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

Accurate species delimitations are crucial for ecological and conservation studies,
assessments of biotic diversity, and identifying factors driving diversification. Estimates …

To design effective conservation strategies, the population biology of the target organism
needs to be well understood. In lichens, the population dynamics of the symbiotic organism …

As with most disciplines in biology, molecular genetics has revolutionized our understanding
of lichenized fungi. Nowhere has this been more true than in systematics, especially in the …

A growing body of evidence indicates that in some cases morphology-based species
circumscription of lichenized fungi misrepresents the number of existing species. The …

Phylogenetic analyses using mtSSU and nuITS sequences of Buellia violaceofusca
(previously placed in Lecanoromycetes), a sterile, sorediate lichen having a trebouxioid …

Neuropogonoid species in the lichen-forming fungal genus Usnea exhibit great
morphological variation that can be misleading for delimitation of species. We specifically …

Lichenized fungi of the genus Lepraria lack ascomata and conidiomata, and symbionts
codisperse by soredia. Here, it is determined whether algal symbionts associated with …

Dictyochloropsis sl is an ecologically important, common but little‐studied genus of green
algae. Here, we examined the diversity and host selectivity of algae attributed to this genus …

Natural spruce forests are restricted to the highest mountain ranges in the Czech Republic.
Spruce is also the commonest tree species in managed forests. Owing to a massive decline …