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ANDREW N. MILLER, Ph.D.

Illinois Natural History Survey
Section for Biodiversity
Assistant Professional Scientist
1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820-6970
Phone: (217)244-0439; Fax: (217) 244-0729
E-mail: amiller@inhs.uiuc.edu


 Andrew Miller

Education

  • University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolution; research conducted at The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL; Major Advisor: Dr. Sabine M. Huhndorf, 1997-2003.
  • Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, M.S. in Biological Sciences; Major Advisor: D r. Andrew S. Methven, 1995-1997.
  • Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, B.S. in Botany, 1993-1995.
  • Lincoln Land Community College, Springfield, IL, A.S. in Biology, 1991-1993.

Primary Appointments

  • Assistant Professional Scientist, Section for Biodiversity, Illinois Natural History Survey, 2004-present.
  • Curator, Mycology, Section for Biodiversity, Illinois Natural History Survey, 2004-present.
  • Post-doctoral Research Associate, Botany Department, The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL; Major Advisor: Dr. Sabine M. Huhndorf, 2004.

Adjunct Appointments

  • Associate Curator, Mycology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, 2005 - present.
  • Research Associate, Botany Department, The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, 2 004-present.
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, 2004-present.
  • Affiliate Assistant Professor, Plant Biology Department, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, 2004-present.

Professional Service

  • Graduate Student Poster Award judge, Mycological Society of America, 2006.
  • Guest lecturer, Mycology course (IB 471), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2006.
  • Biodiversity Committee, Mycological Society of America, 2005-present.
  • Reviewer for Mycologia, Mycological Research, Mycopathologica, and Southeastern Naturalist journals, 2004-present.
  • Reviewer for National Science Foundation and National Geographic Society Exploration Grants, 2004-present.
  • Mushroom identification consultant, Illinois Poison Center, 2004-present. Public Outreach/Education
  • Conducted a half-day workshop on mushroom identification for five Sullivan highschool students, 2007.
  • Led a mushroom foray for Peoria Forest Park Nature Center, Wokanda Forest Preserve, Mossville, IL, 2007.
  • Conducted a half-day workshop on fungi for nine high school interns working for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park at the Appalachian Highlands Learning Center, Purchase Knob, NC, 2006.
  • Conducted a half-day workshop on pyrenomycete identification for six graduate students in the Advanced Mycology class from Mississippi State University, Gatlinburg, TN, 2006.
  • Conducted a half-day workshop on fungi for 15 high school interns working for the
  • Great Smoky Mountains National Park at the Appalachian Highlands Learning Center, Purchase Knob, NC, 2005.
  • Busey Woods bioblitz, Urbana, IL, 2005.
  • Mushrooms of Illinois poster, Illinois Department of Natural Resources Educational
  • Series, Springfield, IL, 2005.
  • All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory participant, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg, TN, 2004-present.
  • Illinois Natural History Survey Fungi Collection website, 2004.
  • Chippewa Nature Center bioblitz, Chippewa, MI, 2004.

Synergistic Activities

  • DiscoverLife interactive identification keys:
  • Hysteriaceae (http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Hysteriaceae)
  • Tubeufiaceae (http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Tubeufiaceae)
  • Xylariaceae (http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Xylariaceae)
  • Co-host of the 32nd Annual A.H. Smith Lake States Foray attended by over 35 professional and amateur mycologists from throughout the Midwest, Okaw Bluff Group Camp, Lake Shelbyville, IL, 2006.
  • Host of Pyreno Pursuit I, II, and III, a series of mycoblitzes to discover the diversity of pyrenomycetes in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, attended by local and international mycologists and their students, September 2005, May 2006, November 2007.

Workshops

  • All Fungal Barcoding Workshop, Smithsonian Conservation and Research Center, Front Royal, VA, 2007.
  • Bayesian and Likelihood Inference of Phylogeny: Organisms to Genomes Workshop, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL, 2005.
  • Workshop on Molecular Evolution, Woods Hole Marine Biological Institute, Woods Hole, MA, 2003.
  • First Costa Rican Fungal Biodiversity Workshop, Palo Verde and Heliconias Field Stations, 2001.
  • Mycological Society of America Tropical Ascomycete Workshop, Luquillo Mountains, Caribbean National Forest, Luquillo, Puerto Rico, 1998.

