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• Lodge, D. Jean; Padamsee, Mahajabeen; Matheny, P. Brandon; Aime, M. Catherine; Cantrell, Sharon A.; Boertmann, David; Kovalenko, Alexander; Vizzini, Alfredo; Dentinger, Bryn T.M.; Kirk, Paul M.; Ainsworth, A. Martin; Moncalvo, Jean-Marc; Vilgalys, Rytas; Larsson, Ellen; Lucking, Robert; Griffith, Gareth W.; Smith, Matthew E.; Norvell, Lorilei L.; Desjardin, Dennis E.; Redhead, Scott A.; Ovrebo, Clark L.; Lickey, Edgar B.; Ercole, Enrico; Hughes, Karen W.; Courtecuisse, Regis; Young, Anthony; Binder, Manfred; Minnis, Andrew M.; Lindner, Daniel L.; Ortiz-Santana, Beatriz; Haight, John; Laessoe, Thomas; Baroni, Timothy J.; Geml, Jozsef; Hattori, Tsutomu. 2013. Molecular phylogeny, morphology, pigment chemistry and ecology in Hygrophoraceae (Agaricales). Fungal Diversity
• Cantrell, Sharon A.; Lodge, D. Jean; Cruz, Carlos A.; García, Luis M.; Pérez-Jiménez, Jose R.; Molina, Marirosa. 2013. Differential abundance of microbial functional groups along the elevation gradient from the coast to the Luquillo Mountains. Ecological Bulletins. 54: 87-100.
• Lilleskov, Erik; Callaham, Jr. Mac A.; Pouyat, Richard; Smith, Jane E.; Castellano, Michael; Gonzalez, Grizelle; Lodge, D. Jean; Arango, Rachel; Green, Frederick. 2010. Invasive soil organisms and their effects on belowground processes. In: Dix, Mary Ellen; Britton, Kerry, editors. A dynamic invasive species research vision: Opportunities and priorities 2009-29. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-79/83. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Research and Development: 67-83
• Desjardin, Dennis E.; Lodge, D. Jean; Stevani, Cassius V.; Nagasawa, Eiji. 2010. Luminescent Mycena: new and noteworthy species. Mycologia. 102(2): 459-477.

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• Lodge, D. Jean; Van Beusekom, Ashley E.; González, Grizelle ; Sánchez‐Julia, Mareli ; Stankavich, Sarah. 2022. Disturbance reduces fungal white‐rot litter mat cover in a wet subtropical forest. Ecosphere
• Moreno, Ivia I; Barberena‐Arias, Maria F.; González, Grizelle ; Lodge, D. Jean; Cantrell, Sharon A. 2022. Canopy opening increases leaf‐shredding arthropods and nutrient mineralization but not mass loss in wet tropical forest. Ecosphere
• Ortiz-Santana, Beatriz ; Chen, Jie ; Parra, Luis A.; Angelini, Claudio ; Lodge, D. Jean; Kerrigan, Richard W.; Callac, Philippe. 2021. The genus Agaricus in the Caribbean II. Refined phylogeny of Agaricus subg. Spissicaules with description of two new sections and eight new species. Mycological Progress
• Baroni, Timothy J.; Beug, Michael W.; Cantrell, Sharon A.; Clements, Teresa A.; Iturriaga, Teresa ; Læssøe, Thomas ; Holgado Rojas, María E.; Aguilar, Frank M.; Quispe, Miguel O.; Lodge, D. Jean; O'Donnell, Kerry. 2018. Four new species of Morchella from the Americas. Mycologia
• Liu, Xianbin ; Zeng, Xiucheng ; Zou, Xiaoming ; Lodge, Deborah ; Stankavich, Sarah ; González, Grizelle ; Cantrell, Sharon. 2018. Responses of Soil Labile Organic Carbon to a Simulated Hurricane Disturbance in a Tropical Wet Forest. Forests
• Ross-Davis, Amy L.; Graca, Rodrigo N.; Alfenas, Acelino C.; Peever, Tobin L.; Hanna, John W.; Uchida, Janice Y.; Hauff, Rob D.; Kadooka, Chris Y.; Kim, Mee-Sook ; Cannon, Phil G.; Namba, Shigetou ; Minato, Nami ; Simeto, Sofia ; Perez, Carlos A.; Rayamajhi, Min B.; Moran, Mauricio ; Lodge, D. Jean; Arguedas, Marcela ; Medel-Ortiz, Rosario ; Lopez-Ramirez, M. Armando; Tennant, Paula ; Glen, Morag ; McTaggart, Alistair ; Klopfenstein, Ned B. 2018. Genetic and genotypic diversity of Puccinia psidii - the cause of guava/eucalypt/myrtle rust - and preliminary predictions of global areas at risk. In: Schoettle, Anna W.; Sniezko, Richard A.; Kliejunas, John T., eds. Proceedings of the IUFRO joint conference: Genetics of five-needle pines, rusts of forest trees, and Strobusphere; 2014 June 15-20; Fort Collins, CO. Proc. RMRS-P-76. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 186-173.
