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Muggia, L./ Hafellner, J./ Wirtz, N./ Hawksworth, D.L./ Grube, M. 2008: The sterile microfilamentous lichenized fungi Cystocoleus ebeneus and Racodium rupestre are relatives of plant pathogens and clinically important dothidealean fungi. - Mycological Research 112(1): 50-56. [RLL List # 244 / Rec.# 37772]
Keywords: Ascomycota/ Black yeasts/ Dothideomycetidae/ Lifestyles/ Medical mycology/ Molecular phylogeny/ Mycosphaerellaceae
Abstract: The phylogenetic positions of the always-sterile microfilamentous lichens Cystocoleus ebeneus and Racodium rupestre were studied in a phylogenetic framework using sequence data of 5' nuSSU, nuLSU, and mtSSU rDNA. The analysis reveals that both genera are ascomycetes and belong to Dothideomycetidae: they are not close to lichenized members within the subclass, but rather belong to Capnodiales. The macroscopically scarcely distinguishable C. ebeneus and R. rupestre do not form a monophyletic group. The well-supported clade of R. rupestre is basal to the one in which C. ebeneus is close to Mycosphaerellaceae. This study provides another example of ascomycetes with very different life-styles and ecologies being closely related.
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0953756207002821
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