Parallel Evolution in Lichen-Forming Fungi
- 13 April 1973
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 180 (4082), 196-198
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.180.4082.196
Abstract
The asexual lichen-forming fungus Parmelia hypotropa has two common chemical races that differ sharply in biogeography and niche characteristics and appear to have been derived by morphologic parallelism from chemically identical races of the closely related Parmelia perforata, which is sexual. Among the lichen fungi many chemically variable asexual morphs, which conventional taxonomies treat as species, are probably polyphyletic like Parmelia hypotropa.Keywords
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