Jung Patrick, Werner Lina, Briegel-Williams Laura, Emrich Dina, Lakatos Michael
University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern, Integrative Biotechnology, Carl-Schurz-Str. 10-16, 66953 Pirmasens, Germany University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern Pirmasens Germany.
Chair of Applied Vegetation Ecology, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Tennenbacher Str. 4, 79106 Freiburg, Germany University of Freiburg Freiburg Germany.
MycoKeys. 2023 Aug 1;98:317-348. doi: 10.3897/mycokeys.98.107764. eCollection 2023.
Some deserts on Earth such as the Namib or the Atacama are influenced by fog which can lead to the formation of local fog oases - unique environments hosting a great diversity of specialized plants and lichens. Lichens of the genera , or have taxonomically been investigated from fog oases around the globe but not from the Atacama Desert, one of the oldest and driest deserts. Conditioned by its topography and the presence of orographic fog, the National Park Pan de Azúcar in the Atacama Desert is considered to be such a lichen hotspot. Applying multi-gen loci involving phylogenetic analyses combined with intense morphological and chemical characterization, we determined the taxonomic position of five of the most abundant epiphytic lichens of this area. We evaluated and which were both described from the area but also finally showed that the genus is the endemic sister genus to , , and . As a result, we have described the species , and as new lichen species. This work provides a comprehensive dataset for common fog lichen genera of the Coastal Range of the Atacama Desert that can be used as a baseline for monitoring programs and environmental health assessments.
地球上的一些沙漠，如纳米布沙漠或阿塔卡马沙漠，会受到雾气影响，这可能导致局部雾绿洲的形成——这是一种独特的环境，拥有种类繁多的特殊植物和地衣。全球各地雾绿洲中的 属、 属或 属地衣都已进行了分类学研究，但阿塔卡马沙漠（最古老、最干燥的沙漠之一）中的地衣尚未被研究。受其地形和地形雾的影响，阿塔卡马沙漠中的潘德阿苏卡尔国家公园被认为是这样一个地衣热点地区。通过应用涉及系统发育分析的多基因座，并结合深入的形态学和化学特征分析，我们确定了该地区五种最丰富的附生地衣的分类地位。我们对 属和 属进行了评估，这两个属均来自该地区，最终还表明 属是 属、 属、 属的特有姐妹属。因此，我们将 种、 种和 种描述为新的地衣物种。这项工作为阿塔卡马沙漠海岸山脉常见的雾地衣属提供了一个全面的数据集，可作为监测计划和环境健康评估的基线。
