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Roland J. Kalb Collection 1941-2001
No full textThis collection contains two documents: an Austrian Heritage Collection questionnaire with a biographical outline for Mr. Kalb, and a newspaper New York Herald Tribune
article entitled "French Nazis Reported Busy on Martinique," regarding the experiences of German-Jewish refugees aboard the Winnipeg on a journey from France to
Martinique, during which they were intimidated by pro-Nazi French officers. Roland J. Kalb was aboard this ship during this time.Roland J. Kalb was born in Vienna in 1916. He was arrested 1933 in Vienna under Dollfuss, and in 1939 interned in Paris as a refugee. In 1941 he emigrated to the US on
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Orcularia insperata Kalb & Giralt, comb. nov.
No full textOrcularia insperata (Nyl.) Kalb & Giralt, comb. nov. Mycobank MB 563560 Lecanora insperata Nyl., Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn. 7: 443 (1863).— Lectotype! (selected by Aptroot 1987): Colombia, Nova Granata, Lindig 2616 (H-Nyl. 28494).—Isolectotypes: Nova Granata, Lindig 2616 (H-Nyl. 28493). Nova Granata, Bogota, 2600 m, (H-Nyl. p. m. 2902, 2903, 9541; fide H. Mayrhofer et al. 1999). Lecidea insperata Nyl., Flora 63: 128 (1880). Rinodina insperata (Nyl.) Malme, Bihang till Kongl. Svenska vetenskapsakademiens handlingar 28, afd. 3(1): 44 (1902). – Amandinea insperata (Nyl.) H. Mayrhofer & Ropin, Muelleria 12: 191 (1999). Lecidea biloculata Nyl., Flora Regensburg 40: 460 (1877). Lecanora biloculata (Nyl.) Nyl. ex Hue, Revue de Botanique 5: 29 (1886-1887). Buellia biloculata (Nyl.) H. Olivier, Expos. Lich. Ouest France 2: 150 (1901). Rinodina biloculata (Nyl.) Sheard, Lichenologist 3: 344 (1967).— Holotype: Ireland, Kylemore, Mr. Larbalestier (H-Nyl. 10437!). Lecidea polospora Leighton, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. Bot. 1: 241 (1878). Buellia polospora (Leight.) Shirley, Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm., 1893: 218 (1894).— Holotype: Ireland, Co. Galway, Ballinahinch churchyard, on old thorn-bushes, 1877, Mr. Larbalestier (BM?, not seen). Thallus corticolous or lignicolous, whitish to grey, rarely ochraceous, inconspicuous, usually thin, sometimes even evanescent. Apothecia (0.2–) 0.3–0.4 mm diam, when very young ±surrounded by a very thin, pseudothalline margin which is soon excluded; disc dark brown or black, epruinose, flat to slightly convex, rarely markedly convex; proper margin thin, usually persistent rarely totally excluded. Proper exciple poorly developed, 30–50 µm thick, KOH-. Hypothecium 30–60(–80) µm deep, brown. Hymenium 60–80(–90) µm high, colourless, not inspersed. Epihymenium brown. Paraphyses (1.5–) 1.7–2.1 µm thick, end cells 3–4(–5) µm broad, with a brown cap, unbranched or with a few branches towards the tip. Asci 8-spored, Bacidia- type. Ascospores 1-septate, (11–)13–18(–22) × (6.5–)7–9(–10) µm, Orcularia - type, olive, later pale brown, spore wall smooth, lumina connected by a long isthmus. Pycnidia black, 80 µm diam., conidia filiform, 12–15 × 0.8 µm. Chemistry: Spot tests all negative. According to Giavarini et al. (2010) lacking secondary metabolites. In the specimen Kalb-38244 thuringione (major) and arthothelin (submajor) were detected by HPLC (Kalb & Elix 1998). Ecology:— Orcularia insperata seems to be a species with a wide ecological amplitude. It was found in cool-temperate, warm-temperate, atlantic, subtropical and tropical regions near the coast and up to 2850 m (in Ecuador). It occurs in both hemispheres, at low altitudes in cool-temperate areas of Atlantic Europe (Spain, British Islands) and South America (Argentina, Uruguay), at middle altitudes in Macaronesia and subtropical regions and reach very high altitudes in the tropics. Some records in Marbach (2000) do not refer to this species. Here it is reported for the first time from the Indian Ocean (Reunion). Recently