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The phylogenetic position of the lichenicolous ascomycete Capronia peltigerae

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The genus Capronia includes a number of lichenicolous (lichen-inhabiting) species, none of which have previously been characterized in vitro or considered in molecular phylogenetic studies. We cultured Capronia peltigerae from Peltigera rufescens and report here the growth of this species on a variety of media and its phylogenetic position based on the analyses of nuclear ribosomal RNA, mitochondrial ribosomal RNA, and RNA polymerase II (RPB1) gene sequences. This species differs from the majority of Capronia studied in axenic culture in lacking a conidial anamorph. Phylogenetic analyses position C. peltigerae outside the Herpotrichiellaceae within a robustly supported basal lineage of the Chaetothyriales composed primarily of melanized, rock-inhabiting anamorphic fungi. Our results demonstrate that Capronia, as circumscribed currently, is polyphyletic, but they do not resolve the relationship of C. peltigerae with members of the Chaetothyriaceae.

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We are indebted to Gary McNeely (Brandon University) and two anonymous reviewers for their suggestions for the improvement of an earlier version of this paper. This study was supported by a Discovery Grant to WAU from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada and awards for research infrastructure to WAU from the Canada Foundation for Innovation. Financial support in the form of a NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award to Mary-Jane Orr is gratefully acknowledged. The photographs used in this paper were obtained at the Sackler Biodiversity Imaging Laboratory of the Natural History Museum of London.

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    Wendy A. Untereiner & Mary-Jane Orr

  2. Botany Department, Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, UK

    Cécile Gueidan

  3. Musée national d’histoire naturelle, L-2160, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Germany

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Untereiner, W.A., Gueidan, C., Orr, MJ. et al. The phylogenetic position of the lichenicolous ascomycete Capronia peltigerae . Fungal Diversity 49, 225–233 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13225-011-0097-x

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