Symbiosis at its limits: ecophysiological consequences of lichenization in the genus Prasiola in Antarctica

• Published in: Annals of Botany
• Main Authors: Fernández-Marín, Beatriz, López-Pozo, Marina, Perera-Castro, Alicia V, Arzac, Miren Irati, Sáenz-Ceniceros, Ana, Colesie, Claudia, de los Ríos, Asunción, Sancho, Leo G, Pintado, Ana, Laza, José M, Pérez-Ortega, Sergio, García-Plazaola, José I
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2019
• Subjects: Original Articles; Livingston Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6943718/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31549137; https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcz149

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Lichens represent a symbiotic relationship between at least one fungal and one photosynthetic partner. The association between the lichen-forming fungus Mastodia tessellata (Verrucariaceae) and different species of Prasiola (Trebouxiophyceae) has an amphipolar distribution and r...