Field Research

  • Professional Scientist research projects, INHS Field research including the collection, identification, and curation of fungi throughout the Midwest and eastern North America; assisting in the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (A TBI) by inventorying fungi in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP); monitoring the diversity of fungi on fallen logs in two east-central Illinois hardwood forests; world wide systematic studies in the Sordariomycetes, 2004-present.
  • Post-doctoral research projects, The Field Museum of Natural History Field research including the collection, identification, and curation of ascomycetes throu ghout New Zealand, 2004.
  • Ph.D. research projects, The Field Museum of Natural History OTS Tropical Plant Systematics Course research projects. Conducted field research projects comparing vegetation types using transects, inventoried the Rubiaceae (Plants, Dicots) of Palo Verde Research Area, and inventoried the Araceae (P lants, Monocots) throughout Costa Rica, research directed by Dr. Brad Boyle and Dr. Robbin Moran, 1998.
  • Dissertation research project. Collection and identification of fungi in IL, IN, LA, MI, MN, MO, TX, WI, Costa Rica, Denm ark, England, Ecuador, France, Puerto Rico and Spain, research directed by Dr. Sabine Huhn dorf, 1998-2003.
  • M.S. thesis research project, Eastern Illinois University Investigating biological species concepts in the Lentinellus ursinus (Fungi, Basidiomycet es) species complex in midwestern North America (AR, MO, WI, MI, IL, IN, KY, TN, NC) resea rch directed by Dr. Andrew Methven, 1995-1997.
  • Field research and identification of fungi at the Highlands Biological Station, Highlands, NC, research directed by Dr. Ronald Petersen, 1996.
  • B.S. undergraduate research project, Eastern Illinois University Inventorying and identification of the fungi of the Shoal Creek Nature Conservation Area, Litchfield, IL, research directed by Dr. Andrew Methven, 1993.

Students Mentored

  • Emily Corlew, undergraduate summer intern, Northern Illinois University, Evanston, IL; maj or advisor, 2007.
  • Preeti Chaudhary, Ph.D. student, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL; m ajor advisor, 2006-present.
  • Vince Hustad, undergraduate summer intern, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL; ma jor advisor, 2006.
  • Huzefa Raja, Ph.D. student, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL; co-adv isor, 2004-2007.

Student Committees

  • JunMyoung Yu, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, M.S., 2007-present.
  • Kim Vernier, Biological Sciences, Eastern Illinois University, M.S., 2005-present.
  • Vince Hustad, Biological Sciences, Eastern Illinois University, M.S., 2005-present.
  • Sean Jones, Biological Sciences, Eastern Illinois University, M.S., 2004-2006.

Awards

  • Mycological Society of America Student and Young Investigator Foreign Travel Award for tra vel to International Mycological Congress, Oslo, Norway, 2002.
  • Lester Armour Graduate Fellowship, The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, 2002.
  • Illinois Mycological Society Graduate Student Fellowship, Chicago, IL, 2002.
  • Mycological Society of America Graduate Research Award for best paper presentation, annual Mycological Society of America Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, 2001.
  • Myron P. Backus Graduate Fellowship, Mycological Society of America, 2001.
  • Mycological Society of America Student Mentor Travel Award for travel to annual Mycologica l Society of America meeting, Burlington, VT, 2000.
  • Illinois State Academy of Science Best Student Paper Award in Botany for paper presentatio n, 90th Annual Illinois State Academy of Science Meeting, University of Illinois at Chicag o, Chicago, IL, 1998.
  • Sciencefest Graduate Investigator Award for M.S. thesis research project, Eastern Illinois University, 1998.
  • Phi Sigma Graduate Research Award for M.S. thesis research project, Eastern Illinois Unive rsity, 1997.

