Thor, Göran, Ph. Dr. (*1 August 1953 in Stockholm): - Senior lecturer at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. - Scientific education: Bachelor of Science including chemistry and biology at Stockholm University in 1978. Ph.D. at Stockholm University, Department of Botany in 1991. - Lichenological teacher: Rolf Santesson. - Author abbreviation after Brummit: G. Thor. - Subscriber of lichen-l: Yes. - Specialties, interests: 1. Taxonomy and biogeography of Arthoniales (Ascomycetes) 2. Conservation biology of lichens. - Current projects: Cryptothecia s. lat. - Collections: A total of 20000 collections. Longer collecting trips outside Sweden: Sri Lanka (1978, 1 month), Nepal and NE India (1979-1980, 3 months), SE USA and Peru (1981, 2 months), Libya (1982 and 1983, 2 months), SE USA (1985, 2 weeks), New Zealand, Australia and Fiji (1985, 2 months), Estonia and Latvia (1989, 2 weeks), USA and Canada (1989, 1 month), Antarctica (1991-1992, 4 months), Japan (1994-1999), South Korea (2001, 10 days) and Italy (2005, 1 week). Material in S and UPS. - Taxa named by the collector:
Genera:
Ancistrospora Thor (Thor 1990) = Ancistrosporella Thor (Thor 1994)
Erythrodecton Thor (Thor 1990)
Graphidastra (Redgr.) Thor (Thor 1990)
Pulvinodecton Henssen & Thor (Henssen & Thor 1998)
Streimannia Thor (Thor 1990)
Other taxa:
Amazonomyces sprucei (R. Sant.) Lücking, Sérus. & Thor
Amazonomyces farkasiae (Lücking) Lücking, Sérus. & Thor
Ancistrospora australiensis Thor (Thor 1990) = Ancistrosporella australiensis Thor (Thor 1994)
Aspicilia excavata Thor & Timdal (Thor & Timdal 1986) = Aspicilia moenium (Vain.) Thor & Timdal (Thor & Timdal 1992)
Buellia violaceofusca Thor & Muhr (Thor & Muhr 1991)
Byssoloma annuum (Vain.) Thor, Lücking & Tat.Matsumoto (Thor, Lucking & Matsumoto 2000)
Byssoloma discordans var. flavescens Thor, Lucking & Tat.Matsumoto (Thor, Lucking & Matsumoto 2000)
Byssoloma subleucoblepharum Thor, Lucking & Tat.Matsumoto (Thor, Lucking & Matsumoto 2000)
Caloplaca lucifuga Thor (Thor 1988a)
Candelariella viae-lacteaeThor & Wirth (Thor & Wirth 1990)
Chiodecton flavovirens Thor (Thor 1990)
Chiodecton malmei Thor (Thor 1990)
Chiodecton montanum Thor (Thor 1990)
Chiodecton papillosum Thor in Henssen & Thor (Henssen & Thor 1998)
Chiodecton queenslandiae Thor (Thor 1990)
Chiodecton thomense Thor (Thor 1990)
Chrysothrix placodioides Thor (Thor 1988b)
Chrysothrix granulosa Thor (Thor 1988b)
Cryptothecia atropunctata Thor (Thor 1997)
Cryptothecia bartlettii Thor (Thor 1997)
Cryptothecia eungellaeae Thor (Thor 1997)
Cryptothecia exilis Thor (Thor 1997)
Cryptothecia inexspectata Thor (Thor 1997)
Cryptothecia philippinum (Vain.) Thor (Thor 1997)
Cryptothecia rubrocincta (Ehrenb.) Thor (Thor 1991)
Cryptothecia rubrocinctoides Thor (Thor 1997)
Cryptothecia scripta Thor (Thor 1997)
Cryptothecia striata Thor (Thor 1991)
Dichosporidium boschianum (Mont.) Thor (Thor 1990)
Dichosporidium brunnthaleri (Zahlbr.) Thor (Thor 1990)
Dichosporidium constrictum Thor (Thor 1990)
Dichosporidium latisporum Thor & Henssen in Henssen & Thor (Henssen & Thor 1994)
Dichosporidium microsporum Thor (Thor 1990)
Dichosporidium nigrocinctum (Ehrenb.: Fr.) Thor (Thor 1990)
Dichosporidium sorediatum Thor (Thor 1990)
Dimerella isidiata Thor & Vezda (Thor & Vezda 1984)
Dimerella nepalensis Thor & Vezda (Thor & Vezda 1984)
Dimerella subdentata Vezda & Thor (Vezda & Thor 1989)
Erythrodecton granulatum (Mont.) Thor (Thor 1990)
Erythrodecton kurzii (Krempelh. ex Nyl.) Thor (Thor 1992)
Erythrodecton malacum (Krempelh.) Thor (Thor 1990)
Fellhaneropsis kurokawana Thor, Lucking & Tat. Matsumoto (Thor, Lucking & Matsumoto 2000)
Flavobathelium epiphyllum Lucking, Aptroot & Thor (Lucking, Aptroot & Thor 1997)
Graphidastra byssiseda (Mull.Arg.) Thor (Thor 1990)
Graphidastra multiformis (Mont. & Bosch) Thor (Thor 1990)
Gyalidea praetermissa Foucard & Thor (Foucard & Thor 1996)
Gyalectidium ciliatum Lucking, Thor & Tat.Matsumoto in Thor, Lucking & Tat.Matsumoto (Thor, Lucking & Matsumoto 2000)
Gyalectidium radiatum Lucking, Thor & Tat.Matsumoto in Thor, Lucking & Tat.Matsumoto (Thor, Lucking & Matsumoto 2000)
Gyalideopsis lithophila Thor & Vezda (Thor & Vezda 1984)
Lecanora viridissima Nordin, Sundin & Thor (Nordin, Sundin & Thor 1995)
Lichenostigma rugosa Thor (Thor 1985)
Opegrapha lichenicola Thor, Lucking & Tat.Matsumoto (Thor, Lucking & Matsumoto 2000)
Opegrapha suecica Källsten ex G. Thor (Thor 2004)
Porina cupreola var. nipponica Thor, Lucking & Tat.Matsumoto (Thor, Lucking & Matsumoto 2000)
Porina thujopsicola Thor, Lucking & Tat.Matsumoto (Thor, Lucking & Matsumoto 2000)
Pulvinodecton kurzii (Krempelh. ex Nyl.) Henssen & Thor (Henssen & Thor 1998)
Pulvinodecton seychellensis Henssen & Thor (Henssen & Thor 1998)
Ramonia nepalensis Thor & Vezda (Thor & Vezda 1984)
Solorinella nigrescens Thor (Thor 1984)
Streimannia varieseptata Thor (Thor 1990)
Strigula bella Thor, Lucking & Tat. Matsumoto (Thor, Lucking & Matsumoto 2000)
Tricharia kashiwadani Thor, Lucking & Tat. Matsumoto (Thor, Lucking & Matsumoto 2000)
Vascular plant:
Utricularia stygia Thor (Thor 1988c)
Address: outdated: Dr. G. Thor, Swedish Species Information Centre, SLU, P.O. Box 7007, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
New: Dr. G. Thor, Inst. f. naturvårdsbiologi (Department of Conservation Biology), SLU (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences), P. O. Box 7002, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
telephone (Sweden)-18-672419
E-mail: Goran.Thor@nvb.slu.se
Homepage: www.nvb.slu.se