• González, Grizelle; Lodge, D. 2017. Soil biology research across latitude, elevation and disturbance gradients: A review of forest studies from Puerto Rico during the past 25 years. Forests
• Stewart, J. E.; Ross-Davis, A.L.; Graҫa, R. N.; Alfenas, A. C.; Peever, T. L.; Hanna, J. W.; Uchida, J. Y.; Hauff, R. D.; Kadooka, C. Y.; Kim, M.-S.; Cannon, P. G.; Namba, S.; Simeto, S.; Pérez, C. A.; Rayamajhi, M. B.; Lodge, D.J.; Arguedas, M.; Medel-Ortiz, R.; López-Ramirez, M. A.; Tennant, P.; Glen, M.; Machado, P. S.; McTaggart, A. R.; Carnegie, A. J.; Klopfenstein, N. B.; Cleary, M. 2017. Genetic diversity of the myrtle rust pathogen (Austropuccinia psidii) in the Americas and Hawaii: Global implications for invasive threat assessments. Forest Pathology. 48: e12378.
• Gomez-Hernandez, Marko; Williams-Linera, Guadalupe; Lodge, D. Jean; Guevara, Roger; Ruiz-Sanchez, Eduardo; Gandara, Etelvina. 2016. Phylogenetic diversity of macromycetes and woody plants along an elevational gradient in Eastern Mexico. Biotropica. 48(5): 577-585.
• Hosen, Md. Iqbal; Li, Tai-Hui; Lodge, D. Jean; Rockefeller, Alan. 2016. The first ITS phylogeny of the genus Cantharocybe (Agaricales, Hygrophoraceae) with a new record of C. virosa from Bangladesh. MycoKeys. 14: 37-50.
• Lodge, D. Jean. 2016. Confessions of a fungal systematist. In: Willig, M.R.; Walker, L.R., eds. Long-term ecological research changing the nature of scientists. New York, NY: Oxford University Press: 243-249. ISBN: 978-0199380213.
• Lodge, D. Jean. 2016. Common wood decay fungi found in the Caribbean Basin. In: McCown, Colin, ed. Proceedings of the 112th annual meeting of the American Wood Protection Association; 2016 May 1-3; San Juan, PR. Birmingham, AL: American Wood Protection Association. 112: 22-25.
• Lodge, D. Jean; Winter, Dirk; Gonzalez, Grizelle; Clum, Naomi. 2016. Effects of hurricane-felled tree trunks on soil carbon, nitrogen, microbial biomass, and root length in a wet tropical forest. Forests. 7, 264; doi:10.3390/f7110264
• Zalamea, Marcela; Gonzalez, Grizelle; Lodge, D. Jean. 2016. Physical, Chemical, and Biological Properties of Soil under Decaying Wood in a Tropical Wet Forest in Puerto Rico. Forests
• Grupe, A. C.; Baker, A. D.; Uehling, J. K.; Smith, M. E.; Baroni, T. J.; Lodge, D. J.; Henkel, T. W. 2015. Sarcodon in the Neotropics I: new species from Guyana, Puerto Rico and Belize. Mycologia
• Shiels, Aaron B.; Gonzalez, Grizelle; Lodge, D. Jean; Willig, Michael R; Zimmerman, Jess K. 2015. Cascading Effects of Canopy Opening and Debris Deposition from a Large-Scale Hurricane Experiment in a Tropical Rain Forest. BioScience, September 2015. Volume 65, Number 9; pp. 871-881.
