02004nas a2200241 4500008004100000022001400041245009100055210006900146300001200215490000800227520123900235653001501474653002001489653001801509653001401527653002401541100001701565700001601582700001601598700001601614700001301630856011901643 2007 eng d a0953-756200aThe phylogenetic placement of Ostropales within Lecanoromycetes (Ascomycota) revisited0 aphylogenetic placement of Ostropales within Lecanoromycetes Asco a257-2670 v1113 a
Results of molecular studies regarding the phylogenetic placement of the order Ostropales and related taxa within Lecanoromycetes were thus far inconclusive. Some analyses placed the order as sister to the rest of Lecanoromycetes, while others inferred a position nested within Lecanoromycetes. We assembled a data set of 101 species including sequences from nuLSU rDNA, mtSSU rDNA, and the nuclear protein-coding RPB1 for each species to examine the cause of incongruencies in previously published phylogenies. MP, minimum evolution, and Bayesian analyses were performed using the combined three-region data set and the single-gene data sets. The position of Ostropales nested in Lecanoromycetes is confirmed in all single-gene and concatenated analyses, and a placement as sister to the rest of Lecanoromycetes is significantly rejected using two independent methods of alternative topology testing. Acarosporales and related taxa (Acarosporaceae group) are basal in Lecanoromycetes. However, if the these basal taxa are excluded from the analyses, Ostropales appear to be sister to the rest of Lecanoromycetes, suggesting different ingroup rooting as the cause for deviating topologies in previously published phylogenies.
10aAscomycota10aFungal Proteins10aGenes, Fungal10aPhylogeny10aSpecies Specificity1 aLumbsch, H T1 aSchmitt, I.1 aLücking, R1 aWiklund, E.1 aWedin, M uhttps://fungi.myspecies.info/content/phylogenetic-placement-ostropales-within-lecanoromycetes-ascomycota-revisited