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Lichen: from genome to ecosystem in a changing world<br />
3A-P<br />
(3A-P10) Submission ID: <strong>IAL</strong>0126-00001<br />
PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF LICHENIZED AND NON-LICHENIZED CALICIOID FUNGI<br />
AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE MAZAEDIUM WITHIN ASCOMYCOTA<br />
Prieto M. 1 , Baloch E. 1 , Wedin M. 1<br />
1 Cryptogamic Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden<br />
Calicioid or mazaediate fungi constitute a very heterogeneous assemblage of diverse fungi sharing the<br />
presence of prototunicate asci and the production of a mazaedium. These mazaediate fungi were once treated<br />
as an order of Ascomycota (Caliciales) but many are now known to be nested within Arthoniomycetes, Eurotiomycetes<br />
and Lecanoromycetes, thus, confirming the hight polyphyly of the group. In this study we utilize multigene<br />
phylogenetic analyses (based on nuLSU, ITS, mtSSU, RPB1 and mcm7) of all major mazaediate groups to<br />
study the evolution of the mazaedium, and we focus particularly on the remaining mazaediate families of unclear<br />
position within the Ascomycota.<br />
(3A-P11) Submission ID: <strong>IAL</strong>0166-00001<br />
IDENTITY OF ENDOCARPON PULVINATUM, THE ONLY SUBFRUTICOSE VERRUCARIACEAE<br />
Heiðmarsson S. 1 , Miadlikowska J. 2 , Lutzoni F. 2<br />
1 Akureyri Division, Icelandic Institute of Natural History, Akureyri, Iceland<br />
2 Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States<br />
Endocarpon (Verrucariaceae) comprises lichenized species which are characterized by a squamulose<br />
or subfruticose thallus, muriform ascospores and the presence of hymenial algae. Endocarpon pulvinatum was<br />
described by T. Fries from Norway in 1861 and is distributed in the northern part of Scandinavia, Central Europe,<br />
Iceland and on higher altitudes in North America. The species is unique in Verrucariaceae with its subfruticose<br />
habitus, bearing some resemblance to the rare North American species Endocarpon tortuosum. Phylogeny of<br />
Verrucariaceae is being scrutinised at present and several new genera have been proposed such as Atla, Hydropunctaria<br />
and Wahlenbergiella. Phylogenetic analysis have indicated that some of the present genera within<br />
Verrucariaceae are polyphyletic although there has not been any indications until now that Endocarpon could<br />
be polyphyletic. Five loci were sequenced (ITS, ncLSU, mtSSU, RPB1 and Mcm7) from few specimens of E.<br />
pulvinatum collected in Iceland. Phylogenetic analyses where conducted in order to reveal the placement of E.<br />
pulvinatum within the Verrucariaceae. The results indicate that E. pulvinatum does not belong to Endocarpon<br />
but should rather be placed in Staurothele, a crustose genus which shares muriform spores and presence of<br />
hymenial algae with Endocarpon.<br />
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