• Vellinga, Else C.; Kuyper, Thomas W.; Ammirati, Joe; Desjardin, Dennis E.; Halling, Roy E.; Justo, Alfredo; Læssøe, Thomas; Lodge, D. Jean; Matheny, P. Brandon; Methven, Andrew S.; Moreau, Pierre-Arthur; Mueller, Gregory M.; Noordeloos, Michael E.; Nuytinck, Jorinde; Ovrebo, Clark L.; Verbeken, Annemieke. 2015. Six simple guidelines for introducing new genera of fungi. IMA Fungus, Volume 6, No. 2 pp. 65-68
• Cantrell, Sharon A.; Molina, Marirosa; Lodge, D. Jean; Rivera-Figueroa, Francisco J.; Ortiz, Maria; Marchetti, Albany A.; Cyterski, Mike J.; Pérez-Jiménez, José R. 2014. Effects of a simulated hurricane disturbance on forest floor microbial communities. Forest Ecology & Management. 332: 22-31.
• Gonzalez, G.; Lodge, D.J.; Richardson, B.A.; Richardson, M.J. 2014. A canopy trimming experiment in Puerto Rico: The response of litter decomposition and nutrient release to canopy opening and debris deposition in a subtropical wet forest. Forest Ecology and Management. 332:32-46.
• Lodge, D. Jean. 2014. The splitting of Hygrocybe. Omphalina. 5(1): 2-6.
• Lodge, D. Jean; Cantrell, Sharon A.; Gonzalez, Grizelle. 2014. Effects of canopy opening and debris deposition on fungal connectivity, phosphorus movement between litter cohorts and mass loss. Forest Ecology and Management. 332: 11-21.
• Lodge, D. Jean; Voitk, Andrus. 2014. The birth and fate of new generic names. Omphalina. 5(1) 1:8-12.
• Ross-Davis, Amy L.; Graca, Rodrigo N.; Alfenas, Acelino C.; Peever, Tobin L.; Hanna, Jack W.; Uchida, Janice Y.; Hauff, Rob D.; Kadooka, Chris Y.; Kim, Mee-Sook; Cannon, Phil G.; Namba, Shigetou; Minato, Nami; Simeto, Sofia; Perez, Carlos A.; Rayamajhi, Min B.; Moran, Mauricio; Lodge, D. Jean; Arguedas, Marcela; Medel-Ortiz, Rosario; Lopez-Ramirez, M. Armando; Tennant, Paula; Glen, Morag; Klopfenstein, Ned B. 2014. Tracking the distribution of Puccinia psidii genotypes that cause rust disease on diverse myrtaceous trees and shrubs. In: Chadwick, K.; Palacios, P., comps. Proceedings of the 61st Annual Western International Forest Disease Work Conference; October 6-11, 2013; Waterton Lakes National Park; AB, Canada. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Health Protection. p. 131-137.
• Sánchez-García, Marisol; Matheny, P. Brandon; Palfner, Gotz; Lodge, D.J. 2014. Deconstructing the Tricholomataceae (Agaricales) and introduction of the new genera Albomagister, Corneriella, Pogonoloma and Pseudotricholoma. Taxon. 63(5): 993-1007.
