Miocene divergence, phenotypically cryptic lineages, and contrasting distribution patterns in common lichen-forming fungi (Ascomycota: Parmeliaceae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 920-937

  Leavitt, Steven D ^a   Esslinger, Theodore L ^b   Divakar, Pradeep K ^c   Lumbsch, H Thorsten ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

*BEAST; Coalescence; Concatenation; Genealogical concordance; M.fuliginosa; M.subaurifera; Melanelixia; Species delimitation; Species tree

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COALESCENCE; DIVERGENCE; FUNGUS; LICHEN; MIOCENE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIONT;

SCOTLAND; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; MELANELIXIA; MELANELIXIA FULIGINOSA; MELANELIXIA SUBAURIFERA; PARMELIACEAE;

EID: 84869830317     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01978.x     Document Type: Article

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