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Concostrina-Zubiri L, Prieto M, Hurtado P, Escudero A, Martínez I. Functional diversity regulates the effects of habitat degradation on biocrust phylogenetic and taxonomic diversities. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS : A PUBLICATION OF THE ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2022; 32:e2599. [PMID: 35343001 DOI: 10.1002/eap.2599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Revised: 09/18/2021] [Accepted: 11/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Biocrusts are major contributors to dryland diversity, functioning, and services. However, little is known about how habitat degradation will impact multiple facets of biocrust diversity and measurable functional traits. We evaluated changes in taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of biocrust-forming lichens along a habitat degradation gradient related to the presence of linear infrastructure (i.e., a road) and a profound agricultural driven transformation. To do so, we selected 50 remnants of a Mediterranean shrubland. We considered several surrogates of habitat quality and causal disturbance on the various diversity facets of biocrusts by using structural equation modeling, hypothesizing that habitat degradation primarily affects functional diversity, which in turn regulates changes in taxonomic and phylogenetic diversities, and also that taxonomic and phylogenetic diversities are coupled. Fragment connectivity, distance to linear infrastructure (i.e., a road) and, particularly, soil fertility (i.e., soil P concentration), had mostly negative effects on biocrust functional diversity, which in turn affected both taxonomic and phylogenetic diversities. However, we found no direct effects of habitat degradation variables on the taxonomic and phylogenetic diversities. We also found that increases in phylogenetic diversity had a positive effect on taxonomic diversity along the habitat degradation gradient. Our results indicate that functional diversity of biocrusts is strongly affected by habitat degradation, which may profoundly alter their contribution to ecosystem functioning and services. Furthermore, functional diversity regulates the response of biocrust taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity to habitat degradation. These findings indicate that habitat degradation alters and simplifies the diversity of functional traits of biocrust-forming lichens, leading to biodiversity loss, with important consequences for the conservation of global drylands biodiversity.
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- Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
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- Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Biología (Botánica), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
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- Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
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Kaasalainen U, Tuovinen V, Kirika PM, Mollel NP, Hemp A, Rikkinen J. Diversity of Leptogium (Collemataceae, Ascomycota) in East African Montane Ecosystems. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9020314. [PMID: 33546461 PMCID: PMC7913733 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9020314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2020] [Revised: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 01/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Tropical mountains and especially their forests are hot spots of biodiversity threatened by human population pressure and climate change. The diversity of lichens in tropical Africa is especially poorly known. Here we use the mtSSU and nuITS molecular markers together with morphology and ecology to assess Leptogium (Peltigerales, Ascomycota) diversity in the tropical mountains of Taita Hills and Mt. Kasigau in Kenya and Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. The sampled habitats cover a wide range of ecosystems from savanna to alpine heath vegetation and from relatively natural forests to agricultural environments and plantation forests. We demonstrate that Leptogium diversity in Africa is much higher than previously known and provide preliminary data on over 70 putative species, including nine established species previously known from the area and over 60 phylogenetically, morphologically, and/or ecologically defined Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs). Many traditional species concepts are shown to represent morphotypes comprised of several taxa. Many of the species were only found from specific ecosystems and/or restricted habitats and are thus threatened by ongoing habitat fragmentation and degradation of the natural environment. Our results emphasize the importance of molecular markers in species inventories of highly diverse organism groups and geographical areas.
