Project

The fishy milkcaps (Lactifluus volemus sensu lato), cryptic species with a long and pandemic history

Code

01D24309

Looptijd

01-01-2010 → 31-12-2011

Financiering

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor

Annemieke Verbeken

Fellow

Kobeke Van de Putte

Onderzoeksdisciplines

Natural sciences
- General biology
- Microbiology
- Plant biology
- Systems biology
Medical and health sciences
- Laboratory medicine
- Microbiology
- Laboratory medicine
- Laboratory medicine
- Microbiology

Trefwoorden

soortcomplex cryptische soort lactifluus volemus

Projectomschrijving

Lactifluus volemus is a traditional morphological species, easily distinguishable by several unique macro- and micromorphological characcteristics. Nevertheless, a strikingly large genetic divergence has been observed. We are dealing with a complex of different cryptic species. This combined molecular and morphological study aims to establish the age of the group, its phylogeographic history, the number of taxa present, their morphological limits and geopgrahical distributions.