The Lecanoromycetes is the largest class of lichenized Fungi, and one of the most species-
rich classes in the kingdom. Here we provide a multigene phylogenetic synthesis (using …

Heterocystous cyanobacteria form symbiotic associations with a wide range of plant and
fungal hosts. We used a molecular phylogenetic approach to investigate the degree of host …

Trapelioid fungi constitute a widespread group of mostly crust-forming lichen mycobionts
that are key to understanding the early evolutionary splits in the Ostropomycetidae, the …

It took almost a century until Schwendener's (1867) finding that lichens belong to the fungi
finally led mycologists and lichenologists to include them in the fungal system (Nannfeldt …

Many lichen fungi form symbioses with filamentous Nostoc cyanobacteria, which cause the
lichen to swell and become extremely gelatinous when moist. Within the Lecanoromycetes …

Synteny can be maintained for certain genomic regions across broad phylogenetic groups.
In these homologous genomic regions, sites that are under relaxed purifying selection, such …

Fruiting bodies are responsible for the effective dispersal of meiospores in ascomycetes.
Different fruiting body types include open (apothecia) or closed (perithecia, cleistothecia) …

The phylogenetic placement of Collema fasciculare (L.) FH Wigg, the most deviating species
within Collema (Collemataceae, Lecanoromycetidae), was studied using maximum …

The phylogeny and taxonomic placement of three species currently placed in the genus
Pertusaria with gyalectoid ascomata were studied using maximum likelihood and Bayesian …

Lecanoromycetes is the class of Ascomycota with the largest number of lichen-forming fungi.
Members of this class are important components of most terrestrial ecosystems and occur in …