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Response to Clerc & Naciri (2021) Usnea dasopoga (Ach.) Nyl. and U. barbata (L.) F. H. Wigg. (Ascomycetes, Parmeliaceae) are two different species: a plea for reliable identifications in molecular studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2021

Tiina Randlane  and
Kristiina Mark
Tiina Randlane*
Affiliation:
Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Lai Street 38–40, Tartu 51005, Estonia
Kristiina Mark
Affiliation:
Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi Street 1, Tartu 51014, Estonia
*
Author for correspondence: Tiina Randlane. E-mail: tiina.randlane@ut.ee
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The Lichenologist , Volume 53 , Issue 3 , May 2021 , pp. 231 - 232
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