Mónica A.G. Otálora

TL;DR: The phylogenies confirm that ascus morphology cannot be applied consistently to shape the classification of lichen-forming fungi and conclude that a phylogenetic synthesis for a chosen taxonomic group should include a comprehensive assessment of phylogenetic confidence based on multiple estimates using different methods and on a progressive taxon sampling with an increasing number of taxa, even if it involves an increasing amount of missing data.

TL;DR: The effects of crust disturbance and sterilization on seed emergence were species- specific, and also varied with the lichen species serving as substrate, highlighting the importance of species-specific interactions between vascular plants and BSC-forming soil lichens.

TL;DR: The presence/absence of a eucortex is still useful, but only in combination with other traits such as thallus habit, lobe size, ascospore characteristics,Thallus anatomical structure, and habitat preference.

TL;DR: Five independent cases of one-to-one reciprocal specificity at the species level, including two that span intercontinental distributions, were discovered and represent independent transitions from a generalist state during the evolution of both partners.

TL;DR: It is found that L. pulmonaria tends to occur in trees with larger diameters in two types of surveyed forests, and in Quercus pyrenaica patches, the mean diameter of colonized trees was smaller, suggesting the importance of bark roughness.