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258. Five lichen species new to Poland.

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Kossowska, Maria, Kubiak, Dariusz, Kowalewska, Agnieszka, Fałtynowicz, Wiesław, and Kukwa, Martin

Subjects
*LICHENS, *SPECIES, *BIODIVERSITY conservation, *EPIPHYTIC lichens
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2022
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259. Tea plantations and their importance as host plants and hot spots for epiphytic cryptogams.

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Wolski, Grzegorz J., Piwowarczyk, Renata, Plášek, Vítězslav, Kukwa, Martin, and Ruraż, Karolina

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*TEA, *PLANTATIONS, *CRYPTOGAMS, *HOST plants, *BRYOPHYTES, *LICHENS
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Bryophytes and lichens are outstanding bioindicators, not only of the plant community in which they develop, but also the substrates on which they grow. Some epiphytic cryptogams, particularly the rare ones, are stenotopic and require a long habitat continuity, for example substrates such as old trees. It could also be a tea plantation, this is because the shrubs are not felled, and most of them may have several dozen years. In addition, the shrubs are not subject to sudden changes in microclimatic conditions as only the young leaves are harvested. As the importance of tea plantations as host plants for mosses and lichens has not yet been studied, the present study examines the species diversity of cryptogams of two tea plantations in Georgia (Caucasus). The study also examines the phytogeography, spatial pattern, environmental conditions and ecological indicators of the cryptogams. Thirty-nine cryptogam taxa were identified; typical forest taxa dominated, even in the absence of typical forest communities. Some of these species are obligatory epiphytes, rare or even critically endangered in most European countries (e.g., Orthotrichum stellatum, O. stramineum, Lewinskya striata). The fairly abundant record of such species on tea plantations indicates the importance of these phytocoenoses for the preservation of rare species, and indicates that these habitats are hot spots for these cryptogams in otherwise changed envirnonment. Additionally, as indicated the analysis of the species composition of individual plantations and the mathematical analysis made on this basis, plantations differ from each other. Another interesting result is also the spatial distributions of cryptogams on tea bushes resemble those of forest communities and lichens seems to be more sensitive than bryophytes to antropogenic changes of environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2021
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260. A molecular re-evaluation of Parmelia encryptata with notes on its distribution.

Author

Ossowska, Emilia Anna, Guzow-Krzemińska, Beata, Szymczyk, Rafał, and Kukwa, Martin

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*MOLECULAR phylogeny, *MARKOV chain Monte Carlo
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DNA barcoding using the internal transcribed spacer region (nuITS rDNA) is a widely used method in the identification of fungi (Schoch I et al. i 2012). This seems to be the case with I P. encryptata i , for which three sequences were incorrectly identified as I P. sulcata i using a blast search by Singh I et al. i (2019) and Mark I et al. i (2020). The recently described I P. rojoi i A. Crespo I et al. i has also been considered a hypothetically relict lichen but, in contrast to I P. encryptata i , it did not extend its range after Pleistocene glaciations and remained in refugia in Spain (Crespo I et al. i 2020). I sulcata i s. str. is widely distributed with a much wider habitat amplitude and grows frequently on roadside trees, rocks, nitrogen-rich habitats and managed forest (Hawksworth I et al. i 2008, 2011; Thell I et al. i 2011; Tsurykau I et al. i 2019). [Extracted from the article]

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2021
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261. New lineages of photobionts in Bolivian lichens expand our knowledge on habitat preferences and distribution of Asterochloris algae.

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Kosecka, Magdalena, Guzow-Krzemińska, Beata, Černajová, Ivana, Škaloud, Pavel, Jabłońska, Agnieszka, and Kukwa, Martin

Subjects
*LICHENS, *HABITATS, *ALGAE, *BIODIVERSITY, *PHYLOGENY
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We studied the biodiversity of Asterochloris photobionts found in Bolivian lichens to better understand their global spatial distribution and adaptation strategies in the context of a worldwide phylogeny of the genus. Based on nuclear ITS rDNA, the chloroplast rbcL gene and the actin type I gene we reconstructed a phylogenetic tree that recovered nine new Asterochloris lineages, while 32 Bolivian photobiont samples were assigned to 12 previously recognized Asterochloris lineages. We also show that some previously discovered Asterochloris photobiont species and lineages may occur in a broader spectrum of climatic conditions, and mycobiont species and photobionts may show different preferences along an altitude gradient. To reveal general patterns of of mycobiont specificity towards the photobiont in Asterochloris, we tested the influence of climate, altitude, geographical distance and effects of symbiotic partner (mycobiont) at the species level of three genera of lichen forming fungi: Stereocaulon, Cladonia and Lepraria. Further, we compared the specificity of mycobionts towards Asterochloris photobionts in cosmopolitan, Neotropical, and Pantropical lichen forming fungi. Interestingly, cosmopolitan species showed the lowest specificity to their photobionts, but also the lowest haplotype diversity. Neotropical and Paleotropical mycobionts, however, were more specific. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2021
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262. Trentepohlialean Algae (Trentepohliales, Ulvophyceae) Show Preference to Selected Mycobiont Lineages in Lichen Symbioses.

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Kosecka, Magdalena, Jabłońska, Agnieszka, Flakus, Adam, Rodriguez‐Flakus, Pamela, Kukwa, Martin, Guzow‐Krzemińska, Beata, and Mock, T.

Subjects
*EPIPHYTIC lichens, *ALGAE, *BARK, *SYMBIOSIS, *LICHENS
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The main aims of this work were to assess phylogenetic relationships of the trentepohlialean photobionts in tropical, mainly sterile, lichens collected in Bolivia, to examine their genetic diversity, host specificity, and the impact of habitat factors on the occurrence of Trentepohliales. Based on rbcL marker analysis, we constructed a phylogenetic tree with eight major clades of Trentepohliales, of which seven free‐living species are intermingled with lichenized ones. Our analyses show that the studied photobionts are scattered across the phylogenetic tree and algae from temperate and tropical regions do not form monophyletic groups, except within one clade that seems to be restricted to the tropics. There is no significant occurrence pattern of lichenized Trentepohliaceae on a specific substratum, except Cephaleuros spp. and Phycopeltis spp., which are restricted to leaves, while some clades with lichenized algae may be specialized to tree bark and wood. Moreover, we found two patterns of associations: first, closely related algae can associate with distantly related mycobionts; second, some other trentepohlioid algae associate with selected lineages of fungi (e.g., Arthoniaceae or Graphidaceae). We also found that some lineages of photobionts are even more selective and associate exclusively with one species (e.g., Dichosporidium nigrocinctum, Diorygma antillarum) or closely related lichen‐forming fungi (Herpothallon spp.). Concluding, we found that occurrence of some trentepohlialean photobionts may correlate with the particular type of the mycobiont. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2020
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263. Where the interesting species grow - remarkable records of lichens and lichenicolous fungi found during a Nordic Lichen Society meeting in Estonia.

Author

Suija, Ave, Jüriado, Inga, Lõhmus, Piret, Moisejevs, Rolands, Motiejūnaitė, Jurga, Tsurykau, Andrei, and Kukwa, Martin

Subjects
*LICHENS, *FUNGI, *NATURE reserves, *SANDSTONE, *FORESTS & forestry
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In August 2019, the Nordic Lichen Society held its bi-annual meeting and excursion in south-western Estonia. The most remarkable findings of lichenized and lichenicolous fungi are recorded herewith, including nine new species (of them two lichenicolous), and one new intraspecific taxon for the country. Full species lists are provided for two notable locations, sandstone outcrop at the river Pärnu and an oak woodland in the Naissoo Nature Reserve, for which no previous data were available, to illustrate the importance of collective survey effort. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2020
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264. Morphology and secondary chemistry in species recognition of Parmelia omphalodes group -- evidence from molecular data with notes on the ecological niche modelling and genetic variability of photobionts.

