Phylogenetic status of Arthonia phaeophysciae (Arthoniaceae, Ascomycota), a species new to Japan

Abstract

The lichenicolous fungus Arthonia phaeophysciae Grube & Matzer (Arthoniaceae, Ascomycota), growing on Physciella melanchra and Phaeophyscia sp., is newly reported from Central Honshu in Japan. Additional localities are reported for Korea. This study demonstrates the phylogenetic position of the species in the Bryostigma-clade of Arthoniaceae and confirms the identity of this research’s recent collections from Japan and Korea using Bayesian and RAxML analyses of mtSSU, nrLSU and RPB2 sequence data. A detailed description of the species based on collections from Japan and Korea is provided.

Keywords

Asia; distribution; lichen; lichenicolous fungus; mtSSU; nrLSU; phylogeny; RPB2; taxonomy

Published in

Shokubutsu kenkyū zasshi
2020, volume: 95, number: 3, pages: 133-140

SLU Authors

• Frisch, Andreas

  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

• Thor, Göran

  • Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Botany
Biological Systematics

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/115636