it has been reported from North Carolina (USA) by Lendemer et al. (2008). The species is also known from New Zealand and Australia (Mayrhofer et al. 1999). Notes:— Orcularia insperata is characterized by a whitish to greyish, usually thin thallus, small apothecia (up to 0.4 mm diam.), a clear hymenium and Orcularia- type ascospores, 1-septate, (11–)13–18(–22) × (6.5–)7–9(–10) µm, with a smooth spore wall. Orcularia insperata is very similar to O. placodiomorpha, but lacks additional septal lumina in mature ascospores. The study of the type material of O. insperata and O. biloculata has proved that they are conspecific. The conidia of R. biloculata were described by Fox & Purvis (1990) as ellipsoid. Unfortunately, no conidia have been observed in the type material. However, as all other diagnostic characters are in accordance with the type and the other specimens of O. insperata, we consider the description of the conidia by Fox & Purvis (1990) to be erroneous. Specimens examined:— ECUADOR. Tungurahua: Ascent to Zumbahua, ca. 20 km W of Baños, K. & A. Kalb (KALB 18478); Between Baños and Riobamba, K. & A. Kalb (KALB 18504).— BRAZIL. Rio Grande do Sul: Mun. Encruzilhada do Sul, Passo dos Coqueiros, Cerro Mouros, Faz Xafri, M. Fleig 7004 (ICN); São Paulo: Serra do Mar, between Paratí and Cunha, K. Kalb & G. Plöbst (KALB 28565).— PARAGUAY. Asunción. G. O. Malme 315 (H).— ARGENTINA. Salta: Salta, San Bernardino, B. Marbach 1140 (KALB); Ñacurutú in delta flum. Paraná, G. O. Malme 347, 60 (H); Marindia, B. Marbach & H. Osório 1123 (KALB 38244).— URUGUAY. Montevideo: Baja blanca, B. Marbach & H. Osório 1142 (KALB 38248). MADEIRA. Porto Santo, Pico do Castelo, A. Aptroot 27660 (B); Machico, Pico de Facho, 1990, J. Etayo (hb. Etayo); between Machico and Canical, N Pico do Facho, 1990, K. & A. Kalb (hb. Kalb).—CANARY ISLANDS, Tenerife, N of Santiago del Teide, 1.5 km WSW of Erjos, P. & B. v.d. Boom-37675 (hb. v.d. Boom); La Gomera, Arguamul, F. Berger (hb. Berger 13338).— RÉUNION. Cilaos, path to llet de Salazes, A.M. Brand- 59659 (hb. Brand).— IRELAND. Connemara: Ballynahinch Church, 1966, J.W. Sheard (hb. Sheard); Cork: Bantry, League Point, 1966, J.W. Sheard (hb. J.W. Sheard).— SPAIN. Navarra: Ibardin, 1987, J. Etayo (GZU, hb. Etayo).Published as part of Kalb, Klaus & Giralt, Mireia, 2011, Orcularia, a segregate from the lichen genera Buellia and Rinodina (Lecanoromycetes, Caliciaceae), pp. 53-60 in Phytotaxa 38 on pages 56-57, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.38.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/489464
Coniocarpon coralloideum Kalb & J. E. Hern. 2012, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Coniocarpon coralloideum</i> Kalb & J.E. Hern. <i>sp. nov.</i> (Fig. 1A–B) Mycobank MB 564175 <p> <i>Sicut Coniocarpon cinnabarinum DC. sed thallo isidiis coralloideis instructo et ascosporis minoribus differt.</i></p> <p> <b>Type</b>:— VENEZUELA. Aragua: Parque Nacional Henry Pittier, 12 km along the road from Maracay to Ocumare de la Costa; Estacion Biologica Dr. Alberto Fernandez Y. Along the „Andrew Field trail“, in an old tropical mountain rainforest (selva nublada), 1100–1200 m, 10°21’ N, 67°40’ W, 2 August 2010, K. Kalb & J. Hernández (holotype VEN, isotype hb. Kalb 38476).</p> <p> <b>Etymology</b>:—The specific epithet refers to the coralloid outgrowths on the thallus.</p> <p> Thallus corticolous, delimited by a fluffy reddish-brown line, off-white or pale grey, surface smooth with purple-red coralloid outgrowths. Apothecia rare, 0.2–0.3 mm diam., flat to slightly concave, rounded, ± polygonal or linear, disc purple-brown, densely white pruinose, margins thick with a dark purple-red pruina, KOH+ purple, dissolving. Epihymenium brown, KOH-. Hymenium 70 µm high, hyaline; subhymenium 20 µ m. Asci clavate, 8-spored, 60 × 20 µ m. Ascospores 18–20 × 7–8 µ m, oblong-ovoid, colourless, old ascospores brownish. Chemistry: two unknown violet to red pigments with relative R f -values 11, 7, 6 (major) and 16, 3, 7 (minor) in solvents A, B’, C (Elix & Ernst-Russell 1993).