Grants

  • The Lexemual and Ester Hesler Visiting Professors Endowment Fund to conduct "A survey of t he wood-inhabiting pyrenomycetes of Great Smoky Mountains National Park", University of Te nnessee Knoxville, Principal Investigator, 2005, $2484.
  • Discover Life in America Grant (DLIA 2005-11) for hosting "Pyreno Pursuit: A bioblitz to d iscover the diversity of pyrenomycetes (Ascomycota, Fungi) in the Great Smoky Mountains Na tional Park", Gatlinburg, TN, Principal Investigator, 2005, $4033.
  • National Science Foundation Biodiversity Surveys and Inventories Grant (DEB-0515558) for " A survey of wood-inhabiting pyrenomycetes of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park", Ill inois Natural History Survey, Principal Investigator, 2005-2008, $370,000
  • Illinois Natural History Survey Special Funding Grant for "A preliminary study of the Chae tomiaceae (Ascomycota, Fungi)", Illinois Natural History Survey, Principal Investigator, w ith Dr. Alberto M. Stchigel (co-investigator), 2005, $750
  • University of Illinois at Chicago Provost Award for travel to France to collect specimens for Ph.D. dissertation research project, University of Illinois at Chicago and The Field M useum, 2002, $1795.
  • The Explorers Club Graduate Student Grant for travel to Ecuador to collect specimens for P h.D. dissertation research project, University of Illinois at Chicago and The Field Museum , 2001, $1200.
  • National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (DEB-0105077) for "Phy logenetic studies in the Lasiosphaeriaceae (Fungi, Ascomycetes, Sordariales)", University of Illinois at Chicago and The Field Museum 2001, $9985.
  • American Society of Plant Taxonomists Graduate Student Research Grant for Ph.D. dissertati on research project, University of Illinois at Chicago and The Field Museum, 2000, $500.