• Tedersoo, Leho; Bahram, Mohammad; Põlme, Sergei; Kõljalg, Urmas; Yorou, Nourou S.; Wijesundera, Ravi; Ruiz, Luis Villarreal; Vasco-Palacios, Aida M.; Thu, Pham Quang; Suija, Ave; Smith, Matthew E.; Sharp, Cathy; Saluveer, Erki; Saitta, Alessandro; Rosas, Miguel; Riit, Taavi; Ratkowsky, David; Pritsch, Karin; Põldmaa, Kadri; Piepenbring, Meike; Phosri, Cherdchai; Peterson, Marko; Parts, Kaarin; Pärtel, Kadri; Otsing, Eveli; Nouhra, Eduardo; Njouonkou, André L.; Nilsson, R. Henrik; Morgado, Luis N.; Mayor, Jordan; May, Tom W.; Majukim, Luiza; Lodge, D. Jean; Lee, Su See; Larsson, Karl-Henrik; Kohout, Petr; Hosaka, Kentaro; Hiiesalu, Indrek; Henkel, Terry W.; Harend, Helery; Guo, Liang-dong; Greslebin, Alina; Gretlet, Gwen; Geml, Jozsef; Gates, Genevieve; Dunstan, William; Dunk, Chris; Drenkhan, Rein; Dearnaley, John; Kesel, André De; Dang, Tan; Chen, Xin; Buegger, Franz; Brearley, Francis Q.; Bonito, Gregory; Anslan, Sten; Abell, Sandra; Abarenkov, Kessy. 2014. Global diversity and geography of soil fungi. SCIENCE, Volume 346, Issue 6213, 28 NOVEMBER 2014, pp. 1078 and 1256688/1-1256688/10.
• Glaeser, J.A.; Nakasone, K.K.; Lodge, D.J.; Ortiz-Santana, B.; Lindner, D.L. 2013. The culture collection and herbarium of the Center for Forest Mycology Research: A national resource. In: Browning, John; Palacios, Patsy, comps. Proceedings of the Western International Forest Disease Work Conference; 2012 October 8-12, 2012.; Tahoe City, CA. [Place of publication unknown]:Western International Forest Disease Work Conference: 123-129.
• Hughes, Karen W.; Petersen, Ronald H.; Lodge, D. Jean; Bergemann, Sarah E.; Baumgartner, Kendra; Tulloss, Rodham E.; Lickey, Edgar; Cifuentes, Joaquin. 2013. Evolutionary consequences of putative intra- and interspecific hybridiation in agaric fungi. Mycologia. 105(6): 1577-1594.
• Walker, L. R.; Shiels, A. B.; Bellingham, P. J.; Sparrow, A. D.; Fetcher, N.; Landau, F. H.; Lodge, D. J. 2013. The shifting influence of abiotic drivers during landslide succession in Puerto Rico. Journal of Ecology. 101: 650-661.
• Walker, Lawrence R.; Shiels, Aaron B.; Bellingham, Peter J.; Sparrow, Ashley D.; Fetcher, Ned; Landau, Fred H.; Lodge, Deborah J. 2013. Changes in abiotic influences on seed plants and ferns during 18 years of primary succession on Puerto Rican landslides. Journal of Ecology. 101(3): 650-661.
• Banik, Mark T.; Lindner, Daniel L.; Ortiz-Santana, Beatriz; Lodge, Deborah J. 2012. A new species of Laetiporus (Basidiomycota, Polyporales) from the Caribbean basin. Banik, Mark T.; Lindner, Daniel L.; Ortiz-Santana, Beatriz; Lodge, Deborah J. 2012. A new species of Laetiporus (Basidiomycota, Polyporales) from the Caribbean basin. Kurtziana. 37(1): 15-21.
