Abstract Knowledge of the relationships and thus the classification of fungi, has developed
rapidly with increasingly widespread use of molecular techniques, over the past 10–15 …

Endolichenic fungi are diverse groups of predominantly filamentous fungi that reside
asymptomatically in the interior of lichen thalli. Natural products from endolichenic fungi …

Abstract Background Lichens, encompassing 20,000 known species, are symbioses
between specialized fungi (mycobionts), mostly ascomycetes, and unicellular green algae or …

Modern methods of lichen indication allow assessing the impact of climate change and air
pollution on ecosystem health. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the general state of …

Due to climate warming, alpine ecosystems are changing rapidly. Ongoing upward
migrations of plants and thus an increase of easily decomposable substrates will strongly …

Rising temperatures in the Arctic and the expansion of plants to higher latitudes will
significantly alter belowground microbial communities and their activity. Given that microbial …

Patterns of specificity among symbiotic partners are key to a comprehensive understanding
of the evolution of symbiotic systems. Specificity of mutualistic partners, within a widespread …

Microscopic and molecular studies suggest that lichen symbioses contain a plethora of
associated fungi. These are potential producers of novel bioactive compounds, but strains …

Background Due to their huge biodiversity and the capability to produce a wide range of
secondary metabolites, lichens have a great potential in biotechnological applications. They …

The metagenome skimming approach, ie low coverage shotgun sequencing of multi-species
assemblages and subsequent reconstruction of individual genomes, is increasingly used for …