Gintaras Kantvilas (born 1956)[1] is an Australian lichenologist, who earned his Ph.D in 1985 from the University of Tasmania with a thesis entitled Studies on Tasmanian rainforest lichens.[2] He has authored over 432 species names,[3] and 167 genera[4] in the field of mycology.

Gintaras Kantvilas
Born1956 Edit this on Wikidata
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Occupation
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Institutions
ThesisStudies on Tasmanian rainforest lichens
Author abbrev. (botany)Kantvilas

Kanvilas completed his secondary education at St Virgil's College in Hobart in 1973.[5]

In 1985, he was working for the Tasmanian National Parks and Wildlife Service.[6] In 1987 he was listing his affiliation as Department of Botany, University of Tasmania,[7] in addition to the Tasmanian National Parks and Wildlife Service.[8] By 2001 his affiliation was listed as the Tasmanian Herbarium,[9] and this has continued until at least 2018.[10]

The lichen genera Gintarasia[11] and Kantvilasia are named in his honour.[12]

The standard author abbreviation Kantvilas is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "Index Fungorum - Fungal Name Author Details: Gintaras Kantvilas". www.indexfungorum.org. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  2. ^ Kantvilas, Gintaris (1985). Studies on Tasmanian rainforest lichens (phd thesis). University of Tasmania.
  3. ^ "Mycobank:Advanced search (author contains Kantvilas)". Mycobank. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Using an advanced search (author name contains "Kantvilas" AND rank=genus)". www.mycobank.org. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Returning Land to its Traditional Owners » Old Virgilians Association". oldvirgilians.org.au. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  6. ^ Aino Henssen; G. Kantvilas (February 1985). "Wawea Fruticulosa, a New Genus and Species from the Southern Hemisphere". The Lichenologist. 17 (01): 85–97. doi:10.1017/S0024282985000093. ISSN 0024-2829. Wikidata Q55924202.
  7. ^ G. Kantvilas; P. W. James (January 1987). "The Macrolichens of Tasmanian Rainforest: Key and Notes". The Lichenologist. 19 (01): 1–28. doi:10.1017/S0024282987000033. ISSN 0024-2829. Wikidata Q54552763.
  8. ^ Gintaras Kantvilas (December 1987). "Siphula jamesii, a new lichen from south-western Tasmania". Nordic Journal of Botany (in German). 7 (5): 585–588. doi:10.1111/J.1756-1051.1987.TB02027.X. ISSN 0107-055X. Wikidata Q99862017.
  9. ^ P. M. McCarthy; G. Kantvilas (May 2000). "A New Bryophilous Porina from Tasmania, and Notes on the Diversity, Ecological Groups and Biogeographical Affinities of Tasmanian Trichotheliaceae". The Lichenologist. 32 (03): 247–256. doi:10.1006/LICH.1999.0262. ISSN 0024-2829. Wikidata Q56116044.
  10. ^ G. Kantvilas; C. Gueidan (2018). "Pannaria hookeri (lichenised Ascomycetes) – a remarkable new record for Australia" (PDF). Muelleria. 36: 74–80. doi:10.5962/P.291975. ISSN 0077-1813. Wikidata Q102374092.
  11. ^ Kraichak, Ekaphan; Parnmen, Sittiporn; Lücking, Robert; Lumbsch, H. Thorsten (2013). "Gintarasia and Xalocoa, two new genera to accommodate temperate to subtropical species in the predominantly tropical Graphidaceae (Ostropales, Ascomycota)". Australian Systematic Botany. 26 (6): 466–474. doi:10.1071/sb13038.
  12. ^ P.M. McCarthy; J. A. Elix; E. Sérusiaux (July 2000). "Kantvilasia (Lecanorales, Ectolechiaceae), A New Foliicolous Lichen Genus From Tasmania". The Lichenologist. 32 (4): 317–324. doi:10.1006/LICH.2000.0268. ISSN 0024-2829. Wikidata Q99850899.
  13. ^ "Index Fungorum - Names Record Ramboldia". www.indexfungorum.org. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  14. ^ Gintaras Kantvilas; John A. Elix (1994). "Ramboldia, a New Genus in the Lichen Family Lecanoraceae". The Bryologist. 97 (3): 296. doi:10.2307/3243462. ISSN 0007-2745. JSTOR 3243462. Wikidata Q99873061.
  15. ^ "Index Fungorum - Names Record Amphorothecium". www.indexfungorum.org. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  16. ^ P.M. McCarthy; G. Kantvilas; J. A. Elix (July 2001). "Amphorothecium, a new pyrenocarpous lichen genus from New South Wales, Australia". The Lichenologist. 33 (04): 291–296. doi:10.1006/LICH.2001.0330. ISSN 0024-2829. Wikidata Q55891827.