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• Lindner, Daniel L.; Banik, Mark T. 2009. Effects of cloning and root-tip size on observations of fungal ITS sequences from Picea glauca roots. Mycologia. 101(1): 157?165.
• Lindner, Daniel L.; Banik, Mark T. 2008. Molecular phylogeny of Laetiporus and other brown rot polypore genera in North America. Mycologia. 100(3): 417-430.
• Banik, Mark T.; Burdsall, Harold H. 2000. Incompatibility groups among North American populations Laetiporus sulphureus sensu lato. Mycologia. Vol. 92, no. 4 (2000).:p. 649-655 : ill.
• Banik, Mark T.; Burdsall, Harold H. 1998. Assessment of compatibility among Armillaria cepistipes, A. sinapina, and North American biological species X and XI, using culture morphology and molecular biology. Mycologia. Vol. 90, no. 5 (1998).:p. 798-805.

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• Gilmartin, Emma C.; Jusino, Michelle; Pyne, Edward J.; Banik, Mark T.; Lindner, Daniel L.; Boddy, Lynne. 2022. Fungal endophytes and origins of decay in beech (Fagus sylvatica) sapwood. Fungal Ecology
• Jusino, Michelle; Hagemeyer, Natasha D.G.; Banik, Mark T.; Palmer, Jonathan; Lindner, Daniel L.; Smith, Matthew E.; Koenig, Walter D.; Walters, Eric L. 2022. Fungal communities associated with acorn woodpeckers and their excavations. Fungal Ecology
• Maillard, François ; Jusino, Michelle A.; Andrews, Erin ; Moran, Molly ; Vaziri, Grace J.; Banik, Mark T.; Fanin, Nicolas ; Trettin, Carl C.; Lindner, Daniel L.; Schilling, Jonathan S. 2022. Wood-decay type and fungal guild dominance across a North American log transplant experiment. Fungal Ecology
• Wray, Amy K.; Gratton, Claudio ; Jusino, Michelle; Wang, Jing Jamie; Kochanski, Jade M.; Palmer, Jonathan; Banik, Mark T.; Lindner, Daniel L.; Peery, M. Zachariah. 2022. Disease‐related population declines in bats demonstrate non‐exchangeability in generalist predators. Ecology and Evolution. 12(6): e8978. 13 p.
• Wray, Amy K.; Peery, M. Zachariah; Jusino, Michelle A.; Kochanski, Jade M.; Banik, Mark T.; Palmer, Jonathan M.; Lindner, Daniel L.; Gratton, Claudio. 2021. Predator preferences shape the diets of arthropodivorous bats more than quantitative local prey abundance. Molecular Ecology
• Wang, Weiwei ; Lindner, Daniel L.; Jusino, Michelle A.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah ; Palmer, Jonathan M.; Banik, Mark T.; Jurgensen, Martin ; Draeger, Kymberly ; Liu, Yong. 2020. Wood-colonizing fungal community response to forest restoration thinnings in a Pinus tabuliformis plantation in northern China. Forest Ecology and Management. 476: 118459.
• Jusino, Michelle A.; Banik, Mark T.; Palmer, Jonathan M.; Wray, Amy K.; Xiao, Lei ; Pelton, Emma ; Barber, Jesse R.; Kawahara, Akito Y.; Gratton, Claudio ; Peery, M. Zachariah; Lindner, Daniel L. 2019. An improved method for utilizing high‐throughput amplicon sequencing to determine the diets of insectivorous animals. Molecular Ecology Resources
• Kout, Jiří ; Vlasák, Josef ; ​ Lindner, Daniel L.; Banik, Mark T. 2019. Laetiporus lobatus (Basidiomycota, Polyporales), a new fungal species from Costa Rica. Phytotaxa
• Skelton, James ; Jusino, Michelle A.; Carlson, Paige S.; Smith, Katherine; Banik, Mark T.; Lindner, Daniel L.; Palmer, Jonathan M.; Hulcr, Jiri. 2019. Relationships among wood‐boring beetles, fungi, and the decomposition of forest biomass. Molecular Ecology
• Palmer, Jonathan M.; Jusino, Michelle A.; Banik, Mark T.; Lindner, Daniel L. 2018. Non-biological synthetic spike-in controls and the AMPtk software pipeline improve mycobiome data. PeerJ
• Wray, Amy K; Jusino, Michelle A; Banik, Mark T; Palmer, Jonathan M; Kaarakka, Heather; White, J Paul; Lindner, Daniel L; Gratton, Claudio; Peery, M Zachariah. 2018. Incidence and taxonomic richness of mosquitoes in the diets of little brown and big brown bats. Journal of Mammalogy
• Jusino, Michelle A.; Lindner, Daniel L.; Banik, Mark T.; Rose, Kevin R.; Walters, Jeffrey R. 2016. Experimental evidence of a symbiosis between red-cockaded woodpeckers and fungi. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
• Jusino, Michelle A.; Lindner, Daniel L.; Banik, Mark T.; Walters, Jeffrey R. 2015. Heart rot hotel: fungal communities in red-cockaded woodpecker excavations. Fungal Ecology
• Juzwik, Jennifer; Banik, Mark T.; Reed, Sharon E.; English, James T.; Ginzel, Matthew D. 2015. Geosmithia morbida found on weevil species Stenominus pallidus in Indiana. Plant Health Progress. 16(1): 7-10.
• Banik, M.T.; Lindner, D.L.; Juzwik, J.; Glaeser, J.A. 2013. Use of DNA sequencing to detect pathogenic, saprotrophic, and stain fungi in sapwood of declining red pine (Pinus resinosa) in the Upper Midwest. In: Browning, John; Palacios, Patsy, comps. Proceedings of the Western International Forest Disease Work Conference; 2012 Oct. 8-12; Lake Tahoe, CA. [Place of publication unknown]: Western International Forest Disease Work Conference: 101-110.
• Juzwik, Jennifer; Park, Hi-Hyun; Banik, Mark T.; Haugen, Linda. 2013. Biotic agents responsible for rapid crown decline and mortality of hickory in northeastern and north central USA. In: Miller, Gary W.; Schuler, Thomas M.; Gottschalk, Kurt W.; Brooks, John R.; Grushecky, Shawn T.; Spong, Ben D.; Rentch, James S., eds. Proceedings, 18th Central Hardwood Forest Conference; 2012 March 26-28; Morgantown, WV; Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-117. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 152-168.
• 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.
• Brazee, Nicholas J.; Ortiz-Santana, Beatriz; Banik, Mark T.; Lindner, Daniel L. 2012. Armillaria altimontana, a new species from the western interior of North America. Mycologia. 104(5): 1200-1205.
• Lindner, Daniel L.; Vasaitis, Rimvydas; Kubartova, Ariana; Allmer, Johan; Johannesson, Hanna; Banik, Mark T.; Stenlid, Jan. 2011. Initial fungal colonizer affects mass loss and fungal community development in Picea abies logs 6 yr after inoculation. Fungal Ecology. 4: 449-460.