Fungal genomes and insights into the evolution of the kingdom

JE Stajich - Microbiology spectrum, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
genome size as part of a tight host association in some parasitic fungal-host interactions. …
inadequacy of the white-rot/brown-rot paradigm for wood decay fungi. Proc Natl Acad Sci …

Molecular genetic approaches toward understanding forest-associated fungi and their interactive roles within forest ecosystems

JE Stewart, MS Kim, NB Klopfenstein - Current forestry reports, 2018 - Springer
… and genomic tools provide insights into the diverse roles of forest-associated fungi in forest
… expressed genes associated with mechanisms for wood decay and parasitism [71]. Genes …

Genetic bases of fungal white rot wood decay predicted by phylogenomic analysis of correlated gene-phenotype evolution

LG Nagy, R Riley, PJ Bergmann… - Molecular biology …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
… studies of decay coupled with comparative genomic analyses … decay-related gene families
have provided insight into the … in wood-decay capabilities of BR, ECM and parasitic species, …

Dead wood diversity promotes fungal diversity

S Yang, J Limpens, FJ Sterck, U Sass‐Klaassen… - Oikos, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… Therefore, we conclude that the dead wood decay stage is not … of fungal communities and
more advanced molecular DNA techniques … insights of fungal communities on dead wood. …

[HTML][HTML] An evolutionary ecology perspective to address forest pathology challenges of today and tomorrow

ML Desprez-Loustau, J Aguayo, C Dutech… - Annals of Forest …, 2016 - Springer
… a new concept of tree decay whereby fungi were the cause and … At the same time, the
revolution brought by DNA technologies … when defining plant–parasite interactions (Kutschera and…

Fungal evolution: major ecological adaptations and evolutionary transitions

MA Naranjo‐Ortiz, T Gabaldón - Biological Reviews, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… Finally, we highlight the importance of genome-enabled … to provide new insights on this period
of fungal evolution. … a distinction between a parasite, pathogen or even a predatory fungus

Variation in traits associated with parasitism and saprotrophism in a fungal root-rot pathogen invading intensive pine plantations

F Labbé, B Lung-Escarmant, V Fievet, JP Soularue… - Fungal Ecology, 2017 - Elsevier
genomic studies have lead different authors to suggest that a trade-off might exist between
saprotrophism and parasitism … We assessed wood decomposition according to the AFNOR …

Uncovering the hidden diversity of litter-decomposition mechanisms in mushroom-forming fungi

D Floudas, J Bentzer, D Ahrén, T Johansson… - The ISME …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
… connection between litter and WR wood decomposition … with parasitism and specialization
to early wood colonization [34, … the genomic signatures we identified between LDs/WR fungi, …

Fungal functional ecology: bringing a trait‐based approach to plant‐associated fungi

AE Zanne, K Abarenkov, ME Afkhami… - Biological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
… of wood decomposition rates, and traits of these fungi that dominate the … genome allowed
for detection of genes in the fungi that are co-expressed with host genes, providing insight into

Genome-wide DNA methylation and transcriptomic profiles in the lifestyle strategies and asexual development of the forest fungal pathogen Heterobasidion …

Z Zeng, J Wu, A Kovalchuk, T Raffaello, Z Wen, M Liu… - Epigenetics, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
… & Korhonen is a white-rot fungus, causing the root and stem rot of Norway spruce (Picea abies
(L… as groups of genomic parasites and have profound effects on genome organization and …