C. Cornejo, S. Chabanenko and C. Scheidegger 2009: Phylogenetic analysis indicates transitions from vegetative to sexual reproduction in the Lobaria retigera group (Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota). - Lichenologist41(3): 275-284. [RLL List # 215 / Rec.# 30655] Keywords: LOBARIA RETIGERA/ SEXUAL REPRODUCTION/ ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION/ PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS/ MOLECULAR ANALYSIS/ SPECIES PAIRS
Abstract: [A study of two "species pairs" in Lobaria. "Parsimony analysis of 18 specimens shows two monophyletic clades ― a L. retigera lineage and a L. isidiosa lineage ― both including their apotheciate counterparts. Unlike the original hypothesis of species pairs, our study reveals transitions from isidiate morphs that have the potential to rarely form apothecia, towards apotheciate morphs that produce no vegetative propagules."]