Author

Ossowska, Emilia, Guzow-Krzemińska, Beata, Kolanowska, Marta, Szczepańska, Katarzyna, and Kukwa, Martin

Subjects
*ECOLOGICAL niche, *GENETIC models, *ECOLOGICAL models, *METABOLITES, *SPATIAL variation, *MORPHOLOGY, *REVERSE transcriptase polymerase chain reaction
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To evaluate the importance of morphological and chemical characters used in the recognition of species within the Parmelia omphalodes group, we performed phylogenetic, morphological and chemical analyses of 335 specimens, of which 34 were used for molecular analyses. Phylogenetic analyses, based on ITS rDNA sequences, show that P. pinnatifida is distinct from P. omphalodes and the most important difference between those species is the development of pseudocyphellae. In P. pinnatifida, they are mostly marginal and form white rims along lobes margins, but laminal pseudocyphellae can develop in older parts of thalli and are predominantly connected with marginal pseudocyphellae. In contrast, in P. omphalodes laminal pseudocyphellae are common and are predominantly not connected to marginal pseudocyphellae. Chemical composition of secondary lichen metabolites in both analysed species is identical and therefore this feature is not diagnostic in species recognition. Few samples of P. discordans, species morphologically similar to P. omphalodes and P. pinnatifida, were also included in the analyses and they are nested within the clade of P. omphalodes, despite the different chemistry (protocetraric acid present versus salazinic acid in P. omphalodes). All taxa of the P. omphalodes group occupy similar niches, but their potential distributions are wider than those currently known. The absence of specimens in some localities may be limited by the photobiont availability. Parmelia omphalodes and P. pinnatifida are moderately selective in photobiont choice as they form associations with at least two or three lineages of Trebouxia clade S. Parmelia pinnatifida, as well as P. discordans are associated with Trebouxia OTU S02 which seems to have a broad ecological amplitude. Other lineages of Trebouxia seem to be rarer, especially Trebouxia sp. OTU S04, which is sometimes present in P. pinnatifida. This study indicates the importance of extensive research including morphology, chemistry and analysis of molecular markers of both bionts in taxonomical studies of lichens. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2019
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265. Understanding the evolution of phenotypical characters in the Micarea prasina group (Pilocarpaceae) and descriptions of six new species within the group.

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Guzow-Krzemińska, Beata, Sérusiaux, Emmanuël, van den Boom, Pieter P. G., Brand, A. Maarten, Launis, Annina, Łubek, Anna, and Kukwa, Martin

Subjects
*SPECIES, *RECOMBINANT DNA, *BIOLOGICAL evolution
Abstract

Six new Micarea species are described from Europe. Phylogenetic analyses, based on three loci, i.e. mtSSU rDNA, Mcm7 and ITS rDNA and ancestral state reconstructions, were used to evaluate infra-group divisions and the role of secondary metabolites and selected morphological characters on the taxonomy in the M. prasina group. Two main lineages were found within the group. The Micarea micrococca clade consists of twelve species, including the long-known M. micrococca and the newly described M. microsorediata, M. nigra and M. pauli. Within this clade, most species produce methoxymicareic acid, with the exceptions of M. levicula and M. viridileprosa producing gyrophoric acid. The M. prasina clade includes the newly described M. azorica closely related to M. prasina s.str., M. aeruginoprasina sp. nov. and M. isidioprasina sp. nov. The species within this clade are characterised by the production of micareic acid, with the exception of M. herbarum which lacks any detectable substances and M. subviridescens that produces prasinic acid. Based on our reconstructions, it was concluded that the ancestor of the M. prasina group probably had a thallus consisting of goniocysts, which were lost several times during evolution, while isidia and soredia evolved independently at multiple times. Our research supported the view that the ancestor of M. prasina group did not produce any secondary substances, but they were gained independently in different lineages, such as methoxymicareic acid which is restricted to M. micrococca and allied species or micareic acid present in the M. prasina clade. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2019
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266. A new genus, Zhurbenkoa, and a novel nutritional mode revealed in the family Malmideaceae (Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota).

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Flakus, Adam, Etayo, Javier, Pérez-Ortega, Sergio, Kukwa, Martin, Palice, Zdeněk, and Rodriguez-Flakus, Pamela

Subjects
*LICHENS, *ASCOMYCETES
Abstract

Lichen-inhabiting fungi are highly specialized mycoparasites, commensals or rarely saprotrophs, that are common components of almost every ecosystem, where they develop obligate associations with lichens. Their relevance, however, contrasts with the relatively small number of these fungi described so far. Recent estimates and ongoing studies indicate that a significant fraction of their diversity remains undiscovered and may be expected in tropical regions, in particular in hyperdiverse fog-exposed montane forests. Here, we introduce the new genus Zhurbenkoa, from South America and Europe, for three lichenicolous fungi growing on thalli of the widespread lichen genus Cladonia (Lecanorales). Phylogenetic analyses based on combined sequence data of mt and nuc rDNA obtained from Andean populations (Bolivia) placed Zhurbenkoa as a member of Malmideaceae, a recently introduced family of lichen-forming fungi in the class Lecanoromycetes. Zhurbenkoa is closely related to the genera Savoronala and Sprucidea. The new genus is characterized by the development of grayish brown to almost black apothecia lacking an evident margin, an epihymenium interspersed with crystals (often seen as pruina), a strongly conglutinated hymenium made of noncapitate and sparsely branched paraphyses, a colorless exciple composed of radially arranged hyphae, a Lecanora/Micarea-like ascus type, and aseptate or 1-septate ellipsoidal colorless ascospores. Zhurbenkoa includes two Neotropical (Z. cladoniarum, Z. latispora) and one widespread (Z. epicladonia) species. The lichenicolous trophic mode is documented for the first time in the Malmideaceae, which until now included only lichen-forming associations between fungi and green algae. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2019
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267. Phylogenetic placement of Lepraria cryptovouauxii sp. nov. (Lecanorales, Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota) with notes on other Lepraria species from South America.

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Guzow-Krzemińska, Beata, Jabłońska, Agnieszka, Flakus, Adam, Rodriguez-Flakus, Pamela, Kosecka, Magdalena, and Kukwa, Martin

Subjects
*ASCOMYCETES, *LICHENS, *SPECIES, *METABOLITES
Abstract

Lepraria cryptovouauxii is described as a new semicryptic species similar to L. vouauxii, from which it differs geographically (South America) and phylogenetically; both species differ in nucleotide position characters in nucITS barcoding marker. Lepraria harrisiana is reported as new to South America and L. nothofagi as new to Antarctica, Bolivia, and Peru. Lepraria incana (South American records are referred to L. aff. hodkinsoniana) and L. vouauxii (most South American records are referred to L. cryptovouauxii) should be excluded at least temporarily from the lichen list of South America. All records previously referred to as L. alpina from Bolivia and Peru belong to L. nothofagi. Most of Bolivian records of L. pallida belong to L. harrisiana. Lepraria borealis and L. caesioalba should be included in L. neglecta. Lepraria achariana, L. impossibilis, and L. sipmaniana are sequenced for the first time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2019
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268. Bacidia albogranulosa (Ramalinaceae, lichenized Ascomycota), a new sorediate lichen from European old-growth forests.

Author

Malíček, Jiří, Palice, Zdeněk, Vondrák, Jan, Łubek, Anna, and Kukwa, Martin

Subjects
*BACIDIA, *RAMALINACEAE, *ASCOMYCETES
Abstract

A sterile sorediate member of the genus Bacidia s.str., B. albogranulosa, is described here as a new species. It is characterised by its very thin, pale grey thallus, white, farinose to granular soredia, the production of atranorin and the absence of ascomata and pycnidia. It grows on slightly acidic to subneutral bark of broad-leaved trees in old-growth forests in the Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine and Russia (European part of the Caucasus). The new species is well characterised by its morphology, secondary chemistry and molecular (nrITS, mtSSU) traits. It is closely related to other atranorin-containing species in the genus, Bacidia diffracta, B. polychroa and B. suffusa. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2018
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269. Circumscription of the genus Lepra, a recently resurrected genus to accommodate the “Variolaria”-group of Pertusaria sensu lato (Pertusariales, Ascomycota).

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Wei, Xinli, Schmitt, Imke, Hodkinson, Brendan, Flakus, Adam, Kukwa, Martin, Divakar, Pradeep K., Kirika, Paul M., Otte, Jürgen, Meiser, Anjuli, and Lumbsch, H. Thorsten

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*PERTUSARIALES, *INCERTAE sedis, *LICHENS, *ALGAE, *PHYLOGENY, *BIOLOGICAL evolution
Abstract

Pertusarialean lichens include more than 300 species belonging to several independent phylogenetic lineages. Only some of these phylogenetic clades have been comprehensively sampled for molecular data, and formally described as genera. Here we present a taxonomic treatment of a group of pertusarialean lichens formerly known as “Pertusaria amara-group”, “Monomurata-group”, or “Variolaria-group”, which includes widespread and well-known taxa such as P. amara, P. albescens, or P. ophthalmiza. We generated a 6-locus data set with 79 OTUs representing 75 species. The distinction of the Variolaria clade is supported and consequently, the resurrection of the genus Lepra is followed. Thirty-five new combinations into Lepra are proposed and the new species Lepra austropacifica is described from mangroves in the South Pacific. Lepra is circumscribed to include species with disciform ascomata, a weakly to non-amyloid hymenial gel, strongly amyloid asci without clear apical amyloid structures, containing 1 or 2, single-layered, thin-walled ascospores. Chlorinated xanthones are not present, but thamnolic and picrolichenic acids occur frequently, as well as orcinol depsides. Seventy-one species are accepted in the genus. Although the distinction of the genus from Pertusaria is strongly supported, the relationships of Lepra remain unresolved and the genus is tentatively placed in Pertusariales incertae sedis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2017
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270. Molecular analyses uncover the phylogenetic placement of the lichenized hyphomycetous genus Cheiromycina.

