Palaearctic origin and repeated dispersal over the world shaped the biogeographic history of the saprophytic genus Coprinopsis (Psathyrellaceae, Basidiomycota)
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Abstract
Aim: The biogeographic history of most fungi is still poorly known, as well as the patterns and processes responsible for their diversification. Recent studies uncovered that most fungi have originated and present higher diversification rates in the temperate zone. The distributional pattern known for fungi is also different from many plants, animals and microbes. Using the most comprehensive phylogeny of the saprotrophic genus Coprinopsis, we aim to infer the biogeographic history and test evolutionary hypotheses in the genus.
Location: Worldwide
Taxon: Fungi, Basidiomycota, Psathyrellaceae, Coprinopsis
Methods: We used a four-gene alignment with 100 species to estimate divergence times using two fossil calibrations within Agaricales. The chronograms were used to estimate diversification rates and geographic state-dependent models were applied. We further reconstructed the ancestral range history of the genus.
Results: Molecular dating estimated that the genus has diverged ca. 41 Ma (Eocene) and originated in the Palaearctic region. Diversification rates showed a decreasing pattern towards the present across Coprinopsis, especially after the Miocene (ca. 14 Ma). The diversification models dependent on distribution showed cosmopolitan lineages with higher net-diversification rates. When we compared temperate and tropical regions, we found that temperate lineages have higher net-diversification rates. The biogeographic history of Coprinopsis estimated different routes of dispersal. The most common dispersal route was from the Palaearctic to the Nearctic (15 times), followed by the Palaeartic to the Neotropics (14 times).
Main Conclusions: The study is the first to estimate the diversification rates and the historical biogeography of the coprinoid genus Coprinopsis. The diversification dynamics estimates in Coprinopsis are in agreement with the “generalized diversification rates model”, where we found higher diversification rates in temperate regions compared to tropical regions. In general, the ancestral area and major dispersal routes recovered in the genus are similar to findings in other groups of fungi.
README: Palaearctic origin and repeated dispersal over the world shaped the biogeographic history of the saprophytic genus Coprinopsis (Psathyrellaceae, Basidiomycota)
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.4xgxd25hk
We include the materials used in the article, along with the images and tables containing taxonomic and geographic information utilized in the analyses.
Description of the data and file structure
We provide Figures 1 and 2 in .tiff format containing the results of the biogeographical analyses and a .csv file with geographic data for the species. The geographic regions in this file are coded as "0" for Nearctic, "1" for Neotropical, "2" for Palaearctic, "3" for Afrotropical, "4" for Oriental, and "5" for Australian.
Additionally, a .doc file contains the supplementary information.