Bioclimatic Origin Shapes Phylogenetic Structure of Tirmania (Pezizaceae): New Species and New Record from North Africa.
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Date published
April 29, 2023
Abstract
The phylogenetic relationships among Tirmania were investigated using the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and large subunit (LSU) regions of the nuclear-encoded ribosomal DNA (rDNA) and compared with morphological and bioclimatic data. The combined analyses of forty-one Tirmania samples from Algeria and Spain supported four lineages corresponding to four morphological species. Besides the two previously described taxa, Tirmania pinoyi and Tirmania nivea, here we describe and illustrate a new species, Tirmania sahariensis sp. nov., which differs from all other Tirmania by its distinct phylogenetic position and its specific combination of morphological features. We also present a first record of Tirmania honrubiae from North Africa (Algeria). Our findings suggest that restrictions imposed by the bioclimatic niche have played a key role in driving the speciation process of Tirmania along the Mediterranean and Middle East.
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Priority 4: Accelerated Taxonomy
Journal title
Journal of Fungi
Volume
9
Issue
5
Article number
532
Publisher
MDPI AG
Place of publication
Basel, Switzerland
eISSN
2309-608X
Date accepted
April 23, 2023
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IF = 5.724 (2-2202023) ; (This article belongs to the Special Issue Phylogeny and Taxonomy of Ascomycete Fungi)