Author

Muggia, Lucia, Mancinelli, Riccardo, Tønsberg, Tor, Jablonska, Agnieszka, Kukwa, Martin, and Palice, Zdeněk

Abstract

The genusCheiromycinais one of the few genera of lichenized hyphomycetes for which no sexual reproductive stages have been observed. The genus includes species from boreal to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere where it is found growing on bark or wood. Congeners inCheiromycinaare characterized by a noncorticate thallus, nearly immersed in the substrate and presenting powdery unpigmented sporodochia, and containing chlorococcoid photobionts. The relationships of members ofCheiromycinawith other fungi are not known. Here we inferred the phylogenetic placement ofCheiromycinausing three loci (nuSSU, nuLSU, and mtSSU) representingC. flabelliformis, the type species for the genus,C. petri, andC. reimeri. Our results revealed that the genusCheiromycinais found within the family Malmideaceae (Lecanorales) where members formed a monophyletic clade sister to the generaSavoronalaandMalmidea. This phylogenetic placement and the relationships ofCheiromycinawith other lichenized hyphomycetous taxa are here discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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2017
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271. Considerations and consequences of allowing DNA sequence data as types of fungal taxa

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Harry Andersson, Annemieke Verbeken, László Nagy, E. S. Popov, L. B. Kalinina, Robert W. Barreto, Philippe Clerc, Alice Cruz Lima da Gerlach, Martin Grube, Xingzhong Liu, Jan Holec, Leticia Pacheco, Ursula Eberhardt, Blanca Imelda Arguello Sosa, Sigvard Svensson, Dania García Sánchez, Dmitry Ageev, Julia Pawłowska, Dennis E. Desjardin, Sara R. Noumeur, James C. Lendemer, Martin Kukwa, Viktor Papp, Isabel Salcedo, Maria Martha Dios, Richard W. Kerrigan, Reinhard Agerer, Jean-Michel Bellanger, Curtis R. Björk, Uwe Braun, François Valade, Víctor J. Rico, Ondřej Koukol, Ingvar Kärnefelt, Barbara Schulz, Attila Koszka, Gro Gulden, E. F. Malysheva, P. Brandon Matheny, Anton Shiryaev, Gerardo Mata, Mehdi Mehrabi, Taiga Kasuya, Tor Tønsberg, Ivana Kušan, Sergey Volobuev, Hans-Otto Baral, Esteri Ohenoja, Martin Kirchmair, Holger Thüs, Marian Jagers, Tuomo Niemelä, Begoña Aguirre-Hudson, J. Jennifer Luangsa-ard, Måns Svensson, Geir Mathiassen, Anna Rosling, Roy Watling, Meiriele da Silva, Eske De Crop, Ursula Peintner, Claudio Angelini, Mascha Hoffmeister, Vincent Demoulin, Miguel Ángel Ribes Ripoll, Paul Diederich, Takayuki Aoki, Nicolás Niveiro, Jiří Kout, Asunción Morte, Damien Ertz, Peter R. Johnston, Sergio P. Gorjón, Huzefa A. Raja, Machiel E. Noordeloos, Stellan Sunhede, László Lőkös, Cécile Gueidan, Gérald Gruhn, Bart Buyck, Roy E. Halling, Thomas Læssøe, Neven Matočec, Dan Mahoney, David Boertmann, Carlos G. Boluda, Vera Evenson, Ferenc Pál-Fám, Martin Westberg, Katriina Bendiksen, Jukka Vauras, Jacques Fournier, Martina Réblová, Gabriel Moreno, Yuri K. Novozhilov, Aída M. Vasco-Palacios, Leif Tibell, Deborah Jean Lodge, Miquel À. Pérez-De-Gregorio Capella, Rafael F. Castañeda-Ruiz, Olinto Liparini Pereira, Karl-Henrik Larsson, Michael Loizides, Edit Farkas, Mika Bendiksby, Tanja Böhning, Kadri Pärtel, Lucia Muggia, Brigitte Capoen, Raphaël Herve, Paul S. Dyer, Alberto Altés García, João Luís Baptista-Ferreira, Bella Grishkan, Paul Pirot, Karl Soop, Anna Bérešová-Guttová, Donald H. Pfister, A. Martyn Ainsworth, Uwe Lindemann, Alain Favre, Elisandro Ricardo Drechsler-Santos, André De Kesel, Mónica A.G. Otálora, Klaus Høiland, Ellen Larsson, Jens H. Petersen, Meike Piepenbring, Florent Boittin, James K. Mitchell, Zdeněk Palice, Franck Richard, Masoomeh Ghobad-Nejhad, Nils Hallenberg, Henry J. Beker, Gilles Corriol, Ronald H. Petersen, Melissa Palacio, Ana Esperanza Franco Molano, Mikael Jeppson, Gerardo Lucio Robledo, Egil Bendiksen, V. M. Kotkova, Håkon Holien, Marjo Dam, Pier Luigi Nimis, Yasmina Marin-Felix, Fernando Esteve-Raventós, Ave Suija, André Aptroot, Frank Dämmrich, Mitko Karadelev, Karen W. Hughes, Gladstone Alves da Silva, Emanuele Campo, Reinhard Berndt, Alona Yu. Biketova, Anders Nordin, Juan Manuel Velasco Santos, Josef Hafellner, Marco Thines, Bálint Dima, Grit Walther, Rodham E. Tulloss, Michael J. Richardson, Thomas W. Kuyper, Vladimír Kunca, Ann Bell, Adrien Taudière, Marc Stadler, Tania Raymundo, Per Vetlesen, Guillermo Muñoz González, Seppo Huhtinen, Irmgard Greilhuber, Øyvind Weholt, María Prieto Álvaro, Teun Boekhout, Dagmar Triebel, Mikhail P. Zhurbenko, Elena Voronina, Zdenko Tkalčec, Christian Lechat, Krzysztof Świerkosz, Joaquina María García-Martín, Johannes Z. Groenewald, Rubén Martínez-Gil, Pierre-Arthur Moreau, Evi Weber, Jan Borovička, Anna G. Fedosova, A Fraiture, Ewald Langer, Olga Morozova, Günter Saar, Carlos Lado, Vicent Calatayud, Juan Carlos Zamora, Ibai Olariaga, Francesco Bellù, Paolo Franchi, AnnaElise Jansen, Simón Fos, Matthias Lutz, Veera Tuovinen, István Nagy, Boris Assyov, J. Vladimir Sandoval-Sierra, Andrei Tsurykau, Alfredo Vizzini, Ivona Kautmanová, Mario Filippa, Beatrice Senn-Irlet, Sigisfredo Garnica, Josiane Santana Monteiro, Luis A. Parra, Svengunnar Ryman, Alan M. Fryday, Stip Helleman, Pedro W. Crous, Ruben De Lange, Alexander Ordynets, Giuliana Furci, Guilhermina Marques, Håkan Lindström, Joost A. Stalpers, Luis Quijada, Carlos A. Salvador Montoya, Marina Temina, Ruvishika S. Jayawardena, Miguel Ulloa Sosa, Joseph F. Ammirati, Heikki Kotiranta, Andreas Frisch, Martin Kříž, Teuvo Ahti, Tommy Knutsson, Tatyana Yu. Svetasheva, Luis Rubio Casas, Maria Alice Neves, Arne Thell, Soili Stenroos, Lajos Benedek, Sten Svantesson, Tine Grebenc, Patrícia Oliveira Fiuza, Tor Erik Brandrud, Flávia Rodrigues Barbosa, Annarosa Bernicchia, T. K. Arun Kumar, Massimo Candusso, Menno W. Boomsluiter, Wolfgang von Brackel, Petr Zehnálek, Hana Ševčíková, Toby Spribille, Vit Hubka, Trond Schumacher, Olivier Raspé, Tatiana Baptista Gibertoni, Esteve Llop, Åsa Kruys, Christoffer Bugge Harder, Klaus Siepe, Arne Aronsen, Andrew N. Miller, Laura Noemí Levin, Edgardo Albertó, Israel Pérez-Vargas, Hermann Voglmayr, Genevieve Gates, Bárbara De Madrignac Bonzi, Pradeep K. Divakar, Franz Berger, Natalia A. Ramírez, Per M. Jørgensen, Roland Moberg, Guy Marson, Gábor M. Kovács, Gérard Trichies, Sergio M. Salcedo Martínez, Juan Pablo Esquivel, Lynn Delgat, Juan de Dios Reyes García, Heidi Tamm, Vera Malysheva, Jan-Olof Tedebrand, Thomas Stjernegaard Jeppesen, Nico Dam, Régis Courtecuisse, Ireneia Melo, Pablo P. Daniëls, Péter Finy, Pamela Rodriguez-Flakus, Brian A. Perry, Brian Douglas, Ana M. Millanes Romero, Hans Josef Schroers, Pieter P. G. van den Boom, Slavomír Adamčík, Serena Lee, Marek Halama, Carlos Urcelay, Margarita Hernández-Restrepo, Philippe Callac, Oleg N. Shchepin, Vladimír Antonín, Gintaras Kantvilas, Else C. Vellinga, Ditte Bandini, Gernot Friebes, Roland Kirschner, Dániel G. Knapp, Boris Ivančević, Orlando Fabian Popoff, Clovis Douanla-Meli, Marcin Piątek, Alica Košuthová, Yury A. Rebriev, Helmut Mayrhofer, Alain Gardiennet, Karen Hansen, Kerry Knudsen, Otto Miettinen, Raquel Pino-Bodas, Shaun R. Pennycook, Beatriz Ortiz-Santana, Tatiana Bulyonkova, Jie Chen, Thomas Edison E. dela Cruz, Miroslav Kolařík, Witoon Purahong, Nicolas Van Vooren, Irwin M. Brodo, Esteban Benjamin Sir, Katerina Rusevska, Gerhard Rambold, Christian Printzen, Tim Baroni, Gary Laursen, Csaba Locsmándi, Javier Angel Etayo Salazar, Cristina Rodriguez-Caycedo, Irja Saar, Nadezhda V. Psurtseva, Takashi Shirouzu, Chayanard Phukhamsakda, Adam Flakus, Viacheslav Spirin, Sergi Santamaria, Matteo Garbelotto, Alan Orange, Mats Wedin, Andrew S. Methven, Huang Zhang, Guillaume Eyssartier, Michel Hairaud, Hatira Taskin, Luís Fernando Pascholati Gusmão, Carlos Manuel Pérez del Amo, Martin Bemmann, Ana Rosa Burgaz, Linas Kudzma, Didier Argaud, M. Catherine Aime, Alain Henriot, Walter M. Jaklitsch, Raúl Tena Lahoz, Violeta Atienza, Jorinde Nuytinck, Anna Kiyashko, Patinjareveettil Manimohan, József Geml, Cathy L. Cripps, Viktor Kučera, Francisco Kuhar, Kanad Das, Michael A. Castellano, Giovanni Consiglio, Ana Crespo, Armin Mešić, Leena Myllys, Einar Timdal, Ricardo Valenzuela Garza, Harold H. 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Subjects
0106 biological sciences, 0301 basic medicine, POSITIVE SELECTION, Biologisk systematik, VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Basale biofag: 470::Genetikk og genomikk: 474, Speciation, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], IMC11, nomenclature, speciation, taxonomy, typification, voucherless fungi, Biodiversity, voucherless fung, VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Systematisk botanikk: 493, Biological Systematics, Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Basale biofag: 470 [VDP], 01 natural sciences, Voucherless fungi, purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https], Typification, Environmental DNA, CY3-LABELED OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES, Nomenclature, ta119, GENE TREES, 1184 Genetics, developmental biology, physiology, Soil Biology, FRESH-WATER FUNGI, PE&RC, Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous), INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER, FUNGAL PHYLOGENY, [SDE]Environmental Sciences, Taxonomy (biology), RIBOSOMAL-RNA, INTEGRATIVE TAXONOMY, Biology, VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Basic biosciences: 470::Genetics and genomics: 474, 010603 evolutionary biology, OPERATIONAL TAXONOMIC UNITS, DNA sequencing, Article, SPECIES DELIMITATION, 03 medical and health sciences, IMC11 nomenclature, Internal transcribed spacer, purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 [https], Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Bodembiologie, Taxonomy, VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Systematic botany: 493, Biology and Life Sciences, IN-SITU HYBRIDIZATION, CY3-LABELED, Laboratorium voor Phytopathologie, voucherless, 030104 developmental biology, Taxon, Evolutionary biology, Laboratory of Phytopathology, ta1181, BIODIVERSITY, fungi, OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES
Abstract

