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Multilocus phylogeny of the lichen-forming fungal genus Melanohalea (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota): insights on diversity, distributions, and a comparison of species tree and concatenated topologies.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Jan 2013
Leavitt Steven D, Esslinger Theodore L, Spribille Toby, Divakar Pradeep K, Thorsten Lumbsch H
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Accurate species circumscriptions are central for many biological disciplines and have critical implications for ecological and conservation studies. An increasing body of evidence suggests that in some cases traditional morphology-based taxonomy have underestimated diversity in lichen-forming fungi. Therefore, genetic data play an increasing role for recognizing distinct lineages of lichenized fungi that it...
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