Lichen algae: the photosynthetic partners in lichen symbioses
Open Access
- 1 September 2021
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Lichenologist
- Vol. 53 (5), 347-393
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0024282921000335
Abstract
A review of algal (including cyanobacterial) symbionts associated with lichen-forming fungi is presented. General aspects of their biology relevant to lichen symbioses are summarized. The genera of algae currently believed to include lichen symbionts are outlined; approximately 50 can be recognized at present. References reporting algal taxa in lichen symbiosis are tabulated, with emphasis on those published since the 1988 review by Tschermak-Woess, and particularly those providing molecular evidence for their identifications. This review is dedicated in honour of Austrian phycologist Elisabeth Tschermak-Woess (1917–2001), for her numerous and significant contributions to our knowledge of lichen algae (some published under the names Elisabeth Tschermak and Liesl Tschermak).Keywords
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