</p> <p> <b>Notes</b>:—The major pigment in <i>Coniocarpon coralloideum</i> is also present as a minor metabolite in <i>Coniocarpon cinnabarinum</i> sensu lato, the minor pigment as a trace amount together with other pigments. The following two specimens were tested by TLC: K. Kalb: Lichenes neotropici 201, distributed as <i>Arthonia tumidula</i> (Ach.) Ach. from Mexico / Chiapas (hb. Kalb s.n.) and <i>Coniocarpon cinnabarinum</i> from Austria / Styria (hb. Kalb 806). It should be noted that the two samples differ slightly in their chemistry insofar that the Mexican specimen contains four rather than three pigments observed in the Austrian material. The new species seems to be widely distributed in the Neotropics, but as it is usually sterile it has not been collected or remains unidentified in herbaria.</p> <p> <b>Additional material examined</b>:— ECUADOR. Napo: Muyuna near Tena; in the garden of Establo de Tomas, at the base of an old deciduous tree, 550 m, 0°58’00’’ S, 77°51’30’’ W, 3–4 September 2011, K. Kalb & H. Jonitz (hb. Kalb 38962).</p>Published as part of <i>Kalb, Klaus, Buaruang, Kawinnat, Mongkolsuk, Pachara & Boonpragob, Kansri, 2012, New or otherwise interesting Lichens. VI, including a lichenicolous fungus, pp. 35-47 in Phytotaxa 42</i> on page 36, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.42.1.5, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/4894823">http://zenodo.org/record/4894823</a>
Cryptolechia pittieriana Kalb, Lugo & J. E. Hern. 2012, sp. nov.
No full textCryptolechia pittieriana Kalb, Lugo & J.E. Hern. sp. nov. Mycobank MB 564178 Sicut Cryptolechia myriadella (Nyl.) D. Hawksw. & Dibben, sed ascosporis longioribus differt. Type:— VENEZUELA. Aragua: Parque Nacional Henry Pittier, 12 km along the road from Maracay to Ocumare de la Costa, Estacion Biologica Dr. Alberto Fernandez Y. "Andrew Field trail", in an old tropical mountain rainforest (selva nublada), 1100-1200 m, 10°21' N, 67°40' W, 2 August 2010, G. Lugo, K. Kalb & J. Hernandez (holotype VEN; isotype hb. Kalb 38595). Etymology:—The new lichen is named after the type locality. Thallus corticolous, thin, continuous to areolate-cracked, grey, prothallus not visible. Apothecia 0.2–0.3 mm diam., initially immersed in the thallus, then sessile with a constricted base, disc slightly concave or flat, waxy coloured. Margin thick and denticulate at first, becoming depressed and smooth with age, paler than the disc or developing a blackish tinge with age. Exciple paraplectenchymatous, laterally to 40 µm thick, composed of pachydermatous cells, 2–4 µm in diam. Hypothecium hyaline, 10–15 µm high. Hymenium hyaline, 110–140 µm high. Paraphyses simple, 1.5-2 µm wide, not thickened apically. Epihymenium with brown granules. Asci cylindrically clavate, 55–65 × 11–14 µm, with 12–16 spores. Ascospores long-ellipsoid, slightly tapering on one end, 6–9-septate, 23–38 × 2.5–3.5 µm. Pycnidia not seen. Notes:—Previously there were only three species of Cryptolechia known to have ascospores with up to seven septa, namely C. caudata Kalb from Africa and Australia, C. myriadella from Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia, and C. plurilocularis (Vain.) D. Hawksw. & Dibben from Africa (Kalb 2007). Cryptolechia caudata is distinguished by its tailed ascospores, C. myriadella has distinctly shorter and thicker ascospores (20–25 × 3.5–4.5 µm) while C. plurilocularis has only eight ascospores per ascus.Published as part of Kalb, Klaus, Buaruang, Kawinnat, Mongkolsuk, Pachara & Boonpragob, Kansri, 2012, New or otherwise interesting Lichens. VI, including a lichenicolous fungus, pp. 35-47 in Phytotaxa 42 on pages 39-40, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.42.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/489482
Cryptothecia napoensis Kalb & Jonitz 2012, sp. nov.
