C. Gueidan, C. Roux and F. Lutzoni 2007: Using a multigene phylogenetic analysis to assess generic delineation and character evolution in Verrucaria (Verrucariales, Ascomycota). - Mycological Research111(10): 1145-1168. [RLL List # 209 / Rec.# 29537] Keywords: VERRUCARIA/ VERRUCARIALES/ MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS/ NULSU RDNA/ RPB1/ NUSSU/ ENDOCARPON/ NEW TAXA
Abstract: [Analysis of 83 taxa using nuLSU, nuSSU and RPB1 sequences. "Most genera, as traditionally delimited, were not monophyletic," and " ... the use of symplesiomorphic traits to define Verrucaria ... as well as the non monophyly of the genera Polyblastia, Staurothele and Thelidium, explain most of the discrepancies between the current classification based on morphological similarity and a classification using monophyly as a grouping criterion." New: Endocarpon diffactellum (Nyl.) comb. nov., Heteroplacidium fusculum(Nyl.) comb. nov., and Bagliettoa marmorea (Scop.) comb. nov.]