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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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