Andrew Nicholas Miller | School of Integrative Biology

Contact Information

1909 S. Oak St.
Urbana, IL 61801

Principal Mycologist

Research Interests

Systematics of the higher fungi (Ascomycota and Basidiomycota) using molecular and morphological data, particularly in how their phylogenetic relationships relate to current classifications; Evolution of morphological characters in members of the Ascomycota; Biodiversity and conservation of fungi throughout North America and the Neotropics; Monographic treatments and taxonomic revisions of higher fungi; Species concepts in fungi

Research Description

Andrew N. Miller is the mycologist with the Illinois Natural History Survey at the University of Illinois. He holds adjunct appointments in the Department of Plant Biology at the University of Illinois, the Botany Department at The Field Museum, and the Department of Biological Sciences at Eastern Illinois University. Dr. Miller is curator of the INHS Fungarium and associate curator of the U of I fungarium. He became director of the INHS Herbarium in 2008. Dr. Miller teaches the General Mycology course in Plant Biology at U of I, and his research focuses on the systematics, evolution, biodiversity, and conservation of fungi. He has published over 65 peer-reviewed papers describing the evolutionary relationships of numerous fungal taxa new to science. Dr. Miller was elected secretary of the International Committee on the Taxonomy of Fungi in 2011 and currently serves as associate editor for Fungal Biology, MycoKeys and Organisms, Diversity and Evolution.

Education

Ph.D., 2003, University of Illinois at Chicago
M.S., 1997, Eastern Illinois University
B.S., 1995, Eastern Illinois University

Awards and Honors

PRI Distinguished Research Scientist 2019
Eastern Illinois University Outstanding Graduate Alumni Award 2014

Additional Campus Affiliations

Principal Mycologist, Illinois Natural History Survey
Affiliate, Plant Biology

External Links

Lab website

Recent Publications

Barnés-Guirado, M., Cano-Lira, J. F., Miller, A. N., & Stchigel, A. M. (2025). New Species of Ascomycetes from Two Hypersaline Endorheic Lagoon Complexes in Zaragoza Province (Aragon Community, Spain). Journal of Fungi, 11(2), Article 139. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof11020139

Dirks, A. C., Methven, A. S., Miller, A. N., Orozco-Quime, M., Maurice, S., Bonito, G., Van Wyk, J., Ahrendt, S., Kuo, A., Andreopoulos, W., Riley, R., Lipzen, A., Chovatia, M., Savage, E., Barry, K., Grigoriev, I. V., Bradshaw, A. J., Martin, F. M., Arnold, A. E., & James, T. Y. (2025). Phylogenomic insights into the taxonomy, ecology, and mating systems of the lorchel family Discinaceae (Pezizales, Ascomycota). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 205, Article 108286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2025.108286

Hughes, K. W., Franklin, J. A., Schweitzer, J., Kivlin, S. N., Case, A., Aldrovandi, M., Matheny, P. B., & Miller, A. N. (2025). Post-fire Quercus mycorrhizal associations are dominated by Russulaceae, Thelephoraceae, and Laccaria in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Mycological Progress, 24(1), Article 16. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-025-02037-8

Karakehian, J. M., Rödel, T., Damm, U., Pfister, D. H., Miller, A. N., Truong, C., & May, T. W. (2025). Specimens in the National Herbarium of Victoria, Australia (MEL) and in Naturalis Biodiversity Center of Leiden, Netherlands (L) associated with Albertini and Schweinitz's Conspectus fungorum in Lusatiae superioris. Taxon, 74(1), 174-190. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.13239

Miller, A. N., Dirks, A. C., Van Vooren, N., & Methven, A. S. (2025). Studies in Gyromitra III: the Gyromitra brunnea lineage including G. japonica sp. nov. Mycological Progress, 24(1), Article 9. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-024-02026-3

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