Metagenome from the lichen Dibaeis baeomyces. symbiont metagenome

A lichen is a symbiotic association of a fungus and a photosynthesizing partner, such as a green algae or cyanobacterium. The symbiosis is usually obligate for the fungus. The goal of this study was to generate genome information for phylogenetic analysis from the cultured mycobionts (lichenizing fungi) and lichen thalli spanning the diversity of lichenized groups in the classes Lecanoromycetes, Eurotiomycetes, Dothidiomycetes and Arthoniomycetes. Dibaeis baeomyces is a lichen composed of the lichenizing fungus Dibaeis baeomyces (for which the association is named) and its green algal photobiont Coccomyxa. The fungus Dibaeis baeomyces is in the class Lecanoromycetes, subclass Ostropomycetidae.