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- Ulla Kaasalainen
- Department of Geobiology, University of Göttingen, Goldschmidtstraβe 3, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
- Finnish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 7, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland;
- Correspondence: or
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden;
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- National Museums of Kenya, East African Herbarium, Museum Hill Road, P.O. Box 45166, Nairobi 00100, Kenya;
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- National Herbarium, Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, P.O. Box 3024, Arusha 23201, Tanzania;
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- Department of Plant Systematics, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstr. 30, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany;
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- Finnish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 7, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland;
- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 65, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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Makryi TV, Skirina IF. Ecology and Distribution of Collemiform Lichens in the Southern Part of the Russian Far East. CONTEMP PROBL ECOL+ 2020. [DOI: 10.1134/s1995425520060104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Košuthová A, Bergsten J, Westberg M, Wedin M. Species delimitation in the cyanolichen genus Rostania. BMC Evol Biol 2020; 20:115. [PMID: 32912146 PMCID: PMC7488055 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-020-01681-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background In this study, we investigate species limits in the cyanobacterial lichen genus Rostania (Collemataceae, Peltigerales, Lecanoromycetes). Four molecular markers (mtSSU rDNA, β-tubulin, MCM7, RPB2) were sequenced and analysed with two coalescent-based species delimitation methods: the Generalized Mixed Yule Coalescent model (GMYC) and a Bayesian species delimitation method (BPP) using a multispecies coalescence model (MSC), the latter with or without an a priori defined guide tree. Results Species delimitation analyses indicate the presence of eight strongly supported candidate species. Conclusive correlation between morphological/ecological characters and genetic delimitation could be found for six of these. Of the two additional candidate species, one is represented by a single sterile specimen and the other currently lacks morphological or ecological supporting evidence. Conclusions We conclude that Rostania includes a minimum of six species: R. ceranisca, R. multipunctata, R. occultata 1, R. occultata 2, R. occultata 3, and R. occultata 4,5,6. Three distinct Nostoc morphotypes occur in Rostania, and there is substantial correlation between these morphotypes and Rostania thallus morphology.
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- Alica Košuthová
- Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 50007, SE-104 05, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 50007, SE-104 05, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Museum of Evolution, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 16, SE-752 36, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 50007, SE-104 05, Stockholm, Sweden
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Paquette HA, McMullin RT. Macrolichens of Forillon National Park, Quebec, Canada. Northeast Nat (Steuben) 2020. [DOI: 10.1656/045.027.m1601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- Hayley A. Paquette
- Canadian Museum of Nature, PO Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4, Canada
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- Canadian Museum of Nature, PO Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4, Canada
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Metabolite profiling of the Cladonia lichens using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. BIOCHEM SYST ECOL 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2019.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Sanders WB, de Los Ríos A. The cellular cortex in Collemataceae (lichenized Ascomycota) participates in thallus growth and morphogenesis via parenchymatous cell divisions. Mycologia 2019; 111:206-216. [PMID: 30888911 DOI: 10.1080/00275514.2019.1566810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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According to a widely held view, fungi do not produce parenchymatous tissues. Following up on recent transmission electron microscopy (TEM) evidence that challenged this paradigm in several lichens, we employed scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to investigate the orientation of new anticlinal walls in the single-layered fungal cortex of six species of Collemataceae, a family of gelatinous cyanolichens with diverse surface morphologies. Examination of thallus surfaces in four species of Leptogium (L. austromericanum, L. burnetiae, L. chloromelum, L. marginellum) and two species of Scytinium (S. gelatinosum, S. lichenoides) revealed that recently formed septa adjoin to preceding septa in parenchymatous division. These cortical divisions were evident in the formation and development of thallus wrinkles, folds, isidia, and lobules in the six morphologically distinct taxa. Tomentum, by contrast, arose as filamentous outgrowths of the cortical cells. We conclude that the monostromatic cellular cortex in Collemataceae participates in surface growth and morphogenesis by means of parenchymatous cell divisions, in a remarkable parallel to plant meristems. Cortical cell divisions do not appear to drive morphogenesis, however, as very similar morphologies are achieved in the closely related genus Collema, which lacks a cortex altogether. These results provide evidence that parenchymatous cell division can indeed play a role in morphogenesis of fungal structures and show that SEM is a useful tool for distinguishing the orientation of anticlinal divisions in the cortex of gelatinous lichens.