Scientific Papers

  • Raja, H.A., A.N. Miller, and C.A. Shearer. 2008. Freshwater ascomycetes: Aquapoterium pi nicola, a new genus and species of Discomycetes (Helotiales, Letiomycetes) from Florida. Mycologia, In press.
  • Chaudhary P., J. Fournier, and A.N. Miller. 2007. Cercophora aquatica sp. nov. from a st reambed in southern France. Sydowia 59(2): In press.
  • Miller, A. N., L. N. Vasilyeva and J. D. Rogers. 2007. Chlorostroma subcubisporum gen. e t. sp. nov. and notes on the systematic position of Thuemenella cubispora. Sydowia 59(1): 138-147.
  • Rogers, J.D., A.N. Miller, and L.N. Vasilyeva. 2007. Pyrenomycetes of the Great Smoky Mo untains National Park. VI. Kretzschmaria, Nemania, Rosellinia and Xylaria (Xylariaceae). Fungal Diversity, In press.
  • Vasilyeva, L.N., J.D. Rogers, and A.N. Miller. 2007. Pyrenomycetes of the Great Smoky Mo untains National Park. V. Annulohypoxylon Y.-M. Ju, J. D. Rogers & H.-M. Hsieh and Hypoxyl on Bull. (Xylariaceae). Fungal Diversity 27: 231-245.
  • Raja, H.A., A.M. Stchigel, A.N. Miller, J.L. Crane, and C.A. Shearer. 2007. Hyphomycetes from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, including three new species. Fungal Divers ity 26: 271-286.
  • Atkinson, T., A.N. Miller, S.M. Huhndorf, and D. Orlovich. 2007. Unusual new Chaetosphae ria species from New Zealand: intrafamilial diversity and elucidations of the Chaetosphaer iaceae - Lasiosphaeriaceae relationship (Sordariales, Ascomycotina). New Zealand Journal of Botany 45: 685-706.
  • Miller, A.N., G.K. Mugambi, and S.M. Huhndorf. 2007. Cercophora rubrotuberculata, a new pyrenomycete species from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Mycologia 99(3): 488-4 91.
  • Hibbett, D.S., M. Binder, J.F. Bischoff, M. Blackwell, P.F. Cannon, O. Eriksson, S. Huhndo rf, T. James, P.M. Kirk, R. L\374cking, T. Lumbsch, F. Lutzoni, P.B. Matheny, D.J. McLaugh lin, M.J. Powell, S. Redhead, C.L. Schoch, J.W. Spatafora, J.A. Stalpers, R. Vilgalys, M.C . Aime, A. Aptroot, R. Bauer, D. Begerow, G.L. Benny, L.A. Castlebury, P.W. Crous, Y.-C. D ai, W. Gams, D.M. Geiser, G.W. Griffith, C. Gueidan, D.L. Hawksworth, G. Hestmark, K. Hosa ka, R.A. Humber, K. Hyde, U. K\365ljalg, C.P. Kurtzman, K.-H. Larsson, R. Lichtwardt, J. L ongcore, J. Miadlikowska, A. Miller, J.-M. Moncalvo, S. Mazley-Standridge, F. Oberwinkler, E. Parmasto, V. Reeb, J.D. Rogers, C. Roux, L. Ryvarden, J.P. Sampaio, A. Schuessler, J. Sugiyama, R.G. Thorn, L. Tibell, W.A. Untereiner, C. Walker, Z. Wang, A. Weir, M. Weiss, M . White, K. Winka, Y.-J. Yao, and N. Zhang. 2007. A higher-level phylogenetic classifica tion of the Fungi. Mycological Research 111: 509-547.
  • Vasilyeva, L.N., S.L. Stephenson, and A.N. Miller. 2007. Pyrenomycetes of the Great Smok y Mountains National Park. IV. Biscogniauxia, Camaropella, Camarops, Camillea, Peridoxyl on and Whalleya. Fungal Diversity 25: 129-141.
  • Jones, S.C., W.J. Jordan IV, S.J. Meiners, A.N. Miller, and A.S. Methven. 2007. Fungal s pore dispersal by the Eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina). American Midland Naturalist 157: 121-126.
  • Spatafora, J.W., G.-H. Sung, D. Johnson, B. O'Rourke, M. Serdani, R. Spotts, F. Lutzoni, V . Hofstetter, J. Miadlikowska, V. Reeb, C. Gueidan, E. Fraker, T. Lumbsch, R. L\374cking, I. Schmitt, K. Hosaka, A. Aptroot, C. Roux, A. Miller, D. Geiser, J. Hafellner, G. Hestmar k, A.E. Arnold, B. B\374del, A. Rauhut, D. Hewitt, W.A. Untereiner, M.S. Cole, C. Scheideg ger, M. Schultz, H. Sipman, and C. Schoch. 2006. A five-gene phylogeny of Pezizomycotina . Mycologia 98(6): 1018-1028.
