Coalescent-Based Species Delimitation Approach Uncovers High Cryptic Diversity in the Cosmopolitan Lichen-Forming Fungal Genus Protoparmelia (Lecanorales, Ascomycota)

• Garima Singh ,

  * E-mail: 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

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• Francesco Dal Grande,

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

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• 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

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• Jürgen Otte,

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

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• Steven D. Leavitt,

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

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• Katarzyna Szczepanska,

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

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• Ana Crespo,

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

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• 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

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• André Aptroot,

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

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• Marcela Eugenia da Silva Cáceres,

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

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• H. Thorsten Lumbsch,

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

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• Imke Schmitt

  * E-mail: 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

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