Description
The dataset "Barcoded Reticulariaceae of the World" serves as a repository of primary data regarding specimens that were used for a comprehensive review of the family Reticulariaceae, Myxomycetes. It encompasses a total of 523 occurrences, including 36 type specimens, from collections gathered from four continents across 24 countries. This dataset includes 43 distinct species and two subspecies of Myxomycetes, among them rare, endemic, and recently described species. These collections were used as research materials in a series of published studies that focused on critical revisions of various genera, namely Alwisia (Leontyev et al. 2014a, 2014b), Lycogala (Leontyev 2023a, 2023b, Leontyev & Schnittler 2023), Tubifera (Leontyev et al. 2015, Lloyd et al. 2019), Siphoptychium, and Thecotubifera (Leontyev et al. 2019). In addition to the mentioned genera, the dataset also contains data pertaining to the genus Reticularia and members of the Cribrariaceae family that share morphological similarities with Reticulariaceae, specifically Lindbladia and Licaethalium. Nearly all of the specimens, with the exception of several old collections, have been barcoded, primarily involving the 18S rDNA gene, but also the elongation factor 1a gene and mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene. For those sequences that are stored in the NCBI GenBank, accession numbers are provided in the dataset.
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