Nomenclatural type definitions are one of the most important concepts in biological nomenclature. Being physical objects that can be re-studied by other researchers, types permanently link taxonomy (an artificial agreement to classify biological diversity) with nomenclature (an artificial agreement to name biological diversity). Two proposals to amend the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN), allowing DNA sequences alone (of any region and extent) to serve as types of taxon names for voucherless fungi (mainly putative taxa from environmental DNA sequences), have been submitted to be voted on at the 11th International Mycological Congress (Puerto Rico, July 2018). We consider various genetic processes affecting the distribution of alleles among taxa and find that alleles may not consistently and uniquely represent the species within which they are contained. Should the proposals be accepted, the meaning of nomenclatural types would change in a fundamental way from physical objects as sources of data to the data themselves. Such changes are conducive to irreproducible science, the potential typification on artefactual data, and massive creation of names with low information content, ultimately causing nomenclatural instability and unnecessary work for future researchers that would stall future explorations of fungal diversity. We conclude that the acceptance of DNA sequences alone as types of names of taxa, under the terms used in the current proposals, is unnecessary and would not solve the problem of naming putative taxa known only from DNA sequences in a scientifically defensible way. As an alternative, we highlight the use of formulas for naming putative taxa (candidate taxa) that do not require any modification of the ICN. Publisher’s Note A first version of this text was prepared by the first eight authors and the last one, given here. The other listed co-authors in the article PDF support the content, and their actual contributions varied from only support to additions that substantially improved the content. The full details of all co-authors, with their affiliations, are included in Supplementary Table 1 after p.175 of the article for reasons of clarity and space. Slavomír Adamčík Institute of Botany, Plant Science and Biodiversity Centre, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 845 23 Bratislava, Slovakia Teuvo Ahti Finnish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 7, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland M. Catherine Aime Purdue University, 915 W. State St., West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, U.S.A. A. Martyn Ainsworth Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, United Kingdom László Albert Hungarian Mycological Society, 1087 Könyves Kálmán krt. 40, Budapest, Hungary Edgardo Albertó Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas-Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús, Universidad Nacional de San Martin-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina Alberto Altés García Facultad de Biología, Ciencias Ambientales y Química, Universidad de Alcalá, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain Dmitry Ageev SIGNATEC Ltd., 630090, Novosibirsk, Akademgorodok (Novosibirsk Scientific Center), Inzhenernaya str., 22, Russia Reinhard Agerer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Menzinger Str. 67, 80638 München, Germany Begona Aguirre-Hudson Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, United Kingdom Joe Ammirati University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1800, U.S.A. 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2018

272. Phylogenetic affiliations of members of the heterogeneous lichen-forming fungi of the genus Lecidea sensu Zahlbruckner (Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota).

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Schmull, Michaela, Miadlikowska, Jolanta, Pelzer, Monika, Stocker-Wörgötter, Elfie, Fraker, Emily, Hodkinson, Brendan P., Reeb, Valerie, Kukwa, Martin, Lumbsch, H. Thorsten, Kauff, Frank, Lutzoni, Francois, and Valerie, Hofstetter

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*PHYLOGENY, *LICHENS, *FUNGI, *LECIDEACEAE, *DNA
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The genus Lecidea Ach. sensu lato (sensu Zahlbruckner) includes almost 1200 species, out of which only 100 species represent Lecidea sensu stricto (sensu Hertel). The systematic position of the remaining species is mostly unsettled but anticipated to represent several unrelated lineages within Lecanoromycetes. This study attempts to elucidate the phylogenetic placement of members of this heterogeneous group of lichen-forming fungi and to improve the classification and phylogeny of Lecanoromycetes. Twenty-five taxa of Lecidea sensu lato and 22 putatively allied species were studied in a broad selection of 268 taxa, representing 48 families of Lecanoromycetes. Six loci, including four ribosomal and two protein-coding genes for 315- and 209-OTU datasets were subjected to maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses. The resulting well supported phylogenetic relationships within Lecanoromycetes are in agreement with published phylogenies, but the addition of new taxa revealed putative rearrangements of several families (e.g. Catillariaceae, Lecanoraceae, Lecideaceae, Megalariaceae, Pilocarpaceae and Ramalinaceae). As expected, species of Lecidea sensu lato and putatively related taxa are scattered within Lecanoromycetidae and beyond, with several species nested in Lecanoraceae and Pilocarpaceae and others placed outside currently recognized families in Lecanorales and orders in Lecanoromycetidae. The phylogenetic affiliations of Schaereria and Strangospora are outside Lecanoromycetidae, probably with Ostropomycetidae. All species referred to as Lecidea sensu stricto based on morphology (including the type species, Lecidea fuscoatra [L.] Ach.) form, with Porpidia species, a monophyletic group with high posterior probability outside Lecanorales, Peltigerales and Teloschistales, in Lecanoromycetidae, supporting the recognition of order Lecideales Vain, in this subclass. The genus name Lecidea must be redefined to apply only to Lecidea sensu stricto and to include at least some members of the genus Porpidia. Based on morphological and chemical similarities, as well as the phylogenetic relationship of Lecidea pullata sister to Frutidella caesioatra, the new combination Frutidella pullata is proposed here. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2011
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273. New insights into classification and evolution of the Lecanoromycetes (Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota) from phylogenetic analyses of three ribosomal RNA- and two protein-coding genes.

