Dr Allison Knight, Research Associate

A full copy of Allison's curriculum vitae is available.

Research Interests

• Lichen microbiome and metabolites – with Metagenomics Research Group, Victoria University
• Revision of Australasian Buelliod lichens – with Jack Elix, Canberra.
• World revision of marine Verrucariaceae - with Sergio Perez-Ortega, Real Jardin Botanico, Madrid
• World revision of Ramalina phylogeny – with Sergio Perez-Ortega and Dan Blanchon
• Lichenicolous fungi on Parmeliaceae – with David Hawksworth, Natural History Museum, London
• Lichenicolous fungi on Ramalina - with Paul Diederich
• Bipolar lichenicolous fungi - with Mikhail Zhurbenko, Russian Acadamy of Science
• Phylogenetics and taxonomy of Lobariaceae – with Robert Lücking and the Field Museum, Chicago
• Lichens as an indicator of climate change – with Alpine Ecology Research Group, Otago University
• Updating the conservation status of New Zealand's Data Deficient Lichens

Other Activities

• Lichen consultant, Department of Botany and Botanical Societies
• Review panel, Herzogia
• Review panel, New Zealand Journal of Botany
• Editorial panel of Australasian Lichenology
• Honorary curator, Lichens, Otago Regional Herbarium (OTA)
• Herbarium committee, Otago Regional Herbarium
• Author and illustrator of an Introductory guide to New Zealand Lichens
• Compiling an Extended Guide to New Zealand Lichens
• Member of the New Zealand plant threat listing panel (lichens)
• Updating New Zealand and regional lichen checklists
• Expert Lichenolgist for iNaturalist New Zealand.
• Expert Lichenolgist for global iNaturalist City Nature Challenge 2019
• Originator of Sexy Footpath Lichen name for Xanthoparmelia scabrosa (on iNaturalist and in Wikipedia)
• Co-organiser of South Island John Child Bryophyte and Lichen Workshops
• Member of: International Association for Lichenologists; Lichen List; British Lichen Society; New Zealand Botanical Society; Wellington Botanical Society; Botanical Society of Otago (committee); New Zealand Plant Conservation Network; New Zealand Data Deficient Lichen Group.

Publications

de Lange PJ, Blanchon DJ, Knight A, Frogley K, Harris A, Rolfe JR. 2018. Conservation status of New Zealand lichens. (In preparation) New Zealand Threat Classification Series 27. Department of Conservation, Te Papa Atawhai. (online)

Bibiana Moncada B, de Lange P, Ranft H, Knight A, Blanchon D, Lücking R, Lumbsch HT. Pseudocyphellaria crocata (Ascomycota: Lobariaceae) in New Zealand: phylogenetic revision reveals eight species and absence of P. crocata s.str. (In preparation)

Calcott MJ, Ackerley DF, Knight A, Keyzers RA and Owen JG. 2018 Secondary metabolism in the lichen symbiosis. Chemical Society Reviews 47, 1730-1760 (Impact Factor 38.6)

Lord J, Mark A, Maegli T, Halloy S, Bannister P, Knight A, Dickinson K. 2017. Response of alpine vegetation to altered snow regimes in Otago, New Zealand. Special issue on Alpine and arctic plant communities : a worldwide perspective. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 30: 51-61

Elix JA, Knight A 2017. Three new species of buellioid lichens (Caliciaceae, Ascomycota) from Otago, South Island, New Zealand. Australasian Lichenology 81: 86 - 92

Lücking R, Nelsen M, Aptroot A, Barillas de klee M, Bawingan P, Benatti M, Binh N, Bungartz F, Cáceres M, Canêz L, Chaves J-L, Ertz D, Esquivel R, Ferraro L, Grijalva, A, Gueidan C, Hernández J, Knight A, Lumbsch H, Marcelli M, Mercado-Díaz J, Moncada B, Morales E, Naksuwankul K, Orozco T, Parnmen S, Rivas Plata E,Salazar-Allen N, Spielmann 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): 739–762

Elix JA, Malcolm WM, Knight A 2015. New records and new combinations of buellioid lichens (Physciaceae, Ascomycota) from New Zealand. Australasian Lichenology 77: 36–41

Nelsen, MP; Lücking, R; Aptroot, A; Andrew, CJ; Cáceres, M; Rivas Plata, CG; da Siiva Canêz, L; Knight, A; Ludwig, LR; Merceda-Díaz, J; Parnmen, S; Lumbsch, HT. 2014. Elucidating phylogenetic relationships and genus-level classification within the fungal family Trypetheliaceae (Ascomycota: Dothidiomycetes). Taxon 63: 974-992

Lord JM, Knight A, Bannister JM, Ludwig LR, Malcolm WA, Orlovich DA 2013. Rediscovery of pycnidia in Thamnolia vermicularis: Implications for chemotype occurrence and distribution. Lichenologist 45(3): 397-411

de Lange PJ, Galloway DJ, Blanchon DJ, Knight A, Rolfe JR, Crowcroft GM, Hitchmough R 2012. Conservation status of New Zealand lichens. New Zealand Journal of Botany 50, (3), 303-363

Fryday AM, Knight A 2012. A new species of Megalaria (Ramalinaceae, lichenized Ascomycota) from South Island, New Zealand. Australasian Lichenology 70, 26 – 29

Knight A, Elix JA, Archer AW 2011. A new species of Pertusaria (lichenized Ascomycota, Pertusariaceae) from New Zealand. Australasian Lichenology 69: 33- 35.

