Symbiont composition of the basidiolichen Lichenomphalia meridionalis varies with altitude in the Iberian Peninsula
Abstract Basidiolichens are generally poorly researched because of the very small number of species and their restriction to special niches. Lichenomphalia basidiolichens grow in considerable quantities in arctic and alpine habitats but they are inadequately studied in these habitats in Mediterranea...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s002428291900046x 2024-04-07T07:50:21+00:00 Symbiont composition of the basidiolichen Lichenomphalia meridionalis varies with altitude in the Iberian Peninsula Gasulla, Francisco Barrasa, José M. Casano, Leonardo M. del Campo, Eva M. 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s002428291900046x https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S002428291900046X en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms The Lichenologist volume 52, issue 1, page 17-26 ISSN 0024-2829 1096-1135 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 2020 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s002428291900046x 2024-03-08T00:35:32Z Abstract Basidiolichens are generally poorly researched because of the very small number of species and their restriction to special niches. Lichenomphalia basidiolichens grow in considerable quantities in arctic and alpine habitats but they are inadequately studied in these habitats in Mediterranean areas. Based on morphological and phylogenetic analyses, we identified the different symbionts of L. meridionalis , collected in localities in Spain at altitudes ranging from 533 to 2200 m above sea level. The present study provides the first molecular data available for L. meridionalis . We found that a microindel of six bp within the nrITS2 could help to discriminate L. meridionalis from other species of the genus. Molecular analyses revealed the existence of two different green algal strains, both belonging to Coccomyxa subellipsoidea , a species shared with other Lichenomphalia lichens. Notably, the two chlorobiont strains associated with L. meridionalis were differentially distributed according to altitude, and samples having one of the two strains consistently also included cyanobacteria. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Cambridge University Press Arctic The Lichenologist 52 1 17 26 |
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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Gasulla, Francisco Barrasa, José M. Casano, Leonardo M. del Campo, Eva M. Symbiont composition of the basidiolichen Lichenomphalia meridionalis varies with altitude in the Iberian Peninsula |
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Abstract Basidiolichens are generally poorly researched because of the very small number of species and their restriction to special niches. Lichenomphalia basidiolichens grow in considerable quantities in arctic and alpine habitats but they are inadequately studied in these habitats in Mediterranean areas. Based on morphological and phylogenetic analyses, we identified the different symbionts of L. meridionalis , collected in localities in Spain at altitudes ranging from 533 to 2200 m above sea level. The present study provides the first molecular data available for L. meridionalis . We found that a microindel of six bp within the nrITS2 could help to discriminate L. meridionalis from other species of the genus. Molecular analyses revealed the existence of two different green algal strains, both belonging to Coccomyxa subellipsoidea , a species shared with other Lichenomphalia lichens. Notably, the two chlorobiont strains associated with L. meridionalis were differentially distributed according to altitude, and samples having one of the two strains consistently also included cyanobacteria. |
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Gasulla, Francisco Barrasa, José M. Casano, Leonardo M. del Campo, Eva M. |
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Symbiont composition of the basidiolichen Lichenomphalia meridionalis varies with altitude in the Iberian Peninsula |
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Symbiont composition of the basidiolichen Lichenomphalia meridionalis varies with altitude in the Iberian Peninsula |
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Symbiont composition of the basidiolichen Lichenomphalia meridionalis varies with altitude in the Iberian Peninsula |
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Symbiont composition of the basidiolichen Lichenomphalia meridionalis varies with altitude in the Iberian Peninsula |
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Symbiont composition of the basidiolichen Lichenomphalia meridionalis varies with altitude in the Iberian Peninsula |
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symbiont composition of the basidiolichen lichenomphalia meridionalis varies with altitude in the iberian peninsula |
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