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

Mycologia

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 983-1003

  Schmull, Michaela ^a   Miadlikowska, Jolanta ^b   Pelzer, Monika ^a   Stocker Wörgö tter, Elfie ^c   Hofstetter, Valerie ^b,g   Fraker, Emily ^b   Hodkinson, Brendan P ^b   Reeb, Valerie ^b,h   Kukwa, Martin ^d   Lumbsch, H Thorsten ^e   Kauff, Frank ^f   Lutzoni, François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^e FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^f France   (Germany)

^g AGROSCOPE   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascus type; Lecanoromycetidae; Lecideaceae; Lecideales; Lichen forming ascomycetes; Mitochondrial ribosomal small subunit (mtSSu); Molecular phylogenetic classification; Nuclear ribosomal large subunit (nucLSU); Nuclear ribosomal small subunit (nucSSu); Photobiont; Phylogeny; Ribosomal internal transcribed spacers (ITS) and 5.8S nuclear ribosomal DNA; RNA polymerase II largest subunit (RPB1); RNA polymerase II second largest subunit (RPB2); Schaereria; Secondary metabolites

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 5.8S; RNA POLYMERASE II;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LICHEN; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW TAXON; NOMENCLATURE; PHYLOGENY; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN; RELATEDNESS; SECONDARY METABOLITE; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; LARGE RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT; LICHENS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SMALL RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; LICHENS; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, LARGE; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, SMALL; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ASCOMYCOTA; CATILLARIACEAE; FRUTIDELLA; FRUTIDELLA CAESIOATRA; FUNGI; LECANORACEAE; LECANORALES; LECANOROMYCETES; LECIDEA; LECIDEA FUSCOATRA; LECIDEACEAE; MEGALARIACEAE; PELTIGERALES; PILOCARPACEAE; PORPIDIA; RAMALINACEAE; SCHAERERIA; STRANGOSPORA; TELOSCHISTINEAE;

EID: 80053339726     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/10-234     Document Type: Article

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