Widespread geographic distributions in lichens have been usually explained by the high
dispersal capacity of their tiny diaspores. However, recent phylogenetic surveys have …

Hypotrachyna is a speciose genus of primarily tropical and oceanic lichen-forming fungi. It
includes species with distinct distribution patterns, such as pantropical, restricted and …

Aim Contemporary species' distributions are shaped by both geography and historical
events, such as extinction, diversification in specific areas and long‐distance dispersals. In …

Brown parmelioid lichens comprise a number of distinct genera in one of the most species-
rich families of lichen-forming fungi, Parmeliaceae (Ascomycota). In spite of their superficial …

Disjunct intercontinental distributions have always fascinated biologists. With the increasing
availability of molecular sequence data, there is a renewed interest in historical …

The lichen-forming genus Parmelia Acharius occurs worldwide but its centre of distribution is
in the northern hemisphere and it is widespread in boreal-temperate Eurasia and North …

Background Factors promoting diversification in lichen symbioses remain largely
unexplored. While Pleistocene events have been important for driving diversification and …

Aim We reconstructed the phylogeny of the lichen genus Nephroma (Peltigerales) to assess
the relationships of species endemic to Macaronesia. We estimated dates of divergences to …

In traditional morphology-based concepts many species of lichenized fungi have world-wide
distributions. Molecular data have revolutionized the species delimitation in lichens and …

Despite the recent advancements in recognizing diversity in lichen-forming fungi, assessing
the timing of diversification remains largely unexplored in these important fungal symbionts …