  • Zhang, N., L.A. Castlebury, A.N. Miller, S.M. Huhndorf, C. Schoch, K.A. Seifert, A.Y. Ross man, J.D. Rogers, J. Kohlmeyer, B. Volkmann-Kohlmeyer, G.-H. Sung, 2006. An overview of the systematics of the Sordariomycetes based on a four-gene phylogeny. Mycologia 98(6): 1 076-1087.
  • Stchigel, A.M., J. Cano, A.N. Miller, M. Calduch, and J. Guarro. 2006. Corylomyces: a ne w genus of Sordariales from plant debris in France. Mycological Research 110(11): 1361-13 68.
  • Miller, A.N., M. Bartolata, C.A. Shearer, and S.M. Huhndorf. 2006. Cuspidatospora xiphia go gen. et sp. nov. from eastern North American freshwater streams. Mycoscience 47(4): 21 8-223.
  • Fern\341ndez, F.A., A.N. Miller, S.M. Huhndorf, F.M. Lutzoni, and S. Zoller. 2006. Syste matics of the genus Chaetosphaeria and its allied genera: morphological and phylogenetic d iversity in north temperate and Neotropical taxa. Mycologia 98(1): 121-130.
  • Huhndorf, S.M., A.N. Miller, F.A. Fern\341ndez, and D.J. Lodge. 2005. Neotropical Ascomy cetes 13. Cornipulvina and Erythromada, two new genera from the Caribbean and elsewhere. Fungal Diversity 20: 59-69.
  • Miller, A.N. and S.M. Huhndorf. 2005. Multi-gene phylogenies indicate ascomal wall morph ology is a better predictor of phylogenetic relationships than ascospore morphology in the Sordariales (Ascomycota). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35(1): 60-75.
  • Lumbsch, H.T., I. Schmitt, R. Lindemuth, A.N. Miller, A. Mangold, F.A. Fernandez, and S.M. Huhndorf. 2005. Performance of four ribosomal DNA regions to infer higher-level phyloge netic relationships of inoperculate euascomycetes (Leotiomyceta). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34(3): 512-524.
  • Huhndorf, S.M., A.N. Miller, and F.A. Fern\341ndez. 2004. Molecular systematics of the C oronophorales and new species of Bertia, Lasiobertia and Nitschkia. Mycological Research 108(12): 1384-1398.
  • Miller, A.N. and S.M. Huhndorf. 2004. Using phylogenetic species recognition to delimit species boundaries and species relationships within Lasiosphaeria. Mycologia 96(5): 1106- 1127.
  • Huhndorf, S.M., A.N. Miller, and F.A. Fern\341ndez. 2004. Molecular systematics of the S ordariales: the order and the family Lasiosphaeriaceae redefined. Mycologia 96(2): 368-38 7.
  • Miller, A.N. and S.M. Huhndorf. 2004. A natural classification of Lasiosphaeria based on nuclear LSU rDNA sequences. Mycological Research 108(1): 26-34.
  • Guzmán-Dávalos, L., G.M. Mueller, J. Cifuentes, A.N. Miller, and A. Santerre. 2003. Traditional infrageneric classification of Gymnopilus is not supported by ribosomal DNA sequence data. Mycologia 95(6): 1204-1214.
  • Miller, A.N. 2003. A reinterpretation of the pseudo-bombardioid ascomal wall in taxa in the Lasiosphaeriaceae. Sydowia 55(2): 267-273.
  • Huhndorf, S.M., F.A. Fern\341ndez, A.N. Miller, and D.J. Lodge. 2003. Neotropical Ascomy cetes 12. Mirannulata samuelsii gen. et sp. nov. and M. costaricensis sp. nov., new taxa from the Caribbean and elsewhere. Sydowia 55(2): 172-180.
  • Miller, A.N., T. L\346ss\370e, and S.M. Huhndorf. 2003. Neotropical Ascomycetes 11. Dia mantinia citrina gen. and sp. nov. from Brazil. Sydowia 55(1): 93-98.
  • Miller, A.N., T. L\346ss\370e, P. Roberts, and K. Robinson. 2003. Krieglsteinera lasiosp haeriae: a mycoparasite on Lasiosphaeria ovina new to Britain, Norway, Russia and the USA . Mycologist 17(1): 12-13.
  • Miller, A.N. and S.M. Huhndorf. 2001. Neotropical Ascomycetes 10. New and interesting C ercophora species. Sydowia 53(2): 211-226.
  • Miller, A.N. and A.S. Methven. 2000. Biological species concepts in North American popul ations of Lentinellus. Mycologia 92(4): 792-800.