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Miadlikowska, Jolanta, Kauff, Frank, Hofstetter, Valérie, Fraker, Emily, Grube, Martin, Hafellner, Josef, Reeb, Valérie, Hodkinson, Brendan P., Kukwa, Martin, Lücking, Robert, Hestmark, Geir, Garcia Otalora, Monica, Rauhut, Alexandra, Büdel, Burkhard, Scheidegger, Christoph, Timdal, Einar, Stenroos, Soili, Brodo, Irwin, Perlmutter, Gary B., and Ertz, Damien

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*ASCOMYCETES, *PHYLOGENY, *LICHEN-forming fungi, *FUNGI, *LICHENS, *CLADISTIC analysis
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The Lecanoromycetes includes most of the lichen-forming fungal species (>13 500) and is therefore one of the most diverse class of all Fungi in terms of phenotypic complexity. We report phylogenetic relationships within the Lecanoromycetes resulting from Bayesian and maximum likelihood analyses with complementary posterior probabilities and bootstrap support values based on three combined multilocus datasets using a supermatrix approach. Nine of 10 orders and 43 of 64 families currently recognized in Eriksson's classification of the Lecanoromycetes (Outline of Ascomycota--2006 Myconet 12:1-82) were represented in this sampling. Our analyses strongly support the Acarosporomycetidae and Ostropomycetidae as monophyletic, whereas the delimitation of the largest subclass, the Lecanoromycetidae, remains uncertain. Independent of future delimitation of the Lecanoromycetidae, the Rhizocarpaceae and Umbilicariaceae should be elevated to the ordinal level. This study shows that recent classifications include several nonmonophyletic taxa at different ranks that need to be recircumscribed. Our phylogenies confirm that ascus morphology cannot be applied consistently to shape the classification of lichen-forming fungi. The increasing amount of missing data associated with the progressive addition of taxa resulted in some cases in the expected loss of support, but we also observed an improvement in statistical support for many internodes. We conclude that a phylogenetic synthesis for a chosen taxonomic group should include a comprehensive assessment of phylogenetic confidence based on multiple estimates using different methods and on a progressive taxon sampling with an increasing number of taxa, even if it involves an increasing amount of missing data. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2006
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274. How sensitive are epiphytic and epixylic cryptogams as indicators of forest naturalness? Testing bryophyte and lichen predictive power in stands under different management regimes in the Białowieża forest.

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Czerepko, Janusz, Gawryś, Radosław, Szymczyk, Rafał, Pisarek, Włodzimierz, Janek, Magdalena, Haidt, Andżelika, Kowalewska, Agnieszka, Piegdoń, Amelia, Stebel, Adam, Kukwa, Martin, and Cacciatori, Cecilia

Subjects
*EPIPHYTIC lichens, *CRYPTOGAMS, *COARSE woody debris, *BRYOPHYTES, *LICHENS, *BIOINDICATORS
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• Patterns of species richness of bryophytes and lichens were studied. • Predictive power of cryptogams as indicators of forest naturalness was tested. • Richness of lichens was a significant indicator of forest naturalness. The aim of this study was to test the sensitivity of epiphytic and epixylic bryophytes and lichens as indicators of forest naturalness, by comparing their diversity patterns with forest structural, compositional and historical features associated with different management/protection regimes and protection time spans. The study was carried out in the Białowieża Forest (Poland). Out of 1370 pre-existing inventory plots established all across the Polish part of the Białowieża Forest, we randomly selected 10 plots for each of the 18 plot aggregation groups resulting from the combination of 3 management/protection regimes and 6 habitat types, for an overall number of 180 plots. At each of them, we carried out bryophyte and lichen sampling on four substrates (coarse woody debris – CWD, standing dead trees, stumps, living trees). The management/protection regimes exemplifying the gradient of forest naturalness were: the 100 years-old Białowieża National Park (BNP), a set of more recently established nature reserves and managed forests. We tested differences in mean species richness values among management/protection regimes, protection time spans, habitat types and stand age classes by analysis of variance and calculated coefficients of correlation with 45 selected structural and compositional features of forest stands. Differences in species composition of epiphytic and epixilic bryophytes and lichens among management/protection regimes were tested by ordination methods. Lastly, we compared frequency of red-listed species and primeval forest relics among management/protection regimes. Species richness of lichens was significantly correlated with the degree of forest naturalness assessed by structural and historical features along the naturalness gradient, with the highest number of species recorded in BNP and the lower in managed stands, while bryophyte number did not exhibit a clear dependence on the management regimes. Relic species of primeval forests and red-listed species occurred with significantly higher frequency in protected areas than in managed forests for both lichens and bryophytes, with the highest frequency observed in BNP for lichens and in nature reserves for bryophytes. Volume of deadwood, particularly of CWD in advanced decays stage, species richness of undergrowth vascular plants, tree layer diversity, shrub cover and herb layer cover exhibited the strongest correlation with cryptogam species richness and cover on the various substrates. Response to light availability strongly differenciated bryophyte and lichens optimal niches. The results of this study clearly show that cryptogams, and lichens in particular, are indeed reliable ecological indicators of forest status, since they sensibly intercepted the environmental changes observable along the tested naturalness gradient. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2021
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275. The application of haplotypes instead of species-level ranks modifies the interpretation of ecological preferences in lichen symbiont interactions in Parmelia.

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Ossowska EA, Guzow-Krzemińska B, Kukwa M, Malíček J, Schiefelbein U, Thell A, and Kosecka M

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Parmeliaceae genetics, Phylogeny, Symbiosis genetics, Haplotypes, Lichens genetics, Lichens microbiology, Lichens physiology
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The analysis of the interaction between main bionts (mycobiont and photobiont) in the lichen symbiosis delivers substantial information about their preferences in the selection of symbiotic partners, and their ecological preferences. The selectivity in the Parmelia genus has been defined as strong so far. However, data on this lichen genus, which includes several widely distributed species, are biogeographically limited. Therefore, using specialization indicators and extended sampling, in this study, we estimated the interactions between the main bionts of selected Parmelia spp., using two levels of estimation (species/OTU and haplotype). A comparison of mycobiont-photobiont interactions at different levels showed that considering only mycobiont species and Trebouxia OTUs, greater specialization is found, while Parmelia species studied in this work present a more generalistic strategy in photobiont choice when haplotypes are considered. Despite the uneven sampling of Parmelia species, the interpretation of specialization within species and individuals of the genus leads to a more precise and accurate interpretation of their adaptation strategies. Furthermore, the data from P. sulcata indicate the existence of a different pool of compatible haplotypes in some geographical regions compared to neighboring areas. This observation suggests the potential influence of climatic factors., (© 2024. The Author(s).)

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2024
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276. Additional new species and new records of the genus Sticta (lichenised Ascomycota, lobarioid Peltigeraceae) from Bolivia.

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Ossowska EA, Moncada B, Lücking R, Flakus A, Rodriguez-Flakus P, Olszewska S, and Kukwa M

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Four species of the genus Sticta are described as new from Bolivia, based on morphological examination and phylogenetic analysis of the fungal ITS barcoding marker. Additionally, two species are reported as new to Bolivia (their identification confirmed by molecular data) and one previously reported species is confirmed by molecular data for the first time. Detailed morphological and anatomical descriptions are provided for all new species. Two of the new species, S.isidiolobulata Ossowska, B. Moncada, Lücking & Kukwa and S.madidiensis Ossowska, B. Moncada, Lücking & Kukwa belong to clade I, as defined in previous studies. In contrast, S.montepunkuensis Ossowska, B. Moncada, Lücking & Kukwa and S.macrolobata Ossowska, B. Moncada, Lücking & Kukwa, also described here as new to science, belong to clade III. Stictaisidiolobulata has an irregular to suborbicular thallus of medium size, with isidia developing into spathulate lobules, cyanobacterial photobiont and apothecia with entire to weakly-crenate margins. The large irregular thallus of the cyanobacteria-associated S.macrolobata has broad lobes, apothecia with verrucous to tomentose margins and cyphellae with raised margins, whereas S.madidiensis has a medium-sized, palmate to irregular thallus with a stipe, but without vegetative propagules and apothecia. Stictamontepunkuensis has large and irregular thalli with green algae as photobiont, apothecia with crenate to verrucous margins and urceolate cyphellae with a wide pore and a scabrid basal membrane. Two species, S.beauvoisii Delise and S.riparia Merc.-Díaz are reported as new to Bolivia (the latter also as new to South America) and belong to clade III. Stictatomentosa (Sw.) Ach., species confirmed from Bolivia by molecular data, belongs to clade II. Stictabeauvoisii is characterised by a smooth yellowish-brown upper surface with darker apices and abundant, marginal isidia and a brown lower surface with golden-chocolate brown primary tomentum and sparse, golden-brown rhizines. Stictariparia has a strongly branched thallus, with undulate lobes and abundant, marginal, palmate, grey to dark brown phyllidia and greyish-brown lower surface with the primary tomentum absent towards the margins. Stictatomentosa has palmate, bluish thalli with white cilia and abundant, submarginal apothecia and creamy-white lower surface with a sparse, white primary tomentum., Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist., (Emilia Anna Ossowska, Bibiana Moncada, Robert Lücking, Adam Flakus, Pamela Rodriguez-Flakus, Sandra Olszewska, Martin Kukwa.)

