Manel Niell

Institut d'Estudis Andorrans · Centre d'Estudi de la Neu i de la Muntanya d'Andorra

The Catalan Initiative for the Earth BioGenome Project (CBP) is an EBP-affiliated project network aimed at sequencing the genome of the >40 000 eukaryotic species estimated to live in the Catalan-speaking territories (Catalan Linguistic Area, CLA). These territories represent a biodiversity hotspot. While covering less than 1% of Europe, they are h...

This dataset presents a comprehensive list of members registered as part of the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA, erga-biodiversity.eu) Community during ERGA Phase 1, which spanned from 2020 to 2023. The dataset includes information on the various roles undertaken by these members, particularly those who played a key role in establishing ERGA....

The level of threat of 502 fungi from Andorra has been evaluated according to the data obtained from the bibliography and field observations. The information from these works has been compared with the biodiversity databases and the red lists of neighbouring countries. Subsequently, the different taxa were determined with the IUCN methodology in or...

Andorra, located in the center of the Pyrenees, has more of the half of their surface covered by forest, mainly coniferous, being the Pinus uncinata forest the most common. Depending on the slope, the type of soil and the orientation, the shrub layer is composed by Juniperus communis in the sunny expositions or Rhodendron ferrugineum and Vaccinum m...

New records for the Mycobiota of Andorra are presented as a result of the research carried during the years 2008-2009 and the workshop "Mushrooms of Andorra" organized by CENMA (Centre of the Study of the Snow and the Mountain of Andorra) of the IEA (Andorran Research Center) that took place the 15-16th October 2016. A list of 112 species is presen...

In the context of the workshop "Mushrooms of Andorra" that took place in 2015 and were organized by CENMA (Centre of the Study of the Snow and the Mountain of Andorra), which were held in Andorra la Vella and Sant Julià de Lòria, the 9 to11th October, a series of field surveys was carried to complete the mycological knowledge of the country. Most o...

RESUM. Es reporta l'ús del Claviceps purpurea (Fr.) Tul. en la medicina tradicional d'Andorra i l'Alt Urgell, segons les dades de diversos informants, que esmenten que era emprat per les llevadores. Aquest ús sembla estar lligat a un coneixement expert per part de les persones especialitzades en obstetrícia. ABSTRACT. The use of the Claviceps purpu...

This is a catalogue of the traditional Andorran names of the toadstools compiled throughout 2005 and in early 2006. The field work has been carried out in the westernmost parishes of the country. 82 popular names belonging to 39 species or species groups have been recorded.

As a result of fieldwork during the years 1996-1998 and of the review of other collections preserved at BCB-Mycotheca herbarium, a list of 26 species of entomopathogenic Entomophthorales from Spain is given. The following 18 species are new Spanish records: Batkoa apiculata, Batkoa limoniae comb. nov., Entomophthora brevinucleata, E. culicis, E. sy...