@Article{taiwania2010552110,
AUTHOR = {Jong-How Chang, Hsiao-Wei Kao and Yei-Zeng Wang},
TITLE = {Molecular Phylogeny of Cercophora, Podospora, and Schizothecium (Lasiosphaeriaceae, Pyrenomycetes)},
JOURNAL = {Taiwania},
VOLUME = {55},
YEAR = {2010},
ISSUE = {2},
PAGES = {110-116},
URL = {https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/1125},
ABSTRACT = {Pyrenomycete species of Cercophora and Podospora are common on the dung of herbivores. Schizothecium was differentiated from Podospora based on morphological characters and further supported by molecular phylogenetic analyses. This study focused on phylogenetic relationships of Cercophora and Podospora including species of Schizothecium. Two gene sequences, ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacers (ITS/5.8S rDNA) and a fragment of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GPD), were amplified and examined using maximum-parsimony and Bayesian analyses. In all analyses, Cercophora and Podospora were found to be polyphyletic, each consisting of a group of morphologically heterogeneous and phylogenetically distant species. Species of Schizothecium were all located in one clade and two Cercophora species with similar perithecial hair structures formed a sister group to it. The recognition of Shizotheium is reconfirmed. The phylogeny indicated a relevant relationship with the perithecial morphology in the Lasiosphariaceae. },
DOI = {10.6165/tai.2010.55(2).110}
}