In 2014, the
University of Wisconsin herbarium purchased Kalb's lichen collection of 60,000 specimens for $75,000. With the acquisition of Kalb's collection, rich in tropical and European specimens, the
herbarium houses about 70% of the world's known lichen
taxa.[5]
Recognition
In 2007, on the occasion of his retirement, Kalb was honoured with a
Festschrift,[6] featuring 24 scientific papers written by 51 authors. The Festschrift included a publication list, a list of
taxa described by him and of taxa named after him.[7]
Eponyms
Four lichen genera have been named in honour of Kalb:[3]KalbianaHenssen (1988); KalbographaLücking (2007); KalbionoraSodamuk, S.D.Leav. & Lumbsch (2017); and KlauskalbiaS.Y.Kondr., Lőkös, E.Farkas & Hur (2021).[8]
As of 2012, Kalb had about 120 scientific publications, particularly on tropical lichens.[2] Some of his major works include:
Kalb, Klaus (1970). Flechtengesellschaften der vorderen Ötztaler Alpen. Dissertationes botanicae. Vol. 9. Nuremberg: University of Erlangen; Lehre Cramer.
Kalb, Klaus (1987). Brasilianische Flechten: 1. Die Gattung Pyxine. Bibliotheca Lichenologica (in German). Vol. 24. J. Cramer. pp. 1–89.
ISBN978-3-443-58003-2.
Kalb, Klaus; Vězda, Antonín (1988). Neue oder bemerkenswerte Arten der Flechtenfamilie Gomphillaceae in der Neotropis (in German). Vol. 29. pp. 1–112.
ISBN978-3-443-58008-7.
Stariger, Bettina; Kalb, Klaus (1995). Haematomma-Studien Pts. I and II: Die Flechtengattung Haematomma: Lichenicole Pilze Auf Arten Der Flechtengattung Haematomma. Bibliotheca Lichenologica (in German). Vol. 59. pp. 1–228.
ISBN978-3-443-58038-4.
Frisch, Andreas; Kalb, Klaus; Grube, Martin (2006). Contributions towards a new systematics of the lichen family Thelotremataceae. I. The lichen family Thelotremataceae in Africa. II. A monograph of Thelotremataceae with a complex structure of the columnella. III. Molecular phylogeny of the Thelotremataceae. Vol. 92. pp. 1–556.
ISBN978-3-443-58071-1.
Mongkolsuk, Pachara; Meesim, Sanya; Poengsungnoen, Vasun; Buaruang, Kawinnat; Schumm, Felix; Kalb, Klaus (2015). "The lichen family Physciaceae in Thailand—II. Contributions to the genus Heterodermia sensu lato". Phytotaxa. 235 (1): 1–66.
doi:
10.11646/phytotaxa.235.1.1.
^Frisch, Andreas; Lange, Ute; Staiger; Bettina, eds. (2007). Lichenologische Nebenstunden. Contributions to lichen taxonomy and ecology in honour of Klaus Kalb. Vol. 96. J. Cramer in der Gebrüder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung. pp. 1–343.
ISBN978-3-443-58075-9.
^Printzen, Christian (2008). "Klaus Kalb Honored for The Good Use of His Idle Hours Andreas Frisch, Ute Lange, Bettina Staiger . 2007. Lichenologische Nebenstunden: Contributions to lichen taxonomy and ecology in honour of Klaus Kalb. Bibliotheca Lichenologica 96. 343 pp., with 110 figures and 14 tables. J. Cramer. Berlin, Stuttgart, Germany. ISBN: 978-3-443-58075-9. ISSN: 1436-1698 (Series). Price €74.00 + shipping and postage (softcover)". The Bryologist. 111 (4): 686–687.
doi:
10.1639/0007-2745-111.4.686.
S2CID86148750.
^Bungartz, Frank; Elix, John A.; Printzen, Christian (2020). "Lecanoroid lichens in the Galapagos Islands: the genera Lecanora, Protoparmeliopsis, and Vainionora (Lecanoraceae, Lecanoromycetes)". Phytotaxa. 431 (1): 1–85.
doi:
10.11646/phytotaxa.431.1.1.
S2CID214377775.