Living in each other's pockets: insights into the life cycle of <i>Tremella caloplacae</i> s. l.

ABSTRACT: Complex life-cycles are common among fungi. Dimorphism in basidiomycetes involves alternation between a unicellular yeast phase and a filamentous phase, frequently forming basidiomata. Here we have studied the dimorphic life cycle of the lichen-inhabiting basidiomycetes in the Tremella caloplacae species complex, with particular focus on the newly distinguished Tremella parietinae. Using FISH-CLSM, PCR and Sanger sequencing, we have investigated the presence and distribution of the different life-cycle phases of T. parietinae within the lichen Xanthoria parietina, and also conducted an exploratory investigation into the presence of a Tremella yeast phase in other lichens of the Teloschistaceae. We could show that the filamentous phase of T. pari

SUBMITTER: Freire-Rallo S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12924053 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature