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The 7 th International Association for Lichenology <strong>Symposium</strong> 2012<br />

(3A-P6) Submission ID: <strong>IAL</strong>0080-00001<br />

CORTIC<strong>IAL</strong>ES ALLIES OF LICHENIZED/LICHENICOLOUS BASIDIOMYCETES:<br />

PHYLOGENY AND CHARACTER EVOLUTION<br />

Ghobad-Nejhad M. 1<br />

1 Finnish Museum of Natural History, Botanical Museum, Department of Mycology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland<br />

Corticiales is a poorly investigated order of basidiomycetes which have been largely neglected in mycological<br />

inventories due to their inconspicuous fruiting bodies and difficulties in their identification. Predominantly<br />

consisting of saprotrophic corticioid fungi, the order also harbours a few lichenized/lichenicolous species. While<br />

Corticiales fungi play various ecological roles in terrestrial ecosystems, yet they have very similar morphological<br />

characteristics, with little external variation, rendering their taxonomy and generic delimitations problematic. Lichenicolous<br />

taxa appear as teleomorph or exclusively anamorph members. In this study, we attempted to make<br />

a comprehensive sampling of the order, with representatives from all ecological guilds and nutritional modes<br />

present in the Corticiales, including lichenized and lichenicolous taxa. To examine the circumscription of genera<br />

and the phylogenetic relationships among the species, we analyzed nuclear and mitochondrial sequence data<br />

with maximum parsimony and Bayesian methods and also studied morphological and ecological characters.<br />

We believe a well-resolved taxonomic backbone for Corticiales is essential before making evolutionary assessments.<br />

Our study yields a refined family arrangement for this order and recognition of a number of genera and<br />

species new to science. All lichen associates (lichenized and lichenicolous species) of Corticiales are shown<br />

to be accumulated in the newly circumscribed family Corticiaceae s.s., leaving the bulk of saprotrophic species<br />

in the two corticioid families Punctulariaceae and Vuilleminiaceae. Some conclusions are made about the<br />

relationships between fertile and anamorph taxa. For instance, the lichenicolous anamorph Marchandiomyces<br />

corallinus is shown to be a close relative of the teleomorphic corticioid genus Marchandiopsis. We consider the<br />

justifications towards the occurrence of more than one nutritional guild in a single genus, and its evolution in the<br />

Corticiales.<br />

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