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Figure. Molecular Phylogenetic analysis by the Maximum Likelihood method of Acanthobasidium, Aleurodiscus (s.s.) and Neoaleurodiscus The evolutionary history was inferred by using the Maximum Likelihood method based on the Tamura-Nei model [1]. The tree with the highest log likelihood (-2842.6486) is shown. The percentage of trees in which the associated taxa clustered together is shown next to the branches. Initial tree(s) for the heuristic search were obtained by applying the Neighbor-Joining method to a matrix of pairwise distances estimated using the Maximum Composite Likelihood (MCL) approach. A discrete Gamma distribution was used to model evolutionary rate differences among sites (5 categories (+G, parameter = 0.1738)). The rate variation model allowed for some sites to be evolutionarily invariable ([+I], 68.6716% sites). The tree is drawn to scale, with branch lengths measured in the number of substitutions per site. The analysis involved 20 nucleotide sequences. There were a total of 964 positions in the final dataset. Evolutionary analyses were conducted in MEGA6 [2].
For all taxa the GenBank number of the DNA-sequence is shown. For the tree, the same sequences are used, which Sheng-Hua Wu used for his most parsimonious tree. [5] In addition, the sequence of Aleurodiscus aurantius AY039317 (in red) was used for the calculation of the LM-tree.

1. Tamura K. and Nei M. (1993). Estimation of the number of nucleotide substitutions in the control region of mitochondrial DNA in humans and chimpanzees. Molecular Biology and Evolution 10:512-526.
2. Tamura K., Stecher G., Peterson D., Filipski A., and Kumar S. (2013). MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis version 6.0. Molecular Biology and Evolution30: 2725-2729.
3. Sheng-Hua Wu, Dong-Mei Wang & Shi-Yi Yu: Neoaleurodiscus fujii, a new genus and new species found at the timberline in Japan. In: The Mycological Society of America, (Hrsg.): Mycologia. Vol.: 102(1), Lawrence 2010, S. 217–223

List with GenBank Sequences

• Aleurodiscus grantii strain T569
• Aleurodiscus amorphus strain HHB15282
• Aleurodiscus amorphus - AF506397
• Acanthobasicium penicillatum strain T322
• Aleurodiscus weirii strain HHB12678
• Acanthobasidium norvegicum strain T623
• Aleurodiscus aurantius strain T621
• Neoaleurodiscus fujii strain Wu0807-41
• Neoaleurodiscus fujii strain Wu0807-40
• Gloeodontia discolor AF506445
• Gloeodontia pyramidata AF506446
• Acanthofungus rimosus AY039333
• Stereum rugosum AY039311
• Acanthophysium lividocaeruleum AY039319
• Xylobolus frustulatus AY039307
• Acanthophysium cerussatum AY039310
• Aleurobotrys botryosus AY039331
• Gloeocystidiopsis aff. flamma AF506438
• Aleurodiscus mirabilis AY039332
• Aleurodiscus oakesii AY039306
• Megalocystidium leucoxanthum AF506420