Papers Presented at Professional Meetings

  • Atkinson, T.J., Orlovich, D.A., and Miller, A.N. 2007. From the Land of the Long White C loud to the Great Smoky Mountains: New Zealand and Appalachian diversity among woody decay pyrenomycetes. Abstracts of the Mycological Society of America Meeting. p. 48. (Abstr. )
  • Hustad, V.P., Vernier, K.L., Methven, A.S., and Miller, A.N. 2007. Terrestrial macrofung al species composition and richness in old growth prairie groves. Abstracts of the Mycolo gical Society of America Meeting. p. 74. (Abstr.)
  • Raja, H.A., Miller, A.N., and Shearer, C.A. 2007. Aquapoterium pinicola gen. et sp. nov . from freshwater habitats in Florida. Abstracts of the Mycological Society of America Me eting. p. 95. (Abstr.)
  • Vernier, K., Hustad, V., Methven, A., Meiners, S., and Miller, A. 2007. Communities of w ood decay in old growth prairie groves. Abstracts of the Mycological Society of America M eeting. p. 107. (Abstr.)
  • Shearer, C.A., J. Campbell, H.A. Raja, A. Ferrer, L. Marvanov\341, and A.N. Miller. 2006. Phylogeny and biodiversity of the freshwater Euascomycetes. Abstracts of the VIII Inter national Mycological Congress. Vol. 2, p. 338. (Abstr.)
  • Huhndorf, S.M., A.N. Miller, and J. Fournier. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships within th e Helminthosphaeriaceae and Chaetosphaeriales. Abstracts of the VIII International Mycolo gical Congress. Vol. 2, p. 338. (Abstr.)
  • Vernier, K., V.P. Hustad, A.S. Methven, S.J. Meiners, K.F. Gaines, and A.N. Miller. 2006. Macrofungi associated with tree windfall in old growth prairie groves. Inoculum, the Ne wsletter of the Mycological Society of America 57(4): 38. (Abstr.)
  • Stchigel, A.M., A.N. Miller, and J. Guarro. 2006. Reappraisal of Chaetomium ampullare Ch ivers and Coniochaeta emodensis Udagawa & Y. Hori from soil. Inoculum, the Newsletter of the Mycological Society of America 57(4): 37. (Abstr.)
  • Hustad, V.P., A.N. Miller, and A.S. Methven. 2006. Coprophilous fungi of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Inoculum, the Newsletter of the Mycological Society of America 57(4): 22. (Abstr.)
  • Hustad, V., A.N. Miller, and A.S. Methven. 2006. Coprophilous fungi of the Great Smoky M ountains National Park. Association of Southeastern Biologist Meeting, March 29-April 1, Gatlinburg, TN.
  • Vernier, K., V. Hustad, A.S. Methven, S. Meiners, K.F. Gaines, and A.N. Miller. 2006. Ma crofungi associated with tree windfall in old growth prairie groves. Association of South eastern Biologist Meeting, March 29-April 1, Gatlinburg, TN.
  • Hustad, V., A.N. Miller, and A.S. Methven. 2005. Coprophilous fungi of the Great Smoky M ountains National Park. Annual Discover Life in America Meeting, December 7-9, Gatlinburg , TN.
  • Miller, A.N. 2005. Pyreno Pursuit: A bioblitz to discover the diversity of pyrenomycetes in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Annual Discover Life in America Meeting, Dec ember 7-9, Gatlinburg, TN.
  • Stchigel, A.M., M. Calduch, A. Miller, J. Cano, and J. Guarro. 2005. Un nuevo g\351nero de Sordariales sapr\363fito de restos vegetales procedentes del Pirineo franc\351s. Congr eso Argentino de Micolog\355a, 22-25 May, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Miller, A.N., J. Fournier, S.M. Huhndorf, and A. Adie. 2004. Problems and perils of gene sequencing for estimating the phylogenetic relationships of three species of Lasiosphaeri a. Inoculum, the Newsletter of the Mycological Society of America 55(4): 27. (Abstr.)
  • Huhndorf, S.M., \305. Nyberg, M. Wedin, N. Lundqvist, and A.N. Miller. 2004. A reassessm ent of Schizothecium (Sordariales, Ascomycota) based on 28S large subunit nrDNA. Inoculum , the Newsletter of the Mycological Society of America 55(4): 18. (Abstr.)
  • Guzmán-Dávalos, L., G.M. Mueller, J. Cifuentes, A.N. Miller y A. Santerre. 2003. P roblemas en el an\341lisis filogen\351tico del g\351nero Gymnopilus (Basidiomycetes, Agari cales, Cortinariaceae) con datos de secuencia del ADN ribosomal. V Congreso de Biolog\355a Molecular y Celular de Hongos, Quer\351taro, Mexico.
  • Guzmán-Dávalos, L., G.M. Mueller, J. Cifuentes, A.N. Miller, and A. Santerre. 2002. Traditional infrageneric classification of Gymnopilus is not supported by ribosomal DNA sequence data. Abstracts of the VII International Mycological Congress. p. 204. (Abstr.)
  • Miller, A.N. and S.M. Huhndorf. 2002. Character evolution in the Lasiosphaeriaceae sensu lato. Abstracts of the VII International Mycological Congress. p. 4. (Abstr.)
  • Miller, A.N. and S.M. Huhndorf. 2001. The use of multi-gene phylogenies and morphology i n establishing species boundaries in the Lasiosphaeria ovina (Lasiosphaeriaceae, Sordarial es, Ascomycetes) species complex. Inoculum, the Newsletter of the Mycological Society of America 52(3): 50. (Abstr.)
  • Miller, A.N., S.M. Huhndorf, and F.M. Lutzoni. 2000. The use of ascomatal wall morpholog y in determining phylogenetic relationships in the Lasiosphaeriaceae (Sordariales, Ascomyc etes). Inoculum, the Newsletter of the Mycological Society of America 51(3): 47. (Abstr.)
  • Huhndorf, S.M., F.A. Fernandez, A.N. Miller, and F. M. Lutzoni. 1999. Phylogenetic relat ionships of the Lasiosphaeriaceae inferred from large subunit nrDNA. Abstracts of the XVI International Botanical Congress. p. 16. (Abstr.)
  • Miller, A.N., F.M. Lutzoni, and S.M. Huhndorf. 1999. Phylogenetic relationships of Lasio sphaeria and Cercophora inferred from large subunit nrDNA and internal transcribed spacer region. Abstracts of the XVI International Botanical Congress, Addendum. p. 26. (Abstr. )
  • Miller, A.N. and A.S. Methven. 1998. Biological species concepts in eastern North Americ an populations of Lentinellus ursinus. Inoculum, the Newsletter of the Mycological Societ y of America 49(2): 36. (Abstr.)
  • Miller, A.N. and A.S. Methven. 1998. Biological species concepts in eastern North Americ an populations of Lentinellus ursinus. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Scien ce 91: 30, Suppl. (Abstr.)
  • Miller, A.N. and A.S. Methven. 1997. Morphology, mating systems, and cultural characteri stics of the Lentinellus ursinus/Lentinellus vulpinus (Agaricales, Tricholomataceae) speci es complex. Abstracts of the Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference. Annual Meeting, U niversity of Louisville, KY. (Abstr.)
  • Miller, A.N. and A.S. Methven. 1994. Fungi of the Shoal Creek Nature Conservation Area. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 87: 32, Suppl. (Abstr.)

