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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Phylogeny of rock-inhabiting fungi related to Dothideomycetes
Studies in Mycology, Volume 64, Year 2009
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The class Dothideomycetes (along with Eurotiomycetes) includes numerous rock-inhabiting fungi (RIF), a group of ascomycetes that tolerates surprisingly well harsh conditions prevailing on rock surfaces. Despite their convergent morphology and physiology, RIF are phylogenetically highly diverse in Dothideomycetes. However, the positions of main groups of RIF in this class remain unclear due to the lack of a strong phylogenetic framework. Moreover, connections between rock-dwelling habit and other lifestyles found in Dothideomycetes such as plant pathogens, saprobes and lichen-forming fungi are still unexplored. Based on multigene phylogenetic analyses, we report that RIF belong to Capnodiales (particularly to the family Teratosphaeriaceae s.l.), Dothideales, Pleosporales, and Myriangiales, as well as some uncharacterised groups with affinities to Dothideomycetes. Moreover, one lineage consisting exclusively of RIF proved to be closely related to Arthoniomycetes, the sister class of Dothideomycetes. The broad phylogenetic amplitude of RIF in Dothideomycetes suggests that total species richness in this class remains underestimated. Composition of some RIF-rich lineages suggests that rock surfaces are reservoirs for plant-associated fungi or saprobes, although other data also agree with rocks as a primary substrate for ancient fungal lineages. According to the current sampling, long distance dispersal seems to be common for RIF. Dothideomycetes lineages comprising lichens also include RIF, suggesting a possible link between rock-dwelling habit and lichenisation. © 2009 CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre.
Authors & Co-Authors
Ruibal, Constantino
Spain, Madrid
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Gueidan, Cécile
Netherlands, Utrecht
Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute - Knaw
Selbmann, Laura
Italy, Viterbo
Università Degli Studi Della Tuscia Viterbo
Gorbushina, A. A.
Germany, Berlin
Freie Universität Berlin
Crous, Pedro Willem
Netherlands, Utrecht
Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute - Knaw
Groenewald, Johannes Zacharias Ewald
Netherlands, Utrecht
Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute - Knaw
Muggia, Lucía
Austria, Graz
Universität Graz
Grube, Martin
Austria, Graz
Universität Graz
Schoch, Conrad L.
United States, Bethesda
National Library of Medicine Nlm
Lutzoni, François M.
United States, Durham
Duke University
de Hoog, Gerrits Sybren
Netherlands, Utrecht
Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute - Knaw
Statistics
Citations: 189
Authors: 11
Affiliations: 8
Identifiers
Doi:
10.3114/sim.2009.64.06
ISSN:
01660616