Ectomycorrhizal fungi play a key role in forests by establishing mutualistic symbioses with
woody plants. Genome analyses have identified conserved symbiosis‐related traits among …

Fungi are a large group of eukaryotes found in nearly all ecosystems. More than 250 fungal
genomes have already been sequenced, greatly improving our understanding of fungal …

We are in the golden age of fungal evolutionary biology. In this introductory chapter, we
celebrate the progress in unraveling fungal relationships that paralleled the spread of the …

Summary Endogonales (Mucoromycotina), composed of Endogonaceae and
Densosporaceae, is the only known non‐Dikarya order with ectomycorrhizal members. They …

Plant-associated microbiomes are key determinants of host-plant fitness, productivity, and
function. However, compared to bacterial community, we still lack fundamental knowledge …

Nuclei of arbuscular endomycorrhizal fungi have been described as highly diverse due to
their asexual nature and absence of a single cell stage with only one nucleus. This has …

Wood-degrading fungi vary in their strategies for deconstructing wood, and their competitive
successes shape the rate and fate of carbon released from wood, Earth's largest pool of …

Plants grow in close associations with fungi—pathogens, symbionts, and endophytes—and
depend on these associations for success. Therefore, understanding the mechanisms of …

Trichoderma is a cosmopolitan genus with diverse lifestyles and nutritional modes, including
mycotrophy, saprophytism, and endophytism. Previous research has reported greater …

Background Whereas an increasing number of pathogenic and mutualistic ascomycetous
species were sequenced in the past decade, species showing a seemingly neutral …