Calicioid fungi and lichens from an unprotected intact forest ecosystem in Québec

Bell-Doyon, Philip; Selva, Steven B.; McMullin, Richard Troy

doi:10.1080/11956860.2021.1885804

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“… Pettersson et al (1995) , Hansell (1996) , Webber et al (2022) , Miranda-González et al (2023) ). Moreover, lichen communities are used as indicators of atmospheric pollution ( Hawksworth and Rose 1970 , Richardson 1988 , McMullin et al 2016 , McMullin et al 2017a ), ecological continuity ( Tibell 1992 , Selva 2003 , Goward and Arsenault 2018 , Bell-Doyon et al 2021 , Wiersma and McMullin 2022 ) and biodiversity conservation value ( Goward 1994 , Malíček et al 2019 , Miller et al 2020 ). Lichens are also numerous; in Canada and the United States alone, there are 5823 species in 805 genera, including allied fungi ( Esslinger 2021 ).…”

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DNA barcoding aids in generating a preliminary checklist of the lichens and allied fungi of Calvert Island, British Columbia: Results from the 2018 Hakai Terrestrial BioBlitz

McMullin,

Simon,

Brodo

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Bioblitzes are a tool for the rapid appraisal of biodiversity and are particularly useful in remote and understudied regions and for understudied taxa. Lichens are an example of an often overlooked group, despite being widespread in virtually all terrestrial ecosystems and having many important ecological functions. We report the lichens and allied fungi collected during the 2018 terrestrial bioblitz conducted on Calvert Island on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada. We identified 449 specimens belonging to 189 species in 85 genera, increasing the total number of species known from Calvert Island to 194, and generated Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) sequences for 215 specimens from 121 species. Bryoria furcellata, Chaenothecopsis lecanactidis and C. nigripunctata were collected for the first time in British Columbia. We also found Pseudocyphellaria rainierensis, which is listed as Special Concern on the federal Species at Risk Act, and other rarely reported species in British Columbia including Opegrapha sphaerophoricola, Protomicarea limosa, Raesaenenia huuskonenii and Sarea difformis. We demonstrate that DNA barcoding improves the scope and accuracy of expert-led bioblitzes by facilitating the detection of cryptic species and allowing for consistent identification of chemically and morphologically overlapping taxa. Despite the spatial and temporal limitations of our study, the results highlight the value of intact forest ecosystems on the Central Coast of British Columbia for lichen biodiversity, education and conservation.

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DNA barcoding aids in generating a preliminary checklist of the lichens and allied fungi of Calvert Island, British Columbia: Results from the 2018 Hakai Terrestrial BioBlitz

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Brodo

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“…For these, I checked additional online databases fromCanadensys (2023), the New York Botanical Garden (2023), the Canadian Museum of Nature (2023), and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (2023) for further records. Additionally, I reviewed recent literature on lichen distribution in northeastern North America to acknowledge yet undigitized occurrences(Bell-Doyon et al 2021;McMullin 2018McMullin , 2019McMullin et al 2017bMcMullin et al , 2021Paquette and McMullin 2020;Paquette et al 2019;Selva 2010Selva , 2013Selva , 2014.…”

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Checklist of Lichens and Associated Fungi from Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve, Québec, Canada

Bell-Doyon

2023

Northeastern Naturalist

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This first annotated checklist of the lichens and associated fungi from Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve (Québec, Canada) was compiled with the aim of enhancing the ecological knowledge from this regional biodiversity hotspot. I collected specimens in 2021 and 2022 and reviewed previous records based on vouchers deposited at the Louis-Marie Herbarium. A total of 257 species belonging to 96 genera are reported for the protected area, 3 of which represent the first published occurrence with an associated, digitized voucher for the province of Québec: Lecanactis abietina, Opegrapha vulgata, and Usnea diplotypus. This work highlights that Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve has the potential to be recognized as an area of high lichen diversity in northeastern North America.

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Are calicioids useful indicators of boreal forest continuity or condition?

Wiersma

McMullin

2022

Biodivers Conserv

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Calicioid fungi and lichens from an unprotected intact forest ecosystem in Québec

Cited by 6 publications

References 69 publications

DNA barcoding aids in generating a preliminary checklist of the lichens and allied fungi of Calvert Island, British Columbia: Results from the 2018 Hakai Terrestrial BioBlitz

DNA barcoding aids in generating a preliminary checklist of the lichens and allied fungi of Calvert Island, British Columbia: Results from the 2018 Hakai Terrestrial BioBlitz

Checklist of Lichens and Associated Fungi from Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve, Québec, Canada

Are calicioids useful indicators of boreal forest continuity or condition?

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