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2024
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277. Phylogeny of the genus Loxospora s.l. (Sarrameanales, Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota), with Chicitaea gen. nov. and five new combinations in Chicitaea and Loxospora .

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Ptach-Styn Ł, Guzow-Krzemińska B, Lendemer JC, Tønsberg T, and Kukwa M

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Loxospora is a genus of crustose lichens containing 13 accepted species that can be separated into two groups, based on differences in secondary chemistry that correlate with differences in characters of the sexual reproductive structures (asci and ascospores). Molecular phylogenetic analyses recovered these groups as monophyletic and support their recognition as distinct genera that differ in phenotypic characters. Species containing 2'- O -methylperlatolic acid are transferred to the new genus, Chicitaea Guzow-Krzem., Kukwa & Lendemer and four new combinations are proposed: C.assateaguensis (Lendemer) Guzow-Krzem., Kukwa & Lendemer, C.confusa (Lendemer) Guzow-Krzem., Kukwa & Lendemer, C.cristinae (Guzow-Krzem., Łubek, Kubiak & Kukwa) Guzow-Krzem., Kukwa & Lendemer and C.lecanoriformis (Lumbsch, A.W. Archer & Elix) Guzow-Krzem., Kukwa & Lendemer. The remaining species produce thamnolic acid and represent Loxospora s.str. Haplotype analyses recovered sequences of L.elatina in two distinct groups, one corresponding to L.elatina s.str. and one to Pertusariachloropolia , the latter being resurrected from synonymy of L.elatina and, thus, requiring the combination, L.chloropolia (Erichsen) Ptach-Styn, Guzow-Krzem., Tønsberg & Kukwa. Sequences of L.ochrophaea were found to be intermixed within the otherwise monophyletic L.elatina s.str. These two taxa, which differ in contrasting reproductive mode and overall geographic distributions, are maintained as distinct, pending further studies with additional molecular loci. Lectotypes are selected for Lecanoraelatina , Pertusariachloropolia and P.chloropoliaf.cana. The latter is a synonym of Loxosporachloropolia . New primers for the amplification of mtSSU are also presented., Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist., (Łucja Ptach-Styn, Beata Guzow-Krzemińska, James C. Lendemer, Tor Tønsberg, Martin Kukwa.)

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2024
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278.  Pseudolepraria , a new leprose genus revealed in Ramalinaceae (Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes, Lecanorales) to accommodate Leprariastephaniana .

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Kukwa M, Kosecka M, Jabłońska A, Flakus A, Rodriguez-Flakus P, and Guzow-Krzemińska B

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The new genus Pseudolepraria Kukwa, Jabłońska, Kosecka & Guzow-Krzemińska is introduced to accommodate Leprariastephaniana Elix, Flakus & Kukwa. Phylogenetic analyses of nucITS, nucLSU, mtSSU and RPB2 markers recovered the new genus in the family Ramalinaceae with strong support. The genus is characterised by its thick, unstratified thallus composed entirely of soredia-like granules, the presence of 4- O -methylleprolomin, salazinic acid, zeorin and unknown terpenoid, and its phylogenetic position. The new combination, P.stephaniana (Elix, Flakus & Kukwa) Kukwa, Jabłońska, Kosecka & Guzow-Krzemińska, is proposed., (Martin Kukwa, Magdalena Kosecka, Agnieszka Jabłońska, Adam Flakus, Pamela Rodriguez-Flakus, Beata Guzow-Krzemińska.)

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2023
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279. Two new species of Astrothelium from Sud Yungas in Bolivia and the first discovery of vegetative propagules in the family Trypetheliaceae (lichen-forming Dothideomycetes, Ascomycota).

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Kukwa M, Rodriguez-Flakus P, Aptroot A, and Flakus A

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Two new species of Astrothelium are described from the Yungas forest in Bolivian Andes. Astrotheliumchulumanense is characterised by pseudostromata concolorous with the thallus, perithecia immersed for the most part, with the upper portion elevated above the thallus and covered, except the tops, with orange pigment, apical and fused ostioles, the absence of lichexanthone (but thallus UV+ orange-yellow), clear hamathecium, 8-spored asci and amyloid, large, muriform ascospores with median septa. Astrotheliumisidiatum is known only in a sterile state and produces isidia that develop in groups on areoles, but easily break off to reveal a medulla that resembles soralia. Both species, according to the two-locus phylogeny, belong to Astrothelium s.str. The production of isidia is reported from the genus Astrothelium and the family Trypetheliaceae for the first time., (Martin Kukwa, Pamela Rodriguez-Flakus, André Aptroot, Adam Flakus.)

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2023
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280. New species of Sticta (lichenised Ascomycota, lobarioid Peltigeraceae) from Bolivia suggest a high level of endemism in the Central Andes.

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Ossowska EA, Moncada B, Kukwa M, Flakus A, Rodriguez-Flakus P, Olszewska S, and Lücking R

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Six species of Sticta are described as new to science on the basis of material from Bolivia and supported by phylogenetic analysis of the fungal ITS barcoding marker. The species were resolved in all three of the clades (I, II, III) widespread and common in the Neotropics, as defined in an earlier study on the genus. Comparison with material from neighbouring countries (i.e. Colombia, Ecuador, Peru) suggests that these new species may be potentially endemic to the Bolivian Yungas ecoregion. For each species, a detailed morphological and anatomical description is given. Stictaamboroensis Ossowska, Kukwa, B. Moncada & Lücking is a medium-sized green-algal species with laminal to submarginal apothecia with hirsute margins and with light to dark brown lower tomentum. Stictaaymara Ossowska, Kukwa, B. Moncada, Flakus, Rodriguez-Flakus & Lücking is a comparatively small cyanobacterial taxon with Nostoc as photobiont, laminal, richly branched, aggregate isidia and a golden to chocolate-brown lower tomentum. The medium-sized, cyanobacterial S.bicellulata Ossowska, Kukwa, B. Moncada & Lücking has cyanobacterial photobiont, bicellular ascospores, apothecia with white to golden-brown hairs on the margins, K+ violet apothecial margin (ring around disc) and epihymenium and a white to dark brown lower tomentum. In contrast, the green-algal species, S.carrascoensis Ossowska, Kukwa, B. Moncada & Lücking is characterised by its large size, apothecia with dark brown hairs on the margins and a yellow medulla. The cyanobacterial S.catharinae Ossowska, B. Moncada, Kukwa, Flakus, Rodriguez-Flakus & Lücking forms stipitate thalli with Nostoc as photobiont, abundant, laminal to submarginal apothecia and a golden-brown lower tomentum. Finally, the cyanobacterial S.pseudoimpressula Ossowska, Kukwa, B. Moncada & Lücking produces laminal apothecia with an orange-yellow line of pruina along the margins which reacts K+ carmine-red. In addition to the six new Bolivian taxa, the cyanobacterial S.narinioana B. Moncada, Ossowska & Lücking is described as new from Colombia and it represents the closely-related sister species of the Bolivian S.aymara ; it differs from the latter largely in the marginal instead of laminal isidia., (Emilia Anna Ossowska, Bibiana Moncada, Martin Kukwa, Adam Flakus, Pamela Rodriguez-Flakus, Sandra Olszewska, Robert Lücking.)

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2022
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281. Phylogeny and Ecology of Trebouxia Photobionts From Bolivian Lichens.

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Kosecka M, Kukwa M, Jabłońska A, Flakus A, Rodriguez-Flakus P, Ptach Ł, and Guzow-Krzemińska B

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In the past few years, new phylogenetic lineages in Trebouxia were detected as a result of molecular approaches. These studies included symbiont selectivity in lichen communities, transects along altitudinal gradients at local and global scales and the photobiont diversity in local populations of lichen-forming fungal species. In most of these studies, phylogenetic and haplotype analyses based on the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) locus have continuously allowed the recognition of new monophyletic lineages, which suggests that still numerous undiscovered Trebouxia lineages can be hidden in lichens from unexplored areas, especially in the tropics. Here, we estimated the biodiversity of photobionts in Bolivian Andean vegetation and assessed their specificity. About 403 lichen samples representing 42 genera, e.g., Haematomma , Heterodermia , Hypotrachyna , Lecanora , Lepra , Leucodermia , Parmotrema , Pertusaria , Polyblastidium , and Usnea , containing Trebouxia photobionts, were analyzed. ITS ribosomal DNA (rDNA) and rbc L markers were used. We obtained Trebouxia sequences from Bolivian samples belonging to already described clades A, C, I, and S. Thirty-nine Trebouxia lineages were distinguished within these clades, while 16 were new. To reveal the structure of the community of Bolivian photobionts and their relationships with mycobionts, the comparative effects of climate, altitude, geographical distances, substrate, and habitat type, as well as functional traits of lichens such as growth forms, propagation mode and secondary metabolites, were analyzed. Furthermore, new Bolivian records were included in analysis on a global scale. In our study, the mycobiont genus or even species are the most important factors correlated with photobiont identity. Moreover, we revealed that the community of Bolivian photobionts is shaped by altitude., Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2022 Kosecka, Kukwa, Jabłońska, Flakus, Rodriguez-Flakus, Ptach and Guzow-Krzemińska.)

