David Leslie Hawksworth Explained

David Leslie Hawksworth (born 1946 in Sheffield, UK) is a British mycologist and lichenologist currently with a professorship in the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Madrid, Spain and also a Scientific Associate of The Natural History Museum in London. In 2002, he was honoured with an Acharius Medal by the International Association for Lichenology.^[1] He married Patricia Wiltshire, a leading forensic ecologist and palynologist in 2009.^[2], he is the Editor-in-Chief of the journals IMA Fungus^[3] and Biodiversity and Conservation.^[4]

Selected publications

Articles

• 10.1038/227145a0. Qualitative Scale for estimating Sulphur Dioxide Air Pollution in England and Wales using Epiphytic Lichens. 1970. Hawksworth. D. L.. Rose. F.. Francis Rose. Nature. 227. 5254. 145–148. 5428399. 1970Natur.227..145H. 4219503.
• 10.1111/j.1095-8339.1988.tb00623.x. The variety of fungal-algal symbioses, their evolutionary significance, and the nature of lichens. 1988. Hawksworth. D. L.. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 96. 3–20.
• 10.1016/S0953-7562(09)80810-1. The fungal dimension of biodiversity: Magnitude, significance, and conservation. 1991. Hawksworth. D.L.. Mycological Research. 95. 6. 641–655.
• 10.1098/rstb.1994.0081. Biodiversity: Measurement and estimation. Preface. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences. 1994. 345. 1311. 5–12. 7972355. Harper. J. L.. John L. Harper. Hawksworth. D. L.. free.
• 10.1094/PHYTO.1997.87.9.888. Where Are All the Undescribed Fungi?. 1997. Hawksworth. David L.. Rossman. Amy Y.. Amy Y. Rossman. Phytopathology . 87. 9. 888–891. 18945058.
• 10.1017/S0953756201004725. The magnitude of fungal diversity: The 1.5 million species estimate revisited. 2001. Hawksworth. David L.. Mycological Research. 105. 12. 1422–1432.
• 10.5598/imafungus.2011.02.02.06. A new dawn for the naming of fungi: Impacts of decisions made in Melbourne in July 2011 on the future publication and regulation of fungal names. 2011. Hawksworth. David L.. IMA Fungus. 2. 2. 155–162. 22679600. 3359813.
• Book: 10.1128/9781555819583.ch4. Fungal Diversity Revisited: 2.2 to 3.8 Million Species. The Fungal Kingdom. 2017. Hawksworth. David L.. Lücking. Robert. 79–95. 9781683670827.

Books and monographs

• with Francis Rose: Book: Air pollution and lichens. 1976. ^[5]
• with David J. Hill: Book: The lichen-forming fungi. 1984. ^[6]

as editor

• with B. W. Ferry and M. S. Baddeley: Book: Air pollution and lichens. 1973. ^{[7] [8]}
• Book: Ascomycete Systematics. Problems and Perspectives in the Nineties. 1994. ^[9]
• with Alan T. Bull: Book: Arthropod diversity and conservation. 2006. Springer. 9781402052040.
• with Alan T. Bull: Book: Forest diversity and management. 2006. 1402052073. Hawksworth . David L. . Bull . Alan T. . Springer .
• with Alan T. Bull: Book: Marine, freshwater, and wetlands biodiversity conservation. 2006. 9781402057342. Hawksworth. David L.. Bull. Alan T.. Springer .
• with Alan T. Bull: Book: Vertebrate conservation and biodiversity. 2007. 978-1402063190. Hawksworth . David L. . Bull . Alan T. . Springer .
• with Alan T. Bull: Book: Plant conservation and biodiversity. 2007. 9781402064449. Hawksworth. David L.. Bull. Alan T.. Springer .

Further reading

• Kevin D. Hyde . Sajeewa S.N. Maharachchikumbura . Sinang Hongsanan . Milan C. Samarakoon . Robert Lücking . Dhandevi Pem . Dulanjalee Harishchandra . Rajesh Jeewon . Rui-Lin Zhao . Jian-Chu Xu . Jian-Kui Liu . Abdullah M. Al-Sadi . Ali H. Bahkali . Abdallah M. Elgorban . 2017 . The ranking of fungi: a tribute to David L. Hawksworth on his 70th birthday . Fungal Diversity . 84 . 1 . 1–23 . 10.1007/s13225-017-0383-3. 1779698 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Acharius Medallists. International Association for Lichenology. 31 August 2015. 24 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210624065615/http://www.lichenology.org/index.html?%2FAwards%2FAchariusMedallists.html. dead.
2. Web site: Biography at lichenology.org . 17 August 2009 . 19 July 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070719235500/http://www.lichenology.org/Awards/Acharius_Hawksworth.html . dead .
3. Web site: IMA Fungus - The global mycological journal, Editorial Board . IMA Fungus . 20 August 2022.
4. Web site: Biodiversity and Conservation . . 20 August 2022.
5. Nash III. Thomas H.. Thomas Hawkes Nash III. Review of Lichens as Pollution Monitors, by David L. Hawksworth & Francis Rose. The Quarterly Review of Biology. 53. 3. 1978. 336. 0033-5770. 10.1086/410725.
6. 10.1017/S0024282985000469. Review of The Lichen-forming Fungi. By David L. Hawksworth & David J. Hill. 1985. Smith. D.C.. The Lichenologist. 17. 3. 315.
7. Air Pollution and Lichens. Edited by B. W. Ferry, M. S. Baddeley and D. L. Hawksworth . 10.1017/S0024282974000168 . 1974 . Swinscow . T. D. V. . The Lichenologist . 6 . 131–132 .
8. Pollution Indicators: Air Pollution and Lichens . B. W. Ferry, M. S. Baddeley, and D. L. Hawksworth, ed. . 10.1126/science.182.4109.275.a . 1973 . Brodo . Irwin M. . Irwin M. Brodo . Science . 182 . 4109 . 275 .
9. Seaward, Mark. Review of Ascomycete Systematics. Problems and Perspectives in the Nineties edited by David L. Hawksworth. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 1995. 117. 169. 10.1111/j.1095-8339.1995.tb00451.x.