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Citation for Study 11443

About Citation title: "Phylogenetic position of the brown algae-associated lichenized fungus Verrucaria tavaresiae (Verrucariaceae)".
About Study name: "Phylogenetic position of the brown algae-associated lichenized fungus Verrucaria tavaresiae (Verrucariaceae)".
About This study is part of submission 11433 (Status: Published).

Citation

Gueidan C., Thues H., & Perez-ortega S. 2011. Phylogenetic position of the brown algae-associated lichenized fungus Verrucaria tavaresiae (Verrucariaceae). The Bryologist, 114(3): 563-569.

Authors

  • Gueidan C. (submitter) Phone 00 61 2 6246 5018
  • Thues H.
  • Perez-ortega S.

Abstract

The lichen species Verrucaria tavaresiae is associated with Petroderma maculiforme, an unusual photobiont belonging to the brown algae. This marine ascomycete has so far been found only on the coast of Central California, although its photobiont has a much broader geographical distribution. Morphological and ecological characters have led a previous author to attribute this marine fungus to Verrucaria, a genus including other species colonizing the intertidal zone of rocky seashores. Phylogenetic inferences from two nuclear and one mitochondrial locus confirm the placement of Verrucaria tavaresiae within the lichen family Verrucariaceae and more specifically within the marine genus Wahlenbergiella. The new combination Wahlenbergiella tavaresiae (R.L. Moe) Gueidan, Th?s & P?rez-Ortega is therefore proposed here.

Keywords

Marine Verrucaria, lichen photobionts, molecular phylogeny, Wahlenbergiella, Petroderma maculiforme

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