Tuula Niskanen

14.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Tuula Niskanen is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tuula Niskanen has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Plant Science, 26 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 25 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Tuula Niskanen's work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (49 papers), Fungal Biology and Applications (25 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (22 papers). Tuula Niskanen is often cited by papers focused on Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (49 papers), Fungal Biology and Applications (25 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (22 papers). Tuula Niskanen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United Kingdom and United States. Tuula Niskanen's co-authors include Kare Liimatainen, Ilkka Kytövuori, Joseph F. Ammirati, Bálint Dima, Paul M. Kirk, Tobias Guldberg Frøslev, Håkan Lindström, Ursula Peintner, Ester Gaya and Laura M. Suz and has published in prestigious journals such as New Phytologist, Frontiers in Microbiology and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Tuula Niskanen

53 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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Pushing the Frontiers of Biodiversity Research: Unveiling the Global Diversity, Distribution, and Conservation of Fungi

2023 75 citations Tuula Niskanen, Ester Gaya et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Join FunDive and help mycologists gain a deeper understanding of fungal diversity in Europe! 2025 ·Field Mycology ·(unknown), Danny Haelewaters, Sergio de‐Miguel, (unknown), Andrin Gross, Håvard Kauserud, Franz‐Sebastian Krah, Tuula Niskanen, Jorinde Nuytinck, Lukáš Picek, Kadri Põldmaa, Franck Richard, (unknown), Andrea C. Rinaldi, (unknown), Alfredo Vizzini, Julia Pawłowska, Jacob Heilmann‐Clausen	0
2	Revised taxon definition in European Cortinarius subgenus Dermocybe based on phylogeny, chemotaxonomy, and morphology 2024 ·Mycological Progress ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kare Liimatainen, Tuula Niskanen, Maraike Probst, Ursula Peintner, Bianka Siewert	2
3	Climatic shifts threaten alpine mycorrhizal communities above the treeline 2023 ·Fungal ecology ·(unknown), Martin I. Bidartondo, Tuula Niskanen, Ivano Brunner, Stephan Zimmermann, Béatrice Senn-Irlet, Beat Frey, Ursula Peintner, Tanja Mrak, Laura M. Suz	3
4	Cortinarius habros one less lonely rider to be named in subgenus Telamonia 2022 ·SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository ·Jean‐Michel Bellanger, Dimitar Bojantchev, Kare Liimatainen, Tuula Niskanen, (unknown), Bálint Dima	0
5	Taming the beast: a revised classification of Cortinariaceae based on genomic data 2022 ·Fungal Diversity ·Kare Liimatainen, Jan T. Kim, Lisa Pokorny, Paul M. Kirk, Bryn T. M. Dentinger, Tuula Niskanen	41
6	Type studies and fourteen new North American species of Cortinarius section Anomali reveal high continental species diversity 2021 ·Mycological Progress ·Bálint Dima, Kare Liimatainen, Tuula Niskanen, Dimitar Bojantchev, (unknown), Viktor Papp, László G. Nagy, Gábor M. Kovács, Joseph F. Ammirati	11
7	Mission impossible completed: unlocking the nomenclature of the largest and most complicated subgenus of Cortinarius, Telamonia 2020 ·Fungal Diversity ·Kare Liimatainen, Tuula Niskanen, Bálint Dima, Joseph F. Ammirati, Paul M. Kirk, Ilkka Kytövuori	25
8	Habitat specialisation controls ectomycorrhizal fungi above the treeline in the European Alps 2020 ·New Phytologist ·(unknown), Martin I. Bidartondo, Tuula Niskanen, James J. Clarkson, Ivano Brunner, Stephan Zimmermann, Béatrice Senn-Irlet, Beat Frey, Ursula Peintner, Tanja Mrak, Laura M. Suz	30
9	New scientific discoveries: Plants and fungi 2020 ·Plants People Planet ·Martin Cheek, Eimear Nic Lughadha, Paul M. Kirk, Heather L. Lindon, Julia Carretero, Brian P. Looney, Brian Douglas, Danny Haelewaters, Ester Gaya, Theo Llewellyn, A. Martyn Ainsworth, Yusufjon Gafforov, Kevin D. Hyde, P.W. Crous, Mark Hughes, Barnaby E. Walker, Rafaela Campostrini Forzza, K. M. Wong, Tuula Niskanen	137
10	Pseudoclitocybaceae fam. nov. (Agaricales, Tricholomatineae), a new arrangement at family, genus and species level 2018 ·Fungal Diversity ·Pablo Alvarado, Pierre‐Arthur Moreau, Bálint Dima, Alfredo Vizzini, Giovanni Consiglio, Gabriel Moreno, Ledo Setti, (unknown), Seppo Huhtinen, Kare Liimatainen, Tuula Niskanen	19
11	Identifying and naming the currently known diversity of the genusHydnum, with an emphasis on European and North American taxa 2018 ·Mycologia ·Tuula Niskanen, Kare Liimatainen, Jorinde Nuytinck, Paul M. Kirk, Ibai Olariaga, Roberto Garibay‐Orijel, Lorelei L. Norvell, Seppo Huhtinen, Ilkka Kytövuori, (unknown), Tuomo Niemelä, Joseph F. Ammirati, Leho Tedersoo	21
12	Spring and early summer species of Cortinarius , subgenus Telamonia , section Colymbadini and /Flavobasilis, in the mountains of western North America 2017 ·Mycologia ·Joseph F. Ammirati, Tuula Niskanen, Kare Liimatainen, Dimitar Bojantchev, Ursula Peintner, (unknown), Cathy L. Cripps	6
13	Telamonioid Cortinarius species of the C-puellaris group from calcareous Tilia forests 2017 ·Sydowia ·Tor Erik Brandrud, Bálint Dima, Kare Liimatainen, Tuula Niskanen	2
14	Cortinarius subgenus Callistei in North America and Europe—type studies, diversity, and distribution of species 2016 ·Mycologia ·Tuula Niskanen, Kare Liimatainen, Ilkka Kytövuori, Håkan Lindström, Bryn T. M. Dentinger, Joseph F. Ammirati	11
15	New national and regional biological records for Finland 5. Contributions to agaricoid and ascomycetoid taxa of fungi 4 2015 ·Åbo Akademi University Research Portal ·(unknown), Tuula Niskanen, Kare Liimatainen, Ilkka Kytövuori, Jukka Vauras, Seppo Huhtinen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	7
16	Cortinarius section Sanguinei in North America 2013 ·Mycologia ·Tuula Niskanen, Kare Liimatainen, Joseph F. Ammirati, Karen W. Hughes	15
17	The species of Cortinarius , section Bovini , associated with conifers in northern Europe 2013 ·Mycologia ·Tuula Niskanen, Ilkka Kytövuori, Kare Liimatainen, Håkan Lindström	19
18	Cortinarius sanguineus and equally red species in Europe with an emphasis on northern European material 2012 ·Mycologia ·Tuula Niskanen, (unknown), Kare Liimatainen, Ilkka Kytövuori	13
19	Cortinarius sect. Armillati in northern Europe 2011 ·Mycologia ·Tuula Niskanen, Ilkka Kytövuori, Kare Liimatainen	27
20	EcM fungal community structure, but not diversity, altered in a Pb-contaminated shooting range in a boreal coniferous forest site in Southern Finland 2011 ·FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·Nan Hui, Ari Jumpponen, Tuula Niskanen, Kare Liimatainen, Kenneth L. Jones, Teija Koivula, Martin Romantschuk, Rauni Strömmer	35

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