Invited Presentations

  • Miller, A.N. and D.E. Cox. 2007. Kinds of Morels and Where They May Be Found in Illinois , 4th Annual Spores'N'More Event, Lake Shelbyville, IL.
  • Miller, A.N. 2007. Fungi of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Botany Club, Easte rn Illinois University, Charleston, IL.
  • Miller, A.N. and A.Y. Rossman. 2006. Biodiversity of Microfungi - A Phylogenetic Approac h, chaired symposium at 8th International Mycological Congress, Cairns, Australia.
  • Miller, A.N. 2006. Fungi of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Illinois Mycologic al Society, Chicago, IL.
  • Miller, A.N. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships in the Sordariales (Ascomycota, Fungi). U niversity of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Biological Sciences, Ecology and Evolution Seminar Series, Chicago, IL.
  • Atkinson, T.J., Miller, A.N., Huhndorf, S.M. and Orlovich, D.A. 2004. Two new Chaetospha eria species from New Zealand - a natural clade within Chaetosphaeria sensu stricto? Post er for 80th Anniversary Dinner of the Botany Department of Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand.
  • Miller, A.N. 2004. Fungi of New Zealand. Illinois Mycological Society, Chicago, IL.
  • Miller, A.N. 2004. Ascospores vs. ascomal walls in predicting phylogenetic relationships in the Sordariales. 18th Annual New Zealand Foray, Brightwater, Nelson, New Zealand.
  • Miller, A.N., S.M. Huhndorf, and F.M. Lutzoni. 2001. The use of ascomatal wall morpholog y in determining phylogenetic relationships in the Lasiosphaeriaceae (Sordariales, Ascomyc etes). University of Copenhagen, Botanical Institute, Department of Mycology, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Miller, A.N. and A.S. Methven. 2001. Biological species concepts in eastern North Americ an populations of Lentinellus ursinus. Illinois Mycological Society, Chicago, IL.
  • Miller, A.N., S.M. Huhndorf, and F.M. Lutzoni. 2000. The use of ascomatal wall morpholog y in determining phylogenetic relationships in the Lasiosphaeriaceae (Sordariales, Ascomyc etes). 26th Annual A.H. Smith Foray, Danville, IL.
  • Miller, A.N. and A.S. Methven. 1998. Biological species concepts in eastern North Americ an populations of Lentinellus ursinus. Ecology and Evolution seminar series, University o f Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.

Popular Articles

  • Miller, A.N. and A.S. Methven. 2007. Threatened and Endangered Fungi, Outdoor Illinois magazine 15(1): 6.
  • Cox, D. and A. Miller. 2006. Species Spotlight: Jack-O-Lantern Mushroom, Illinois Natura l History Survey Reports, Autumn, No. 389: 10.
  • A.N. Miller. 2006. Pyreno Pursuit: A Mycoblitz to Discover the Diversity of Pyrenomycete s in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Inoculum, the Newsletter of the Mycological Society of America 57(2): 1-3
  • Cox, D.E., A.N. Miller, and J. McFarland. 2006. Edible puffballs of Illinois, Outdoor Il linois magazine 14(8): 18-19.

Scientific Affiliations

  • American Society of Plant Taxonomists
  • Illinois Mycological Association
  • Mycological Society of America
  • North American Mycological Society
  • Society of Systematic Biologists

Updated: 15 January, 2008

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