• Brokaw, N.; Zimmerman, J.K.; Willig, M.; Camilo, G.; Covich, A.; Crowl, T.; Fetcher, N.; Haines, B.; Lodge, J.; Lugo, A.E.; Myster, R.; Pringle, C.M.; Sharpe, J.; Scatena, F.; Schowalter, T.; Silver, W.; Thompson, J.; Vogt, D.; Vogt, K.; Waide, R.; Walker, L.; Woolbright, L.; Wunderle, J.M.; Zou, X. 2012. Response to disturbance, Chapter 5. N. Brokaw, T.A. Crowl, A.E. Lugo, W.H. McDowell, F.N. Scatena, R.B. Waide, M. R. Willig, eds. A Caribbean forest tapestry: the multidimensional nature of disturbance and response. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Crowl, T.A.; Brokaw, N.; Waide, R.B.; Gonzalez, G.; Beard, K.H.; Greathouse, E.A.; Lugo, A.E.; Covich, A.P.; Lodge, D.J.; Pringle, C.M.; Thompson, J.; Belovsky, G.E. 2012. When and where biota matter, linking disturbance regime, species characteristics, and dynamics of communities and ecosystems. N. Brokaw, T.A. Crowl, A.E. Lugo, W.H. McDowell, F.N. Scatena, R.B. Waide, and M.R. Willig, editors. A Caribbean forest tapestry: the multidimensional nature of disturbance and response. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Gómez-Hernández, Marko; Williams-Linera, Guadalupe; Guevara, Roger; Lodge, D. Jean. 2012. Patterns of macromycete community assemblage along an elevation gradient: options for fungal gradient and metacommunity analyse. Biodiversity and Conservation
• Hanna, J. W.; Graca, R. N.; Kim, M. -S.; Ross-Davis, A. L.; Hauff, R. D.; Uchida, J. W.; Kadooka, C. Y.; Rayamajhi, M. B.; Arguedas Gamboa, M.; Lodge, D. J.; Medel-Ortiz, R. Medel; Lopez Ramirez, A.; Cannon, P. G.; Alfenas, A. C.; Klopfenstein, N. B. 2012. A bioclimatic approach to predict global regions with suitable climate space for Puccina psidii. In: Zeglen, S.; Palacios, P., comps. Proceedings of 59th Annual Western International Forest Disease Work Conference; 2011 October 11-14; Leavenworth, WA. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Region 5. p. 131-136.
• Harder, Christoffer Bugge; Lodge, D. Jean; Petersen, Ronald H.; Hughes, Karen W.; Blanco, Joaquin Cifuentes; Froslev, Tobias Guldberg; Læssoe, Thomas. 2012. Amyloidity is not diagnostic for species in the Mycena pearsoniana complex (Mycena sectio Calodontes). Mycological Progress. 11: 725-732.
• Lebrón, Ligia; Lodge, Jean D.; Bayman, Paul. 2012. Differences in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi among three coffee cultivars in Puerto Rico. ISRN Agronomy 2012: 1-7. doi:10.5402/2012/148042
• McDowell, W.H.; Scatena, F.N.; Waide, R.B.; Brokaw, N.; Camilo, G.R.; Covich, A.P.; Crowl, T.A.; Gonzalez, G.; Greathouse, E.A.; Klawinski, P.; Lodge, D.J.; Lugo, A.E.; Pringle, C.M.; Richardson, B.A.; Richardson, M.J.; Schaefer, D.A.; Silver, W.L.; Thompson, J.; Vogt, D.J.; Vogt, K.A.; Willig, M.R.; Woolbright, L.L.; Zou, X.; Zimmerman, J.K. 2012. Geographic and ecological setting of the Luquillo Mountains. N. Brokaw, T.A. Crowl, A.E. Lugo, W.H. McDowell, F.N. Scatena, R.B. Waide, and M.R. Willig, editors. A Caribbean forest tapestry: the multidimensional nature of disturbance and response. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Willig, M.R.; Bloch, C.P.; Covich, A.P.; Hall, C.A.S.; Lodge, D.J.; Lugo, A.E.; Silver, W.L.; Waide, R.B.; Walker, L.R.; Zimmerman, J.K. 2012. Long-term research in the Luquillo Mountains, synthesis and foundations for the future. In: Brokaw, N.; Crowl, T.A.; Lugo, A.E.; McDowell, W.H.; Scatena, F.N.; Waide, R.B.; Willig, M.R., eds. A Caribbean forest tapestry: the multidimensional nature of disturbance and response. New York: Oxford University Press: 361-441.
• Ovrebo, Clark L.; Lodge, D. Jean; Aime, M. Catherine. 2011. A new Cantharocybe from Belize with notes on the type of Cantharocybe gruberi. Mycologia. 103(5): 1102-1109.
• Dentinger, Bryn T.M.; Lodge, D.Jean; Munkacsi, Andrew B.; Desjardin, Dennis E.; McLaughlin, David J. 2009. Phylogenetic placement of an unusual coral mushroom challenges the classic hypothesis of strict coevolution in the Apterostigma pilosum group ant-fungus mutualism. Evolution. 9999: doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00697.
• Baroni, T.J.; Bocsusis, N.; Lodge, D.J.; Lindner, D.L. 2008. A new species of Pleurocollybia (Tricholomataceae; Agaricales; Basidiomycetes) from Belize. Mycotaxon. 103: 353-363.