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- William B Sanders
- a Department of Biological Sciences , Florida Gulf Coast University , Fort Myers , Florida 33965
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- b Departamento de Bioquímica y Ecología Microbiana , Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC) , C/Serrano 115-dpdo, E-28006 , Madrid , Spain
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Košuthová A, Westberg M, tálora MA, Wedin M. Rostania revised: testing generic delimitations in Collemataceae (Peltigerales, Lecanoromycetes). MycoKeys 2019; 47:17-33. [PMID: 30820165 PMCID: PMC6393396 DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.47.32227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2018] [Accepted: 01/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Here, we test the current generic delimitation of Rostania (Collemataceae, Peltigerales, Ascomycota) utilizing molecular phylogeny and morphological investigations. Using DNA sequence data from the mitochondrial SSU rDNA and two nuclear protein-coding genes (MCM7 and β-tubulin) and utilizing parsimony, maximum likelihood and Bayesian phylogenetic methods, Rostania is shown to be non-monophyletic in the current sense. A new generic delimitation of Rostania is thus proposed, in which the genus is monophyletic, and three species (Rostaniacoccophylla, R.paramensis, R.quadrifida) are excluded and transferred to other genera. Rostaniaoccultata is further non-monophyletic, and a more detailed investigation of species delimitations in Rostania s. str. is needed. The new combinations Leptogiumparamense and Scytiniumquadrifidum are proposed.
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- Alica Košuthová
- Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, SwedenSwedish Museum of Natural HistoryStockholmSweden
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- Museum of Evolution, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 16, SE-752 36, Uppsala, SwedenUppsala UniversityUpssalaSweden
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- Plant Ecological Genetics, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich, Universitätstrasse 16, 8092 Zurich, SwitzerlandInstitute of Integrative BiologyZurichSwitzerland
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- Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, SwedenSwedish Museum of Natural HistoryStockholmSweden
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Kitaura MJ, Koch NM, Lucheta F, Käffer MI, Schmitt JL, Pedroso J, Martins SA, Rodrigues AS, Canêz LS. A new species and new records of Leptogium (Ach.) Gray (Collemataceae, Peltigerales) from Rio Grande do Sul State with an identification key for the genus. AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2019; 91:e20180313. [PMID: 30785500 DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765201920180313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2018] [Accepted: 07/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Specimens of Leptogium collected in ten localities from the State of Rio Grande do Sul were studied. Sixteen species were found of 28 records mentioned to the state, which represents around 57% of the Leptogium diversity known for Rio Grande do Sul. Leptogium exaratum is proposed as a new species. Leptogium atlanticum, L. milligranum and L. vesiculosum are reported for the first time to the state. The lectotype of L. javanicum is reported here and detailed descriptions are provided to the examined specimens. An identification key is showed with all the 28 mentioned species of Leptogium. It is the first published taxonomic key for Leptogium from Rio Grande do Sul, the State with the highest diversity of this genus in Brazil.
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- Marcos J Kitaura
- Laboratório de Evolução e Biologia Evolutiva, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Avenida Costa e Silva, s/n, 79070-900 Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Evolução e Biologia Evolutiva, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Avenida Costa e Silva, s/n, 79070-900 Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Botânica, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Qualidade Ambiental, Universidade Feevale, Rodovia ERS 239, 2755, 93525-075 Novo Hamburgo, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Botânica, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Qualidade Ambiental, Universidade Feevale, Rodovia ERS 239, 2755, 93525-075 Novo Hamburgo, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Botânica, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Qualidade Ambiental, Universidade Feevale, Rodovia ERS 239, 2755, 93525-075 Novo Hamburgo, RS, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Avenida Itália, Km 8, 96201-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- Museu de Ciências Naturais, Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul, Rua Dr. Salvador França, 1427, 90690-000 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Evolução e Biologia Evolutiva, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Avenida Costa e Silva, s/n, 79070-900 Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Evolução e Biologia Evolutiva, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Avenida Costa e Silva, s/n, 79070-900 Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
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Benavent-González A, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Fernández-Brun L, Singh BK, Maestre FT, Sancho LG. Identity of plant, lichen and moss species connects with microbial abundance and soil functioning in Maritime Antarctica. PLANT AND SOIL 2018; 429:35-52. [PMID: 30078912 PMCID: PMC6071914 DOI: 10.1007/s11104-018-3721-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2017] [Accepted: 06/12/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS We lack studies evaluating how the identity of plant, lichen and moss species relates to microbial abundance and soil functioning on Antarctica. If species identity is associated with soil functioning, distributional changes of key species, linked to climate change, could significantly affect Antarctic soil functioning. METHODS We evaluated how the identity of six Antarctic plant, lichen and moss species relates to a range of soil attributes (C, N and P cycling), microbial abundance and structure in Livingston Island, Maritime Antarctica. We used an effect size metric to predict the association between species (vs. bare soil) and the measured soil attributes. RESULTS We observed species-specific effects of the plant and biocrust species on soil attributes and microbial abundance. Phenols, phosphatase and β-D-cellobiosidase activities were the most important attributes characterizing the observed patterns. We found that the evaluated species positively correlated with soil nutrient availability and microbial abundance vs. bare soil. CONCLUSIONS We provide evidence, from a comparative study, that plant and biocrust identity is associated with different levels of soil functioning and microbial abundance in Maritime Antarctica. Our results suggest that changes in the spatial distribution of these species linked to climate change could potentially entail changes in the functioning of Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems.
