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

• Main Authors: Lücking, Robert, Leavitt, Steven D., Hawksworth, David L.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Freie Universität Berlin 2021
• Subjects: Alpha taxonomy; Beta taxonomy; Biological species concept; Cora; Cryptic speciation; Fungal farmers; Gamma taxonomy; Infraspecies; 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-32280; https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/32556

Lichens are symbiotic associations resulting from interactions among fungi (primary and secondary mycobionts), algae and/or cyanobacteria (primary and secondary photobionts), and specific elements of the bacterial microbiome associated with the lichen thallus. The question of what is a species, both...