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2022
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282. A Glimpse into Genetic Diversity and Symbiont Interaction Patterns in Lichen Communities from Areas with Different Disturbance Histories in Białowieża Forest, Poland.

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Singh G, Kukwa M, Dal Grande F, Łubek A, Otte J, and Schmitt I

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Anthropogenic disturbances can have strong impacts on lichen communities, as well as on individual species of lichenized fungi. Traditionally, lichen monitoring studies are based on the presence and abundance of fungal morphospecies. However, the photobionts, as well photobiont mycobiont interactions also contribute to the structure, composition, and resilience of lichen communities. Here we assess the genetic diversity and interaction patterns of algal and fungal partners in lichen communities along an anthropogenic disturbance gradient in Białowieża Forest (Poland). We sampled a total of 224 lichen thalli in a protected, a managed, and a disturbed area of the forest, and sequenced internal transcribed spacer (ITS) ribosomal DNA (rDNA) of both, fungal and algal partners. Sequence clustering using a 97% similarity threshold resulted in 46 fungal and 23 green algal operational taxonomic units (OTUs). Most of the recovered photobiont OTUs (14 out of 23) had no similar hit in the NCBI-BLAST search, suggesting that even in well studied regions, such as central Europe, a lot of photobiont diversity is yet undiscovered. If a mycobiont was present at more than one site, it was typically associated with the same photobiont OTU(s). Generalist species, i.e., taxa that associate with multiple symbiont partners, occurred in all three disturbance regimes, suggesting that such taxa have few limitations in colonizing or persisting in disturbed areas. Trebouxia jamesii associated with 53% of the fungal OTUs, and was generally the most common photobiont OTU in all areas, implying that lichens that associate with this symbiont are not limited by the availability of compatible photobionts in Central European forests, regardless of land use intensity.

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2019
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283. Crustose lichens with lichenicolous fungi from Paleogene amber.

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Kaasalainen U, Kukwa M, Rikkinen J, and Schmidt AR

Subjects
Fungi classification, Geologic Sediments, Russia, Amber, Fossils microbiology, Fungi isolation & purification, Lichens microbiology
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Lichens, symbiotic consortia of lichen-forming fungi and their photosynthetic partners have long had an extremely poor fossil record. However, recently over 150 new lichens were identified from European Paleogene amber and here we analyse crustose lichens from the new material. Three fossil lichens belong to the extant genus Ochrolechia (Ochrolechiaceae, Lecanoromycetes) and one fossil has conidiomata similar to those produced by modern fungi of the order Arthoniales (Arthoniomycetes). Intriguingly, two fossil Ochrolechia specimens host lichenicolous fungi of the genus Lichenostigma (Lichenostigmatales, Arthoniomycetes). This confirms that both Ochrolechia and Lichenostigma already diversified in the Paleogene and demonstrates that also the specific association between the fungi had evolved by then. The new fossils provide a minimum age constraint for both genera at 34 million years (uppermost Eocene).

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2019
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284. Bacidiaalbogranulosa (Ramalinaceae, lichenized Ascomycota), a new sorediate lichen from European old-growth forests.

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Líček JM, Alice Z, Vondrák J, Łubek A, and Kukwa M

Abstract

A sterile sorediate member of the genus Bacidia s.str., B.albogranulosa , is described here as a new species. It is characterised by its very thin, pale grey thallus, white, farinose to granular soredia, the production of atranorin and the absence of ascomata and pycnidia. It grows on slightly acidic to subneutral bark of broad-leaved trees in old-growth forests in the Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine and Russia (European part of the Caucasus). The new species is well characterised by its morphology, secondary chemistry and molecular (nrITS, mtSSU) traits. It is closely related to other atranorin-containing species in the genus, Bacidiadiffracta , B.polychroa and B.suffusa .

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2018
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285. Changes in the epiphytic lichen biota of Białowieża Primeval Forest are not explained by climate warming.

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Łubek A, Kukwa M, Jaroszewicz B, and Czortek P

Subjects
Biodiversity, Europe, Forests, Nitrogen, Poland, Biota, Climate Change, Environmental Monitoring, Lichens physiology
Abstract

Epiphytic lichens are sensitive bioindicators responding to climate change and atmospheric pollutants. Climate warming changes in lichen biota have been reported from Western and Central Europe; therefore, similar trends in the biota of the close-to-natural forests of Eastern Europe were expected. In both examinations (1987-1989 and 2015-2016) of 144 permanent plots the same field method was used. The following functional epiphyte groups were distinguished: climate warming indicators (VDI species and species containing Trentepohlia algae) and Wirth's ecological indicators (T - temperature, N - eutrophication, R - reaction, M - moisture). PCA ordination for exploring species composition changes, species richness and diversity (Shannon-Wiener index) in different forest types was used. When compared with the earlier survey, a higher plot species richness, Shannon-Wiener diversity index, and proportion of more nitrogen-demanding lichens, and lower proportions of warm-demanding and high-acidity tolerant lichens were found. No change in the epiphyte biota composition influenced by the decreasing atmospheric precipitation was detected. The species richness and Shannon-Wiener index of climate warming indicators did not show a significant change. Although the share and frequency of epiphytic lichen species and their functional groups changed over a 25-year period, no relationship was found to be related to climate warming: indicators of global warming showed no significant change in frequency, while those with higher value of T even decreased frequency. The changes suggest a connection with eutrophication (increase in frequency of species with higher value of N) and a decrease in sulphur deposition (increase in frequency of species with higher value of R)., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)

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2018
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286. Considerations and consequences of allowing DNA sequence data as types of fungal taxa.

