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A new circumscription of the lichen genus Nephromopsis (Parmeliaceae, lichenized Ascomycetes)

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The phylogeny of the cetrarioid lichens with bifusiform spermatia and dorsiventral thalli which contain usnic acid is reanalysed using three parts of the genome, ITS rDNA, β-tubulin and GAPDH sequences. Molecular data from five cetrarioid species are presented for the first time, and 13 new sequences are combined with sequences from the gene bank to delimit the genus Nephromopsis. A monophyletic clade of Nephromopsis, Tuckneraria, ‘Cetraria’ leucostigma and ‘C.’ melaloma is identified and circumscribed as one genus, Nephromopsis, which now includes 19 species. Four new combinations are presented. A key to the species is provided.

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  1. Botanical Museum, Department of the Biological Museums, Lund University, Östra Vallgatan 18, S-22361, Lund, Sweden

    Arne Thell & Ingvar Kärnefelt

  2. Institute of Botany and Ecology, University of Tartu, Lai Street 38, 51005, Tartu, Estonia

    Tiina Randlane & Andres Saag

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Thell, A., Randlane, T., Saag, A. et al. A new circumscription of the lichen genus Nephromopsis (Parmeliaceae, lichenized Ascomycetes). Mycol Progress 4, 303–316 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-006-0135-3

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