [2]

Dr. Brodo's list of publications which includes 75 research papers, 8 popular articles, 22 reviews and 6 editorials and obituaries can be found on the "Lichens of North America" web site. [3]

A number of photographs of Irwin (Ernie) Brodo can be found on the internet. Photo
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[edit] List of lichen species named by Irwin Brodo

Source: Checklist of lichens of North American

     Alectoria imshaugii Brodo & D. Hawksw.
      Alectoria vancouverensis (Gyelnik) Gyelnik ex Brodo & D. Hawksw.
      Amygdalaria consentiens (Nyl.) Hertel, Brodo & Mas. Inoue
      Amygdalaria continua Brodo & Hertel
      Amygdalaria elegantior (H. Magn.) Hertel & Brodo
      Amygdalaria haidensis Brodo & Hertel
      Amygdalaria panaeola (Ach.) Hertel & Brodo
      Amygdalaria subdissentiens (Nyl.) Mas. Inoue & Brodo
      Aspicilia laxula (H. Magn.) Brodo
      BRYORIA Brodo & D. Hawksw.
      Bryoria bicolor (Ehrh.) Brodo & D. Hawksw.
      Bryoria capillaris (Ach.) Brodo & D. Hawksw.
      Bryoria carlottae Brodo & D. Hawksw.
      Bryoria cervinula Mot. ex Brodo & D. Hawksw.
      Bryoria chalybeiformis (L.) Brodo & D. Hawksw.
      Bryoria fremontii (Tuck.) Brodo & D. Hawksw.
      Bryoria friabilis Brodo & D. Hawksw.
      Bryoria furcellata (Fr.) Brodo & D. Hawksw.
      Bryoria fuscescens (Gyelnik) Brodo & D. Hawksw.
      Bryoria glabra (Mot.) Brodo & D. Hawksw.
      Bryoria implexa (Hoffm.) Brodo & D. Hawksw.
      Bryoria lanestris (Ach.) Brodo & D. Hawksw.
      Bryoria nadvornikiana (Gyelnik) Brodo & D. Hawksw.
      Bryoria nitidula (Th. Fr.) Brodo & D. Hawksw.
      Bryoria pikei Brodo & D. Hawksw.
      Bryoria pseudocapillaris Brodo & D. Hawksw.
      Bryoria pseudofuscescens (Gyelnik) Brodo & D. Hawksw.
      Bryoria salazinica Brodo & D. Hawksw.
      Bryoria simplicior (Vainio) Brodo & D. Hawksw.
      Bryoria spiralifera Brodo & D. Hawksw.
      Bryoria subcana (Nyl. ex Stizenb.) Brodo & D. Hawksw.
      Bryoria tenuis (E. Dahl) Brodo & D. Hawksw.
      Bryoria tortuosa (G. Merr.) Brodo & D. Hawksw.
      Bryoria trichodes (Michaux) Brodo & D. Hawksw. subsp. trichodes
      Bryoria trichodes subsp. americana (Mot.) Brodo & D. Hawksw.
      Caloplaca litoricola Brodo
      Cladonia albonigra Brodo & Ahti
      Cladonia labradorica Ahti & Brodo
      Cladonia novochlorophaea (Sipman) Brodo & Ahti
      Cladonia schofieldii Ahti & Brodo
      Coccotrema maritimum Brodo
      Coccotrema pocillarium (Cummings) Brodo
      Fuscidea thomsonii Brodo & Wirth
      Lecanora albella var. rubescens (Imshaug & Brodo) Lumbsch
      Lecanora caesiorubella subsp. glaucomodes (Nyl.) Imshaug & Brodo
      Lecanora caesiorubella subsp. merrillii Imshaug & Brodo
     Lecanora caesiorubella subsp. saximontana Imshaug & Brodo
     Lecanora californica Brodo
     Lecanora cinereofusca var. appalachensis Brodo
     Lecanora circumborealis Brodo & Vitik.
     Lecanora hybocarpa (Tuck.) Brodo
     Lecanora imshaugii Brodo
     Lecanora luteovernalis Brodo
     Lecanora opiniconensis Brodo
     Lecanora perplexa Brodo
     Loxospora pustulata (Brodo & Culb.) R. C. Harris
     Loxosporopsis corallifera Brodo, Henssen & Imshaug
     Megalaria corallifera Brodo, Henssen & Imshaug
     NODOBRYORIA Common & Brodo
     Nodobryoria abbreviata (Müll. Arg.) Common & Brodo
     Nodobryoria oregana (Tuck.) Common & Brodo
     Nodobryoria subdivergens (E. Dahl) Common & Brodo
     Ochrolechia antillarum Brodo
     Ochrolechia gowardii Brodo
     Ochrolechia juvenalis Brodo
     Ochrolechia laevigata (Räsänen) Vers. ex Brodo
     Ochrolechia montana Brodo
     Ochrolechia pseudopallescens Brodo
     Ochrolechia rhodoleuca (Th. Fr.) Brodo
     Ochrolechia subisidiata Brodo
     Ochrolechia subplicans (Nyl.) Brodo subsp. subplicans
     Ochrolechia subplicans subsp. hultenii (Erichsen) Brodo
     Ochrolechia trochophora var. pruinirosella Brodo
     Pertusaria geminipara (Th. Fr.) C. Knight ex Brodo
     Pertusaria suboculata Brodo & Dibben
     Pertusaria subpertusa Brodo
     Placopsis roseonigra Brodo
     Polysporina urceolata (Anzi) Brodo
     Porina pacifica Brodo
     Porpidia ochrolemma (Vainio) Brodo & R. Sant.
     Pseudophebe minuscula (Nyl. ex Arnold) Brodo & D. Hawksw.
     Pseudocyphellaria anomala Brodo & Ahti
     Rhizocarpon hensseniae Brodo
     Sulcaria badia Brodo & D. Hawksw.
     Sulcaria isidiifera Brodo
     Thelotrema petractoides P. M. Jørg. & Brodo

[edit] List of lichens named in honor of Irwin Brodo:

Source: Checklist of lichens of North American

      Bactrospora brodoi Egea & Torrente
      Brodoa oroarctica (Krog) Goward
      Bryoria trichodes subsp. brodoana Bystr. & Fabiszewski
      Lecanora brodoana Lumbsch & T. Nash
      Lecidea brodoana Hertel & Leuckert