No full textCryptothecia napoensis Kalb & Jonitz sp. nov. (Fig. 1E, F) Mycobank MB 564179 Sicut Cryptothecia candida (Kremp.) R. Sant., sed materia chemica differt. Type:— ECUADOR. Napo: Between Tena and Pto. Misahuallí, a few km W of Misahuallí, walking trail to ‘ Cascada de Latas’, on bamboo stipes in a tropical rainforest, 480 m, 01°01.9’ S, 77°44’ W, 3 September 2011. K. Kalb, J. Kalb & H. Jonitz (holotype hb. Kalb 38968, isotype UPS). Etymology:—The specific epithet refers to Napo Province in Ecuador where the type was collected. Thallus up to 4 cm wide, but sometimes several thalli confluent and then forming patches up to 10 cm wide, firmly attached to the substrate, smooth, dull, grey, greenish grey to green, heteromerous, thin, up to 50 µm thick; prothallus byssoid, brownish to black; medulla white, I+ blue; photobiont trentepohlioid, with several cells aggregated. Ascigerous parts delimited, round to elongated, raised, white, I+ violet, 0.4–1 mm diam. Paraphysoids tightly enclosing the asci. Asci frequent, ± globose, ca. 50 µm diam., walls 5–6 µm thick, usually with (4–)6(–8) ascospores. Ascospores ellipsoid but often curved and slightly thickened in the middle, with 9–13 transverse and 1–3(–4) longitudinal septa, (40–)45–55(–60) × (12–)13–15(–18) µm. Chemistry: confluentic acid (major), 2’- O -methylmicrophyllinic acid (trace) and 2’- O -methylperlatolic acid (trace) [J. Elix 2011, HPLC, TLC]. Notes:— Cryptothecia napoensis is closely related to the epiphyllous C. candida, and initially a new species was not described despite its occurence on bamboo. Bamboo culms provide a habitat often exploited by foliicolous species (Santesson 1952). However, C. candida is distinguished by its slightly larger ascospores (48–)52–60(–65) × (16–)17–20(–22) µm (Thor 1997) and especially by its alternative chemistry, i.e. not gyrophoric acid as mentioned by Thor (1997), but 2’- O -methylperlatolic acid and 2’- O -methylanziaic acid (Lücking et al. 2006). The morphologically identical neotropical C. filicina differs in having perlatolic acid. Until now, the chemistry of the new species is unique within the genus.Published as part of Kalb, Klaus, Buaruang, Kawinnat, Mongkolsuk, Pachara & Boonpragob, Kansri, 2012, New or otherwise interesting Lichens. VI, including a lichenicolous fungus, pp. 35-47 in Phytotaxa 42 on pages 40-41, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.42.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/489482
Application of multiline two-photon microscopy to functional in vivo imaging
No full textKurtz R, Fricke M, Kalb J, Tinnefeld P, Sauer M. Application of multiline two-photon microscopy to functional in vivo imaging. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 2006;151(2):276-286
Bernard Kalb
No full textBernard Kalb
Bernard Kalb (born February 4, 1922) is an American journalist, moderator, media critic, lecturer, and author.
Born in New York City, he covered international affairs for more than three decades at CBS News, NBC News, and The New York Times. Nearly half that time he was based abroad in Indonesia, Hong Kong, Paris, and Saigon.
Near the end of his tenure at the Times, Kalb received a fellowship from the Council on Foreign Relations - awarded annually to a foreign correspondent - and took a leave from the newspaper for a year. He also won an Overseas Press Club Award for a 1968 documentary on the Vietcong.
