Abstract Knowledge of the relationships and thus the classification of fungi, has developed
rapidly with increasingly widespread use of molecular techniques, over the past 10–15 …

Lichens are symbiotic associations resulting from interactions among fungi (primary and
secondary mycobionts), algae and/or cyanobacteria (primary and secondary photobionts) …

Urbanavichus, G., Vondrák, J., Urbanavichene, I., Palice, Z. & Malíček, J. 2020. Lichens and
allied non-lichenized fungi of virgin forests in the Caucasus State Nature Biosphere Reserve …

Molecular identification of organisms is now a common practice and, increasingly, species
are identified from environmental samples. However, for most organisms, we still lack …

Sequencing of environmental DNA is increasingly used to estimate biodiversity at various
taxonomic and spatial levels. However, most such studies tend to deal with abstract …

Recent taxonomic and DNA sequence-based studies in several groups of lichen-forming
fungi have revealed incongruence between the morphological and molecule-based …

Saxicolous, lecideoid lichenized fungi have a cosmopolitan distribution but, being mostly
cold adapted, are especially abundant in polar and high-mountain regions. To date, little is …

Traditional taxonomic studies provide only a limited understanding of species richness
within a group. Their usefulness for assessing species diversity could also be limited as …

Aim Phylogenetic diversification is a precursor to speciation, but the underlying patterns and
processes are not well‐studied in lichens. Here we investigate what factors drive …

Accurate species delimitation is important as species are a fundamental unit in ecological,
evolutionary and conservation biology research. In lichenized fungi, species delimitation has …