Dual Symbiont Target Capture of Fog Lichen Symbionts
This study uses target capture to hybridize with, and enrich, phylogenetically informative loci of green algal photobionts and mycobionts of fog lichens and some free living algae. Mycobionts are primarily from the genera Niebla, Vermilacinia, Cenozosia, and Ramalina, as well as other members of the family Ramalinaceae. Photobionts are predominantly from the genus Trebouxia, along with additional representatives of the class Trebouxiophyceae. We test the feasibility of dual target capture and assess the effect of additional variable like specimen age and phylogenetic breadth.