He and his younger brother, journalist Marvin Kalb, traveled extensively with Henry Kissinger on diplomatic missions and later wrote a biography together entitled Kissinger. The two brothers also co-authored The Last Ambassador, a novel about the collapse of Saigon in 1975.
In 1984, Kalb was appointed Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and spokesman for the State Department. It was the first time that a journalist who covered the State Department had been named as its spokesperson.
Kalb quit this post two years later to protest what he called the reported disinformation program conducted by the Reagan Administration against the Libyan leader Col. Muammar al-Gaddafi.
In his later career, Kalb travels widely as a lecturer and moderator. He was the founding anchor and a panelist on the weekly CNN program Reliable Sources.
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‘Missing links’ alive? Novel taxa represent morphological transitions between distinctive phenotypes among extant Graphidaceae (lichenized Ascomycota: Ostropales)
No full textWe provide an updated account on the species of the Cruentotrema-Dyplolabia clade in Graphidaceae subfamily Fissurinoideae, describing three new species: Cruentotrema lirelliforme J. Kalb, Polyiam & K. Kalb, differing from Cruentotrema thailandicum in the lirelliform ascomata; Dyplolabia chumphonensis J. Kalb & K. Kalb, differing from Dyplolabia oryzoides by smaller ascospores; and Dyplolabia dalywaiana Rivas Plata, Bawingan & Lucking, differing from other Dyplolabia species in the angular, erumpent asomata with broadly exposed disc and irregular pseudocolumella. In addition, two further species are recognized as new combinations: Cruentotrema puniceum (Mull. Arg.) J. Kalb & K. Kalb (Bas.: Arthothelium puniceum Mull. Arg.; syn.: Thelotrema rhododiscum Homchant. & Coppins) and Dyplolabia ochrocheila (Vain.) Rivas Plata & Lucking (Bas.: Graphis ochrocheila Vain.). Cruentotrema kurandense is reported as new to Thailand. Altogether, 11 species are now recognized in the two genera, six in Cruentotrema and five in Dyplolabia. In view of the disparate morphology of the two genera, the discovery of two of the three new species is highlighted as phenotypically transitional taxa, so-called 'missing links', and the phylogeny of this clade is revised
Três novas espécies de Graphidaceae da Venezuela
No full textThree new species of Graphidaceae found in Henri Pittier National Park (Aragua-Carabobo, Venezuela) are described: Fissurina redingerioides Lücking, J. E. Hern. & Kalb, differing from Fissurina instabilis in the ascomata arranged as pores distributed in irregular rows, resembling Redingeria leiostoma; Myriotrema ecorticatum Lücking, J. E. Hern. & Kalb, differing from Myriotrema uniseptatum in the larger, 3-septate ascospores; and Ocellularia isidiza Lücking, J. E. Hern. & Rivas Plata, characterized by thick, horizontally annulate isidia unknown from other species of Graphidaceae.Se describen tres nuevas especies de la familia Graphidaceae halladas en el Parque Nacional Henri Pittier (Aragua-Carabobo, Venezuela): Fissurina redingerioides Lücking, J. E. Hern. & Kalb, diferenciada de Fissurina instabilis por los ascomatas arreglados en forma de poros distribuídos en líneas irregulares, asemejándose a Redingeria leiostoma; Myriotrema ecorticatum Lücking, J. E. Hern. & Kalb, diferenciada de Myriotrema uniseptatum por las ascosporas de mayor tamaño con tres septos; y Ocellularia isidiza Lücking, J. E. Hern. & Rivas Plata, caracterizada por isidios gruesos anulados horizontalmente, desconocidos de
otras especies de Graphidaceae.São descritas três novas espécies de Graphidaceae encontradas no Parque Nacional Henri Pittier (Aragua-Carabobo, Venezuela): Fissurina redingerioides Lücking, J. E. Hern. & Kalb, que difere de Fissurina instabilis pelos ascomatas dispostos como poros distribuídos em fileiras irregulares, assemelhando-se a Redingeria leiostoma; Myriotrema ecorticatum Lücking, J. E. Hern. & Kalb, diferindo de Myriotrema uniseptatum pelos ascósporos maiores e com 3 septos; e Ocellularia isidiza Lücking, J. E. Hern. & Rivas Plata, caracterizada por isídios grossos e horizontalmente anulados, desconhecidos de outras espécies de Graphidaceae
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