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Zamora JC, Svensson M, Kirschner R, Olariaga I, Ryman S, Parra LA, Geml J, Rosling A, Adamčík S, Ahti T, Aime MC, Ainsworth AM, Albert L, Albertó E, García AA, Ageev D, Agerer R, Aguirre-Hudson B, Ammirati J, Andersson H, Angelini C, Antonín V, Aoki T, Aptroot A, Argaud D, Sosa BIA, Aronsen A, Arup U, Asgari B, Assyov B, Atienza V, Bandini D, Baptista-Ferreira JL, Baral HO, Baroni T, Barreto RW, Beker H, Bell A, Bellanger JM, Bellù F, Bemmann M, Bendiksby M, Bendiksen E, Bendiksen K, Benedek L, Bérešová-Guttová A, Berger F, Berndt R, Bernicchia A, Biketova AY, Bizio E, Bjork C, Boekhout T, Boertmann D, Böhning T, Boittin F, Boluda CG, Boomsluiter MW, Borovička J, Brandrud TE, Braun U, Brodo I, Bulyonkova T, Burdsall HH Jr, Buyck B, Burgaz AR, Calatayud V, Callac P, Campo E, Candusso M, Capoen B, Carbó J, Carbone M, Castañeda-Ruiz RF, Castellano MA, Chen J, Clerc P, Consiglio G, Corriol G, Courtecuisse R, Crespo A, Cripps C, Crous PW, da Silva GA, da Silva M, Dam M, Dam N, Dämmrich F, Das K, Davies L, De Crop E, De Kesel A, De Lange R, De Madrignac Bonzi B, Dela Cruz TEE, Delgat L, Demoulin V, Desjardin DE, Diederich P, Dima B, Dios MM, Divakar PK, Douanla-Meli C, Douglas B, Drechsler-Santos ER, Dyer PS, Eberhardt U, Ertz D, Esteve-Raventós F, Salazar JAE, Evenson V, Eyssartier G, Farkas E, Favre A, Fedosova AG, Filippa M, Finy P, Flakus A, Fos S, Fournier J, Fraiture A, Franchi P, Molano AEF, Friebes G, Frisch A, Fryday A, Furci G, Márquez RG, Garbelotto M, García-Martín JM, Otálora MAG, Sánchez DG, Gardiennet A, Garnica S, Benavent IG, Gates G, da Cruz Lima Gerlach A, Ghobad-Nejhad M, Gibertoni TB, Grebenc T, Greilhuber I, Grishkan B, Groenewald JZ, Grube M, Gruhn G, Gueidan C, Gulden G, Gusmão LF, Hafellner J, Hairaud M, Halama M, Hallenberg N, Halling RE, Hansen K, Harder CB, Heilmann-Clausen J, Helleman S, Henriot A, Hernandez-Restrepo M, Herve R, Hobart C, Hoffmeister M, Høiland K, Holec J, Holien H, Hughes K, Hubka V, Huhtinen S, Ivančević B, Jagers M, Jaklitsch W, Jansen A, Jayawardena RS, Jeppesen TS, Jeppson M, Johnston P, Jørgensen PM, Kärnefelt I, Kalinina LB, Kantvilas G, Karadelev M, Kasuya T, Kautmanová I, Kerrigan RW, Kirchmair M, Kiyashko A, Knapp DG, Knudsen H, Knudsen K, Knutsson T, Kolařík M, Kõljalg U, Košuthová A, Koszka A, Kotiranta H, Kotkova V, Koukol O, Kout J, Kovács GM, Kříž M, Kruys Å, Kučera V, Kudzma L, Kuhar F, Kukwa M, Arun Kumar TK, Kunca V, Kušan I, Kuyper TW, Lado C, Læssøe T, Lainé P, Langer E, Larsson E, Larsson KH, Laursen G, Lechat C, Lee S, Lendemer JC, Levin L, Lindemann U, Lindström H, Liu X, Hernandez RCL, Llop E, Locsmándi C, Lodge DJ, Loizides M, Lőkös L, Luangsa-Ard J, Lüderitz M, Lumbsch T, Lutz M, Mahoney D, Malysheva E, Malysheva V, Manimohan P, Marin-Felix Y, Marques G, Martínez-Gil R, Marson G, Mata G, Matheny PB, Mathiassen GH, Matočec N, Mayrhofer H, Mehrabi M, Melo I, Mešić A, Methven AS, Miettinen O, Romero AMM, Miller AN, Mitchell JK, Moberg R, Moreau PA, Moreno G, Morozova O, Morte A, Muggia L, González GM, Myllys L, Nagy I, Nagy LG, Neves MA, Niemelä T, Nimis PL, Niveiro N, Noordeloos ME, Nordin A, Noumeur SR, Novozhilov Y, Nuytinck J, Ohenoja E, Fiuza PO, Orange A, Ordynets A, Ortiz-Santana B, Pacheco L, Pál-Fám F, Palacio M, Palice Z, Papp V, Pärtel K, Pawlowska J, Paz A, Peintner U, Pennycook S, Pereira OL, Daniëls PP, Pérez-De-Gregorio Capella MÀ, Del Amo CMP, Gorjón SP, Pérez-Ortega S, Pérez-Vargas I, Perry BA, Petersen JH, Petersen RH, Pfister DH, Phukhamsakda C, Piątek M, Piepenbring M, Pino-Bodas R, Esquivel JPP, Pirot P, Popov ES, Popoff O, Álvaro MP, Printzen C, Psurtseva N, Purahong W, Quijada L, Rambold G, Ramírez NA, Raja H, Raspé O, Raymundo T, Réblová M, Rebriev YA, de Dios Reyes García J, Ripoll MÁR, Richard F, Richardson MJ, Rico VJ, Robledo GL, Barbosa FR, Rodriguez-Caycedo C, Rodriguez-Flakus P, Ronikier A, Casas LR, Rusevska K, Saar G, Saar I, Salcedo I, Martínez SMS, Montoya CAS, Sánchez-Ramírez S, Sandoval-Sierra JV, Santamaria S, Monteiro JS, Schroers HJ, Schulz B, Schmidt-Stohn G, Schumacher T, Senn-Irlet B, Ševčíková H, Shchepin O, Shirouzu T, Shiryaev A, Siepe K, Sir EB, Sohrabi M, Soop K, Spirin V, Spribille T, Stadler M, Stalpers J, Stenroos S, Suija A, Sunhede S, Svantesson S, Svensson S, Svetasheva TY, Świerkosz K, Tamm H, Taskin H, Taudière A, Tedebrand JO, Lahoz RT, Temina M, Thell A, Thines M, Thor G, Thüs H, Tibell L, Tibell S, Timdal E, Tkalčec Z, Tønsberg T, Trichies G, Triebel D, Tsurykau A, Tulloss RE, Tuovinen V, Sosa MU, Urcelay C, Valade F, Garza RV, van den Boom P, Van Vooren N, Vasco-Palacios AM, Vauras J, Velasco Santos JM, Vellinga E, Verbeken A, Vetlesen P, Vizzini A, Voglmayr H, Volobuev S, von Brackel W, Voronina E, Walther G, Watling R, Weber E, Wedin M, Weholt Ø, Westberg M, Yurchenko E, Zehnálek P, Zhang H, Zhurbenko MP, and Ekman S

Abstract

Nomenclatural type definitions are one of the most important concepts in biological nomenclature. Being physical objects that can be re-studied by other researchers, types permanently link taxonomy (an artificial agreement to classify biological diversity) with nomenclature (an artificial agreement to name biological diversity). Two proposals to amend the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN), allowing DNA sequences alone (of any region and extent) to serve as types of taxon names for voucherless fungi (mainly putative taxa from environmental DNA sequences), have been submitted to be voted on at the 11 th International Mycological Congress (Puerto Rico, July 2018). We consider various genetic processes affecting the distribution of alleles among taxa and find that alleles may not consistently and uniquely represent the species within which they are contained. Should the proposals be accepted, the meaning of nomenclatural types would change in a fundamental way from physical objects as sources of data to the data themselves. Such changes are conducive to irreproducible science, the potential typification on artefactual data, and massive creation of names with low information content, ultimately causing nomenclatural instability and unnecessary work for future researchers that would stall future explorations of fungal diversity. We conclude that the acceptance of DNA sequences alone as types of names of taxa, under the terms used in the current proposals, is unnecessary and would not solve the problem of naming putative taxa known only from DNA sequences in a scientifically defensible way. As an alternative, we highlight the use of formulas for naming putative taxa (candidate taxa) that do not require any modification of the ICN.

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2018
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287. Photobiont switching causes changes in the reproduction strategy and phenotypic dimorphism in the Arthoniomycetes.

Author

Ertz D, Guzow-Krzemińska B, Thor G, Łubek A, and Kukwa M

Subjects
Adaptation, Physiological, Chloroplasts genetics, DNA, Plant genetics, Lichens classification, Lichens physiology, Photosynthesis physiology, Ribulose-Bisphosphate Carboxylase genetics, Ascomycota genetics, Host Microbial Interactions physiology, Lichens microbiology, Phylogeny, Symbiosis physiology
Abstract

Phylogenetic analyses using mtSSU and nuITS sequences of Buellia violaceofusca (previously placed in Lecanoromycetes), a sterile, sorediate lichen having a trebouxioid photobiont, surprisingly prove that the species is conspecific with Lecanographa amylacea (Arthoniomycetes), a fertile, esorediate species with a trentepohlioid photobiont. These results suggest that L. amylacea and B. violaceofusca are photomorphs of the same mycobiont species, which, depending on the photobiont type, changes the morphology and the reproduction strategy. This is the first example of a lichenized fungus that can select between Trebouxia (Trebouxiophyceae) and trentepohlioid (Ulvophyceae) photobionts. Trebouxia photobionts from the sorediate morphotype belong to at least three different phylogenetic clades, and the results suggest that Lecanographa amylacea can capture the photobiont of other lichens such as Chrysothrix candelaris to form the sorediate morphotype. Phylogenetic analyses based on rbcL DNA data suggest that the trentepohlioid photobiont of L. amylacea is closely related to Trentepohlia isolated from fruticose lichens. The flexibility in the photobiont choice enables L. amylacea to use a larger range of tree hosts. This strategy helps the lichen to withstand changes of environmental conditions, to widen its distribution range and to increase its population size, which is particularly important for the survival of this rare species.

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2018
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288. Glacial refugia and the prediction of future habitat coverage of the South American lichen species Ochrolechia austroamericana.

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Kukwa M and Kolanowska M

Subjects
South America, Ecosystem, Ice Cover, Lichens physiology
Abstract

The biogeographic history of lichenized fungi remains unrevealed because those organisms rarely fossilize due to their delicate, often tiny and quickly rotting thalli. Also the ecology and factors limiting occurrence of numerous taxa, especially those restricted in their distribution to tropical areas are poorly recognized. The aim of this study was to determine localization of glacial refugia of South American Ochrolechia austroamericana and to estimate the future changes in the coverage of its habitats using ecological niche modeling tools. The general glacial potential range of the studied species was wider than it is nowadays and its niches coverage decreased by almost 25% since last glacial maximum. The refugial areas were covered by cool and dry grasslands and scrubs and suitable niches in South America were located near the glacier limit. According to our analyses the further climate changes will not significantly influence the distribution of the suitable niches of O. austroamericana.

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2016
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