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- Alberto Benavent-González
- Departamento de Biología Vegetal II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309. USA
- Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica. Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28933, Móstoles, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica. Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28933, Móstoles, Spain
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith 2751 NSW Australia
- Global Centre for Land Based Innovation, University of Western Sydney, Building L9, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith South, NSW 2751, Australia
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- Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica. Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28933, Móstoles, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Concostrina-Zubiri L, Martínez I, Escudero A. Lichen-biocrust diversity in a fragmented dryland: Fine scale factors are better predictors than landscape structure. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2018; 628-629:882-892. [PMID: 29455138 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2017] [Revised: 02/07/2018] [Accepted: 02/08/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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- Laura Concostrina-Zubiri
- Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, c/Tulipán s/n., E-28933 Móstoles, Spain; Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c), Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, C2, Piso 6, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal.
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- Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, c/Tulipán s/n., E-28933 Móstoles, Spain
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- Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, c/Tulipán s/n., E-28933 Móstoles, Spain
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Kitaura MJ, Gumboski EL, Koroiva R. Five new records and an identification key of the lichen genus Leptogium from Santa Catarina state, Brazil. RODRIGUÉSIA 2018. [DOI: 10.1590/2175-7860201869213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Abstract Leptogium is a cosmopolitan genus with currently 180 accepted species, of which 46 are reported from Brazil. Leptogium atlanticum, L. azureum, L. cyanescens, L. sessile and L. subjuressianum are recorded from the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina for the first time. Leptogium chloromelum var. crassius is synonymized with L. sessile. Leptogium atlanticum is recorded for the first time outside the type locality. We also provide comments and the first identification key for Leptogium species found in Santa Catarina state.
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Ekanayaka AH, Ariyawansa HA, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Daranagama DA, Phillips AJL, Hongsanan S, Jayasiri SC, Zhao Q. DISCOMYCETES: the apothecial representatives of the phylum Ascomycota. FUNGAL DIVERS 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s13225-017-0389-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Sokoloff PC, Freebury CE, Hamilton PB, Saarela JM. The "Martian" flora: new collections of vascular plants, lichens, fungi, algae, and cyanobacteria from the Mars Desert Research Station, Utah. Biodivers Data J 2016:e8176. [PMID: 27350765 PMCID: PMC4911540 DOI: 10.3897/bdj.4.e8176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2016] [Accepted: 06/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The Mars Desert Research Station is a Mars analog research site located in the desert outside of Hanksville, Utah, U.S.A. Here we present a preliminary checklist of the vascular plant and lichen flora for the station, based on collections made primarily during a two-week simulated Mars mission in November, 2014. Additionally, we present notes on the endolithic chlorophytes and cyanobacteria, and the identification of a fungal genus also based on these collections. Altogether, we recorded 38 vascular plant species from 14 families, 13 lichen species from seven families, six algae taxa including both chlorophytes and cyanobacteria, and one fungal genus from the station and surrounding area. We discuss this floristic diversity in the context of the ecology of the nearby San Rafael Swell and the desert areas of Wayne and Emery counties in southeastern Utah.
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Phylogeny of the Acarosporaceae (Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota, Fungi) and the evolution of carbonized ascomata. FUNGAL DIVERS 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s13225-015-0325-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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