Bannister P, Maegli T, Dickinson KJM, Halloy SRP, Knight A, Lord JM, Mark AF, Spencer KL 2005. Will loss of snow cover during climatic warming expose New Zealand alpine plants to increased frost damage?. Oecologia 144, 245-256.

Monk BC, Niimi K, Lin S, Knight A, Kardos TB, Cannon RD, Parshot R, King A, Lun D, Harding DRK 2005. Surface-active fungicidal D-peptide inhibitors of the plasma membrane proton pump that block azole resistance. Antimicrobial Agents And Chemotherapy 49, 57-70.

Galloway D, Knight A 1999. Leptogium australe (Collemataceae), new to New Zealand. Lichenologist 31, 642-646.

Maw MA, Kennedy B, Knight A, Bridges R, Roth KE, Mani EJ, Mukkadan JK, Nancarrow D, Crabb JW, Denton MJ 1997. Mutation of the gene encoding cellular retinaldehyde-binding protein in autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa. Nature Genetics 17, 198-200.

Bird SD, Knight A, Legge M, Walker RJ 1996. L-cysteine improves growth of human peritoneal mesothelial cells (HPMC) in vitro. Kidney International 50, 1411-1411.

Knight J, Knight A, Ungvari G 1992. Can autoimmune mechanisms account for the genetic predisposition to schizophrenia. British Journal Of Psychiatry 160, 533-540.

Knight JG, Knight A, Menkes DB, Mullen PE 1990. Autoantibodies against brain septal region antigens specific to unmedicated schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry 28, 467-474.

Knight JG, Knight A, Menkes DB, Mullen PE 1990. Antiseptal autoantibodies in schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry 27, 681-681.

Knight A, Adams DD, Rich SS, Barbosa J 1988. Genetic evidence favoring cyto-toxic t-cell forbidden clones as the cause of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Research Clinical And Experimental 9, 1-4.

Knight JG, Knight A 1986. Genetics of endocrine autoimmunity - animal models. Mount Sinai Journal Of Medicine 53, 19-22.

Knight J, Laing P, Knight A, Adams D, Ling N 1986. Thyroid-stimulating autoantibodies usually contain only lambda-light chains - evidence for the forbidden clone theory. Journal Of Clinical Endocrinology And Metabolism 62, 342-347.

Knight J, Laing P, Knight A, Adams D 1984. Forbidden clones. Immunology Today 5, 336-336.

Knight A, Knight J, Laing P, Adams D 1984. Coexisting thyroid and gastric autoimmune-diseases are not due to cross-reactive autoantibodies. Journal Of Clinical & Laboratory Immunology 14, 141-144.

Knight JG, Laing P, Knight A, Adams DD, Bray JJ, Ling NR 1984. Evidence for the forbidden clone theory of autoimmunity. Proceedings Of The University Of Otago Medical School 62, 39-40.

Knight JG, Knight A 1984. Multiple-organ autoimmunity. Nature 308, 318-318.

Knight A, Adams DD 1983. Absence of allotypic variation in the auto-antigen for thyroid stimulating autoantibodies. Clinical And Experimental Immunology 52, 317-324.

Manley SWW, Knight A, Adams DD 1982. The thyrotropin receptor. Springer Seminars In Immunopathology 5, 413-431.

Knight A, Smith J, Adams DD, Hunn M, Beulink R, Hunter J 1982. Swift thyroid reaction to iodine deprivation in mice. Proceedings Of The University Of Otago Medical School 60, 69-71.

Knight A, Adams DD. 1980. Autoantibodies with intrinsic biological activity. Hormone Research 13, 69-80.

Knight A 1975. Reactions between thyroid-stimulating autoantibodies and thyroid cell antigens. New Zealand Medical Journal 81, 489-489.

Knight A, McGregor DD 1974. Development of vascular reactivity in chickens - responses of mesenteric and hind-limb blood-vessels to norepinephrine and acetylcholine. Blood Vessels 11, 212-228.

McGregor DD, Knight A 1974. Vascular-responses to noradrenaline in newly-hatched chickens. New Zealand Medical Journal 80, 121-121.

Knight A, Adams DD 1973. Infusion of LATS protector and LATS into monkeys. Proceedings Of The University Of Otago Medical School 51, 11-13.

Peer reviewed Books, book chapters and books edited

Knight A. 2014. Lichens of New Zealand: an introductory illustrated guide. Dunedin: Allison Knight. 55 pp. Available online at https://www.bso.org.nz/

Book Chapters and Illustrated Keys.

Lichens. In Mark, AF 2021. Above the Treeline. Submitted.

Rapson G, Lewington R, Beveridge P, Ludwig L, Knight A. Mosses, Liverworts, Hornworts and Lichens: a guide for beginners

Malcolm B, Malcolm N, Knight A 2010. New Zealand's Foliose Lichens: An Illustrated Key. Micro Optics Press. Available online at http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/page.aspx?flora_non_vascular_lichens