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Apothecia trump setae: Paratricharia belongs in the Aulaxina clade and is distant from Tricharia (lichenized Ascomycota: Gomphillaceae)

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: The phylogenetic relationships of the monospecific genus Paratricharia, with the single species P. paradoxa, within the family Gomphillaceae are resolved using newly generated sequences of the mtSSU and nuLSU markers for three specimens collected in Costa Rica. The results support placement as sister to the genus Caleniopsis, the two genera sister to a clade containing the genera Aulaxina and Aulaxinella. This placement confirms earlier studies based on cladistic analysis of phenotype characters and phenotype-based phylogenetic binning, suggesting that apothecial features are more informative for the phylogenetic placement of taxa within Gomphillaceae than thallus characteristics.

Source: The Lichenologist

DOI: 10.1017/s0024282924000380

Authors: Robert Lücking, José Luis Chaves-Chaves, Bibiana Moncada

Institutions: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas

Language: English

Topic: Lichen and fungal ecology

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,450

Funders: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft