Evolutionary relationships of Lentinus to the Polyporaceae: evidence from restriction analysis of enzymatically amplified ribosomal DNA

Authors

D. S. Hibbett, Duke University
R. Vilgalys, Duke University

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Results suggest that Lentinus tigrinus is more closely related ot the Polyporaceae than to the Tricholomataceae. Morphological characters (dimitic hyphae and hyphal pegs) also support this hypothesis. The other species of Lentinus appear to be intermediate between the Polyporaceae and Tricholomataceae and could not be clearly assigned to either family. Lentinus is probably paraphyletic and, therefore, lamellae have arisen repeatedly by convergent evolution. -from Authors

Publication Title

Mycologia

Publication Date

1991

Volume

83

Issue

4

First Page

425

Last Page

439

ISSN

0027-5514

DOI

10.1080/00275514.1991.12026032

Repository Citation

Hibbett, D. S. and Vilgalys, R., "Evolutionary relationships of Lentinus to the Polyporaceae: evidence from restriction analysis of enzymatically amplified ribosomal DNA" (1991). Biology. 311.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_biology/311