Molecular analyses uncover the phylogenetic placement of the lichenized hyphomycetous genus Cheiromycina.

ABSTRACT: The genus Cheiromycina is one of the few genera of lichenized hyphomycetes for which no sexual reproductive stages have been observed. The genus includes species from boreal to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere where it is found growing on bark or wood. Congeners in Cheiromycina are characterized by a noncorticate thallus, nearly immersed in the substrate and presenting powdery unpigmented sporodochia, and containing chlorococcoid photobionts. The relationships of members of Cheiromycina with other fungi are not known. Here we inferred the phylogenetic placement of Cheiromycina using three loci (nuSSU, nuLSU, and mtSSU) representing C. flabelliformis, the type species for the genus, C. petri, and C. reimeri. Our results revealed that the genus Cheiromycina is found within the fa

SUBMITTER: Muggia L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5769673 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature