Woo Jung-Jae, Lücking Robert, Oh Seung-Yoon, Jeun Yong-Chull, Hur Jae-Seoun
Korean Lichen Research Institute, Sunchon National University, Suncheon, Korea.
Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Mycobiology. 2025 Jul 17;53(4):556-571. doi: 10.1080/12298093.2025.2530843. eCollection 2025.
Foliicolous or leaf-dwelling lichens are mostly found in (sub-)tropical rainforests; due to their sensibility to environmental changes, they may serve as biological indicators for rainforest ecosystems. In Korea, the northward shift of subtropical conditions due to global climate change has emphasized the importance of understanding foliicolous lichen diversity and distribution, as they are now increasingly found in these latitudes. This study revises the taxonomy and distribution of foliicolous species in the family Strigulaceae in Korea through ITS-based identification and multigenetic analyses using four additional genetic markers (SSU, LSU, and ). The results support sp. nov. and gen. nov. et sp. nov. as distinct phylogenetic lineages. Newly obtained ITS sequences confirmed that previously misidentified specimens of (KoLRI016349 and KoLRI016333) and (KoLRI016334) correspond to and , respectively. In addition, the distribution of Strigulaceae, once known only from Jeju Island within Korea, was found to extend to four additional southern islands: An, Ga-geo, Geo-mun, and Gwan-mae.
叶生或附生在叶片上的地衣大多生长在（亚）热带雨林中；由于它们对环境变化敏感，可作为雨林生态系统的生物指标。在韩国，由于全球气候变化导致亚热带条件向北转移，凸显了了解叶生地衣多样性和分布的重要性，因为现在在这些纬度地区越来越多地发现它们。本研究通过基于ITS的鉴定以及使用另外四个遗传标记（SSU、LSU和……）进行多基因分析，对韩国Strigulaceae科叶生种类的分类学和分布进行了修订。结果支持……新种和……新属及新种作为不同的系统发育谱系。新获得的ITS序列证实，之前被误鉴定的……（KoLRI016349和KoLRI016333）和……（KoLRI016334）标本分别对应于……和……。此外，曾仅在韩国济州岛被发现的Strigulaceae科的分布范围扩展到了另外四个南部岛屿：安岛、加吉岛、巨文岛和莞梅岛。
