Dating the Diversification of the Major Lineages of Ascomycota (Fungi)

Diversification of the newly recognized lichen-forming fungal lineage Montanelia (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) and its relation to key geological and climatic events

(2012) Pradeep K. Divakar et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Miocene and Pliocene dominated diversification of the lichen-forming fungal genus Melanohalea (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) and Pleistocene population expansions

(2012) Steven D Leavitt et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Mazaedium evolution in the Ascomycota (Fungi) and the classification of mazaediate groups of formerly unclear relationship

(2012) Maria Prieto et al.   CLADISTICS

Stuck in time – a new Chaenothecopsis species with proliferating ascomata from Cunninghamia resin and its fossil ancestors in European amber

(2012) Hanna Tuovila et al.   FUNGAL DIVERSITY

Culture-based study of endophytes associated with rubber trees in Peru reveals a new class of Pezizomycotina: Xylonomycetes

(2012) R. Gazis et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

A timeline for terrestrialization: consequences for the carbon cycle in the Palaeozoic

(2012) P. Kenrick et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Transoceanic Dispersal and Subsequent Diversification on Separate Continents Shaped Diversity of the Xanthoparmelia pulla Group (Ascomycota)

(2012) Guillermo Amo de Paz et al.   PLoS One

Origin and evolution of carnivorism in the Ascomycota (fungi)

(2012) E. Yang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Rock-inhabiting fungi originated during periods of dry climate in the late Devonian and middle Triassic

(2011) Cécile Gueidan et al.   Fungal Biology

Establishing a time-scale for plant evolution

(2011) John T. Clarke et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Origin and Diversification of Major Clades in Parmelioid Lichens (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) during the Paleogene Inferred by Bayesian Analysis

(2011) Guillermo Amo de Paz et al.   PLoS One

Best Practices for Justifying Fossil Calibrations

(2011) James F. Parham et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

The age and diversification of the angiosperms re-revisited

(2010) Charles D. Bell et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

A Molecular Genetic Timescale for the Diversification of Autotrophic Stramenopiles (Ochrophyta): Substantive Underestimation of Putative Fossil Ages

(2010) Joseph W. Brown et al.   PLoS One

Cretaceous African life captured in amber

(2010) A. R. Schmidt et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A rock-inhabiting ancestor for mutualistic and pathogen-rich fungal lineages

(2010) C. Gueidan et al.   STUDIES IN MYCOLOGY

Dating the molecular clock in fungi – how close are we?

(2010) Mary L. Berbee et al.   Fungal Biology Reviews

Calibrating the Tree of Life: fossils, molecules and evolutionary timescales

(2009) Félix Forest   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Distinguishing heat from light in debate over controversial fossils

(2009) Philip C. J. Donoghue et al.   BIOESSAYS

Fungi evolved right on track

(2009) Robert Lücking et al.   MYCOLOGIA

Accounting for Calibration Uncertainty in Phylogenetic Estimation of Evolutionary Divergence Times

(2009) Simon Y. W. Ho et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

The Ascomycota Tree of Life: A Phylum-wide Phylogeny Clarifies the Origin and Evolution of Fundamental Reproductive and Ecological Traits

(2009) Conrad L. Schoch et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Origin and Early Evolution of Angiosperms

(2008) Douglas E. Soltis et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

A new species of Phyllopsora (Lecanorales, lichen-forming Ascomycota) from Dominican amber, with remarks on the fossil history of lichens

(2008) J. Rikkinen et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

jModelTest: Phylogenetic Model Averaging

(2008) D. Posada   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Phylogenetic uncertainty and molecular clock calibrations: A case study of legless lizards (Pygopodidae, Gekkota)

(2008) M.S.Y. Lee et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

A Rapid Bootstrap Algorithm for the RAxML Web Servers

(2008) Alexandros Stamatakis et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY