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Flavoparmelia haysonii (L.Ach.)     Australia, capital territory                Carlos Fernández-Moriano et al.
Flavoparmelia rutidota (L.Ach.)     USA, California                                     MAF-LICH 7535
Hipotrachyna execta (Schaer.)       India, W. Himalaya, Kuachula Khark                  MAF-LICH 16949
                                                                                        MAF-LICH 15518

Lichen specie                       Origin                                      MAF code
Myelochroa entotheiochroa (Nyl.)    Japan, Honshu, Prov. Kai, Nishizawa Valley  MAF-LICH 16937

Myelochroa irrugans (Nyl.)          Japan, Honshu, Prov. Kai, Nishizawa Valley  MAF-LICH 16931

Parmelia saxatilis (Nyl.)           England, New Forest                         MAF-LICH 16932

Parmotrema abessinicum (Krempelh.)  Kenya, Rift Valley, lake Naivasha           MAF-LICH 16938

Hipotrachyna execta (Schaer.)       India, W. Himalaya, Kuachula Khark          MAF-LICH 15518

Parmotrema austrosinense (Zahlbr.)  Japan, Honshu, Prov Hitachi, Tsukuba        MAF-LICH 16934

Parmotrema perlatum (Nyl.)          England, New Forest                         MAF-LICH 16938

Parmotrema praeserediosum (Nyl.)    Brazil, Pernambuco, Catimbau National Park  MAF-LICH 16945

Parmotrema reticulatum (Taylor)     Japan, Honshu, Prov. Musashi, Chichibu      MAF-LICH 16935

Parmotrema saccatilobum (Taylor)    Japan, Honshu, Prov. Kai, Nishizawa Valley  MAF-LICH 16928

Usnea arizonica (Mot.)              USA, California                             MAF-LICH 16947

Usnea aurantiacoatra (Mot.)         Chile, Ambarino                             MAF-LICH 15686

Usnea contexta (Mot.)               Chile, Ambarino                             MAF-LICH 15710

Usnea filipendula (Zahlbr.)         USA, California                             MAF-LICH 16948

Usnea ghattensis (Zahlbr.)          India, Tamil Nadu, Ghat, Nilgiri Hills      MAF-LICH 16944

Usnea sp. (Mot.)                    Japan, Honshu, Prov. Musashi, Saitama       MAF-LICH 16936

Xantoparmelia coreana (Gyeln.)      Japan, Honshu, Prov. Hitachi, Tsukuba       MAF-LICH 16933

2.3. Mollecular identification                                and ITS2-KL (16). Genomic DNA (1–10 ng) was used for
                                                              PCR amplifications of the ITS regions. The 25 µL PCR
    Total genomic DNA was extracted from freshly              reactions contained buffer 1x (containing 10 mM Tris pH
collected material and/or herbarium specimens younger         9.0, 2.5 mM MgCl2, 50 mM KCl, 0.1% TritonX-100), 0.2
than 5 years. To reduce contamination by fungal               mM each dNTP, 0.5 µM each primer, 1.25 units Taq DNA
endophytes, samples were carefully prepared and visible       polymerase (Applied Biosystems) and 1–10 ng genomic
symptoms of secondary fungal growth were removed.             DNA extract. PCR amplifications were carried out in a
Small pieces (ca. 2 mm2) were carefully separated, washed     Techne R TC-3000 thermal cycler under the following
in acetone for two hours to remove potential secondary        conditions: initial heating step of 5 min at 94°C, followed
metabolites and dried overnight. Samples were ground          by 30 cycles of 1 min at 94°C, 1 min at 54°C and 1.5 min
with sterile pestles into liquid nitrogen and later into the  at 72°C. A final extension step of 5 min at 72°C was
lysis buffer at 65 °C, incubated at 65 °C for two hours and   added, after which the samples were kept at 4°C.
later kept at room temperature overnight. DNA was             Amplification products were viewed on a 1% agarose gel
extracted using the DNeasy Plant Mini Kit (Qiagen,            stained with SYBR Safe DNA (Life Technologies
Valencia, California, USA) according to the                   Corporations, Grand Island, New York, U.S.A.), and
manufacturer’s instructions but with slight modifications     purification was performed by adding 2 µL of ExoSAP-
(14).                                                         IT™ (Exonuclease 1-Shrimp Alkaline Phosphatase) to 10
                                                              µL of PCR products, followed by a heat treatment of 15
    PCR amplifications of the ITS gene fragment was           min at 37°C and 15 min at 80°C. Both complementary
performed using fungal specific primers ITS1-LM (15)
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