Species in lichen-forming fungi: balancing between conceptual and practical considerations, and between phenotype and phylogenomics

R Lücking, SD Leavitt, DL Hawksworth - Fungal Diversity, 2021 - Springer
Lichens are symbiotic associations resulting from interactions among fungi (primary and
secondary mycobionts), algae and/or cyanobacteria (primary and secondary photobionts) …

An overview of genomics, phylogenomics and proteomics approaches in Ascomycota

L Muggia, CG Ametrano, K Sterflinger, D Tesei - Life, 2020 - mdpi.com
Fungi are among the most successful eukaryotes on Earth: they have evolved strategies to
survive in the most diverse environments and stressful conditions and have been selected …

A comparative genomic analysis of lichen-forming fungi reveals new insights into fungal lifestyles

H Song, KT Kim, SY Park, GW Lee, J Choi, J Jeon… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Lichen-forming fungi are mutualistic symbionts of green algae or cyanobacteria. We report
the comparative analysis of six genomes of lichen-forming fungi in classes Eurotiomycetes …

Genome-scale data reveal the role of hybridization in lichen-forming fungi

R Keuler, A Garretson, T Saunders, RJ Erickson… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Advancements in molecular genetics have revealed that hybridization may be common
among plants, animals, and fungi, playing a role in evolutionary dynamics and speciation …

Discovery of New Genomic Configuration of Mating-Type Loci in the Largest Lineage of Lichen-Forming Fungi

KH White, K Keepers, N Kane… - Genome Biology and …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The genetic architecture of mating-type loci in lichen-forming fungi has been characterized
in very few taxa. Despite the limited data, and in contrast to all other major fungal lineages …

Characterizing the ribosomal tandem repeat and its utility as a DNA barcode in lichen-forming fungi

M Bradshaw, F Grewe, A Thomas, CH Harrison… - BMC Evolutionary …, 2020 - Springer
Background Regions within the nuclear ribosomal operon are a major tool for inferring
evolutionary relationships and investigating diversity in fungi. In spite of the prevalent use of …

Chromosomal genome sequence assembly and mating-type (MAT) locus characterization of the leprose asexual lichenized fungus Lepraria neglecta (Nyl.) Erichsen

B Pfeffer, C Lymbery, B Booth, JL Allen - The Lichenologist, 2023 - cambridge.org
Complete chromosomal-level assemblies of fungal genomes are rare. The intimate
ecological symbioses and complex reproduction strategies utilized by fungi make highly …

[PDF][PDF] Phytopathogenic discomycetes, their economic impacts and control applications

AS Lestari, AH Ekanayaka… - Current Research in …, 2023 - creamjournal.org
Discomycetes is an artificial group in Ascomycota, comprising fungal species bearing saucer-
, cup-or disc-like ascoma. There are many records of phytopathogenic discomycetes …

[HTML][HTML] The plot thickens: haploid and triploid-like thalli, hybridization, and biased mating type ratios in Letharia

SL Ament-Velásquez, V Tuovinen… - Frontiers in fungal …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The study of the reproductive biology of lichen fungal symbionts has been traditionally
challenging due to their complex lifestyles. Against the common belief of haploidy, a recent …

Whole genome shotgun sequencing detects greater lichen fungal diversity than amplicon-based methods in environmental samples

KG Keepers, CS Pogoda, KH White… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In this study we demonstrate the utility of whole genome shotgun (WGS) metagenomics in
study organisms with small genomes to improve upon amplicon-based estimates of …