Evolution of complex symbiotic relationships in a morphologically derived family of lichen-forming fungi

Divakar P. K., Crespo A., Wedin M., Leavitt S. D., Hawksworth D. L., Myllys L., ...More

NEW PHYTOLOGIST, vol.208, no.4, pp.1217-1226, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 208 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/nph.13553
  • Journal Name: NEW PHYTOLOGIST
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1217-1226
  • Keywords: ancestral character reconstruction, Ascomycota, lichenicolous fungi, mutualism, Parmeliaceae, phylogeny, Raesaenenia, LICHENICOLOUS FUNGI, LECANOROMYCETES ASCOMYCOTA, PARMELIACEAE LECANORALES, PHOTOBIONT ASSOCIATION, PHACOPSIS LECANORALES, CHARACTER EVOLUTION, PHYLOGENY, DIVERSIFICATION, SELECTIVITY, DIVERSITY
  • Anadolu University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

We studied the evolutionary history of the Parmeliaceae (Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota), one of the largest families of lichen-forming fungi with complex and variable morphologies, also including several lichenicolous fungi.