A Custom Regional DNA Barcode Reference Library for Lichen-Forming Fungi of the Intermountain West, USA, Increases Successful Specimen Identification

DNA barcoding approaches provide powerful tools for characterizing fungal diversity. However, DNA barcoding is limited by poor representation of species-level diversity in fungal sequence databases. Can the development of custom, regionally focused DNA reference libraries improve species-level ident...

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Main Authors: Michael Kerr, Steven D. Leavitt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-07-01
Series:Journal of Fungi
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2309-608X/9/7/741