Discovering cryptic species in the Aspiciliella intermutans complex (Megasporaceae, Ascomycota) - First results using gene concatenation and coalescent-based species tree approaches.

Taxonomic identifications in some groups of lichen-forming fungi have been challenge largely due to the scarcity of taxonomically relevant features and limitations of morphological and chemical characters traditionally used to distinguish closely related taxa. Delineating species boundaries in close...

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Main Authors: Zakieh Zakeri, Volker Otte, Harrie Sipman, Jiří Malíček, Paloma Cubas, Víctor J Rico, Veronika Lenzová, David Svoboda, Pradeep K Divakar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216675