de Paz, Guillermo AmoLumbsch, H ThorstenCubas, PalomaElix, JohnCrespo, Ana2015-12-101030-1887http://hdl.handle.net/1885/57663Thallus morphology has traditionally played a major role in the classification of lichenised fungi. We have used a combined dataset of nuITS, nuLSU and mtSSU rDNA sequences to evaluate the phylogenetic relationships between the subcrustose genus KaroowiaKeywords: Bayesian analysis; cladistics; classification; cluster analysis; data set; functional morphology; genetic analysis; hypothesis testing; lichen; parsimony analysis; phenotype; taxonomy; Ascomycota; Fungi; Karoowia; Parmeliaceae; Xanthoparmelia201010.1071/SB090552016-02-24