About the Authors

Garima Singh

garima.singh@senckenberg.de (GS); imke.schmitt@senckenberg.de (IS)

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Institute of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Goethe Universität, Grüneburgplatz 1, 60323, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Francesco Dal Grande

Affiliation Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Pradeep K. Divakar

Affiliation Departamento de Biología Vegetal II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Plaza de Ramon y Cajal s/n, E-28040, Madrid, Spain

Jürgen Otte

Affiliation Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Steven D. Leavitt

Affiliation Science & Education, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, 60605, United States of America

Katarzyna Szczepanska

Affiliation Department of Botany and Plant Ecology, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, pl. Grunwaldzki 24a, 50-363, Wroclaw, Poland

Ana Crespo

Affiliation Departamento de Biología Vegetal II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Plaza de Ramon y Cajal s/n, E-28040, Madrid, Spain

Víctor J. Rico

Affiliation Departamento de Biología Vegetal II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Plaza de Ramon y Cajal s/n, E-28040, Madrid, Spain

André Aptroot

Affiliation Advice Bureau for Bryology and Lichenology Herbarium, Soest, The Netherlands

Marcela Eugenia da Silva Cáceres

Affiliation Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Departamento de Biociências, Itabaiana, Sergipe, Brazil

H. Thorsten Lumbsch

Affiliation Science & Education, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, 60605, United States of America

Imke Schmitt

garima.singh@senckenberg.de (GS); imke.schmitt@senckenberg.de (IS)

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Institute of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Goethe Universität, Grüneburgplatz 1, 60323, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GS IS HTL. Performed the experiments: JO GS KS. Analyzed the data: GS FDG SL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA AC MC VJR PKD KS. Wrote the paper: GS FDG IS HTL.