Mountain tips as reservoirs for new rock-fungal entities: Saxomyces gen. nov. and four new species from the Alps

• Published in: Fungal Diversity
• Main Authors: Selbmann, L., Isola, D., Egidi, E., Zucconi, L., Gueidan, C., de Hoog, G.S., Onofri, S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Antarctic; McMurdo Dry Valleys; New Rock; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dare.uva.nl/personal/pure/en/publications/mountain-tips-as-reservoirs-for-new-rockfungal-entities-saxomyces-gen-nov-and-four-new-species-from-the-alps(f8bc92ca-67f7-4c0a-9e83-752cb72f0885).html; https://doi.org/10.1007/s13225-013-0234-9

As part of a worldwide sampling nine black fungi were isolated from rocks collected in four distinct sites of the Alps at high altitudes. Based on a nucSSU, nucLSU and mtSSU multi-locus phylogeny, seven of them were found to cluster into a distinct and well-supported clade in a basal position within...