• Cantrell, Sharon A.; Lodge, D. Jean. 2008. Capítulo 4: Hongos. In: Joglar, Rafael L., ed. Biodiversity of Puerto Rico: Agustin Stahl, Flora, Fungi. La Editorial, Universidad de Puerto Rico: 247-295.
• Lodge, D. Jean; Læssøe, Thomas; Aime, M. Catherine; Henkel, Terry W.; Aime, M. Catherine; Henkel, Terry W. 2008. Montane and cloud forest specialists among neotropical Xylaria species. North American Fungi. 3(7): 193-213.
• Lodge, D.J.; Ovrebo, C.L. 2008. First records of Hygrophoraceae from Panama including a new species of Camarophyllus and a new veiled species in Hygrocybe section Firmae. Fungal Diversity. 32: 69-80.
• Baroni, Timothy J.; Franco-molano, Ana Esperanza; Lodge, D. Jean; Lindner, Daniel L.; Horak, Egon; Hofstetter, Valerie. 2007. Arthrornyces and Blastosporella, two new genera of conidia-producing lyophylloid agarics (Agaricales, Basidiornycota) from the neotropics. Mycological Research. III: 572-580.
• Castellano, Michael A.; Trappe, James M.; Lodge, D. Jean. 2007. Mayamontana coccolobae (Basidiomycota), a new sequestrate taxon from Belize. Mycotaxon. 100: 289-294.
• Lodge, D. Jean; McDowell, William H.; Macy, Jordan; Ward, Sarah Katherine; Leisso, Rachel; Claudio-Campos, Karla; Kuhnert, Kerstin. 2007. Distribution and role of mat-forming saprobic basidiomycetes in a tropical forest. In: Boddy, Lynne; Frankland, Juliet; Van West, Peiter, eds. Ecology of saprotrophic basidiomycetes. The British Mycological Society. Academic Press: 197-209.
• Ortiz-Santana, Beatriz; Lodge, D. Jean; Baroni, Timothy J.; Both, Ernst E. 2007. Boletes from Belize and the Dominican Republic. Fungal Diversity. 27: 247-416.
• Perdomo, Omar Paíno; Lodge, D. Jean; Baroni, Timothy J.; Baroni, Timothy J. 2007. Hongos Comestibles de la Replública Dominicana Guía de Campo. Centro para el Desarrollo Agropecuario y Forestal, Inc. Santo Domingo, República Dominicana. 96 p.
• Huhndorf, Sabine M.; Fernandez, Fernando A.; Miller, Andrew N.; Lodge, D. Jean. 2003. Neotropical Ascomycetes. 12, Mirannulata samuelsii gen. et sp. nov. and M. costaricensis sp. nov., new taxa from the Caribbean and elsewhere.. Sydowia. Vol. 55, no. 2 (2003): p. 172-180.
• Lodge, Deborah Jean. 2002. Recognizing and treating diseases in Caribbean trees. Proceedings of the 5th Annual Caribbean Urban Forestry Conference : reflections of the past, visions of the future, May 22-25, 2000. [St. Croix, V.I.] : University of the Virgin Islands, Cooperative Extension Service, 2002: pages 168-170.
• Miller, Orson K.; Lodge, Deborah Jean. 2001. New species of Amanita from the Dominican Republica, Greater Antilles. Mycotaxon. Vol. 79 (July/Sept. 2001): pages 289-306.
• Baroni, Timothy J.; Legon, Nick W.; Vilgalys, Rytas; Lodge, D. Jean. 1999. Calocybe cyanea : a rare and beautiful agaric is discovered in Puerto Rico. Mycologist. Vol. 13, part 1 (Feb. 1999): p. 7-10.
• Zimmerman, Jess K.; Pulliam, William M.; Lodge, D. Jean; Quinones-Orfila, Vanessa; Fetcher, Ned; Guzman-Grajales, Sandra; Parrotta, John A.; Asbury, Clyde E.; Walker, Lars R.; Waide, Robert B. 1995. Nitrogen immobilization by decomposing woody debris and the recovery of tropical wet forest from hurricane disturbance. Oikos