A molecular phylogeny of Pilocarpaceae Zahlbr., including a new species of Tapellaria Müll. Arg. and new records of foliicolous lichenized fungi from Thailand

• Published in: The Lichenologist (London) Vol. 52; no. 5; pp. 377 - 385
• Main Authors: Wang, Wei-Cheng, Sangvichien, Ek, Wei, Tie-Zheng, Wei, Jiang-Chun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.09.2020
• Subjects: Aqueous solutions; Ascospores; Bayesian analysis; Conidia; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; Fellhanera; Fungi; Lichens; Morphology; National parks; New records; New species; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Physical characteristics; Pilocarpaceae; Potassium; Probability theory; Standard Papers; Tapellaria; Taxa; Thermal cycling; Beijing China; Sweden; United States > US; China; Finland; Suriname; Thailand; Costa Rica; ITS; mtSSU; Asia; Bayesian analysis; foliicolous lichens
• ISSN: 0024-2829; 1096-1135
• DOI: 10.1017/S0024282920000328

The phylogeny of foliicolous taxa in Pilocarpaceae was reconstructed using Bayesian and maximum likelihood analyses of concatenated ITS and mtSSU sequences. Sixty-six new partial sequences representing 36 taxa were generated and 29 sequences were downloaded from GenBank. Our results indicate that Lasioloma R. Sant. is nested within a paraphyletic Calopadia Vězda, whereas Fellhanera Vězda is polyphyletic and the phylogenetic relationships of Eugeniella Lücking et al. and Sporopodium Mont. with Fellhanera require further investigation. In addition, Tapellaria parvimuriformis W. C. Wang & J. C. Wei is described as a new species from Khao Yai National Park, Thailand, and is characterized by its small muriform ascospores, grey campylidia with a pale base, and short conidia. Eight new records of foliicolous lichens for Thailand are also listed.