IMA Fungus 2(1): 97-103, doi: 10.5598/imafungus.2011.02.01.13
Molecular phylogenetic studies on the lichenicolous Xanthoriicola physciae reveal Antarctic rock-inhabiting fungi and Piedraia species among closest relatives in the Teratosphaeriaceae
expand article infoDavid L Hawksworth‡§|, Ana M. Millanes#, David L. Hawksworth¤
‡ Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey, United Kingdom§ Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom| University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom¶ Jilin Agricultural University, Chanchung, China# Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (URJC), Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica, Móstoles, Spain¤ Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Departamento de Biología Vegetal II, Facultad de Farmacia, Madrid, Spain
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Citation: Hawksworth D, Millanes AM, Hawksworth DL (2011) Molecular phylogenetic studies on the lichenicolous Xanthoriicola physciae reveal Antarctic rock-inhabiting fungi and Piedraia species among closest relatives in the Teratosphaeriaceae. IMA Fungus 2(1): 97-103. https://doi.org/10.5598/imafungus.2011.02.01.13
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Abstract
The phylogenetic placement of the monotypic dematiaceous hyphomycete genus Xanthoriicola was investigated. Sequences of the nLSU region were obtained from 11 specimens of X. physciae, which formed a single clade supported both by parsimony (91 %), and maximum likelihood (100 %) bootstraps, and Bayesian Posterior Probabilities (1.0). The closest relatives in the parsimony analysis were species of Piedraria, while in the Bayesian analysis they were those of Friedmanniomyces. These three genera, along with species of Elasticomyces, Recurvomyces, Teratosphaeria, and sequences from unnamed rock-inhabiting fungi (RIF), were all members of the same major clade within Capnodiales with strong support in both analyses, and for which the family name Teratosphaeriaceae can be used pending further studies on additional taxa.
Keywords
Ascomycota, Capnodiales, Friedmanniomyces, hyphomycetes, lichenicolous fungi, Piedrariaceae, rock inhabiting fungi