Apothecial Ancestry, Evolution, and Re-Evolution in <i>Thelebolales</i> (<i>Leotiomycetes, Fungi</i>)
Closed cleistothecia-like ascomata have repeatedly evolved in non-related perithecioid and apothecioid lineages of lichenized and non-lichenized <i>Ascomycota</i>. The evolution of a closed, darkly pigmented ascoma that protects asci and ascospores is conceived as either an adaptation to...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-04-01
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| Series: | Biology |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/11/4/583 |