IV. A Dated Phylogeny of the Papaya Family (Caricaceae) Reveals the Crop's Closest Relatives and the Family's Biogeographic History §

F Antunes Carvalho, F Antunes Carvalho… - … , biogeography and an e …, 2015 - Springer
Papaya (Carica papaya) is a crop of great economic importance, and the species was
among the first plants to have its genome sequenced. However, there has never been a …

Ice nucleation activity in the widespread soil fungus Mortierella alpina

J Fröhlich-Nowoisky, TCJ Hill, BG Pummer… - …, 2015 - bg.copernicus.org
Biological residues in soil dust are a potentially strong source of atmospheric ice nuclei (IN).
So far, however, the abundance, diversity, sources, seasonality, and role of biological–in …

First comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of the genus Erysiphe (Erysiphales, Erysiphaceae) I. The Microsphaera lineage

S Takamatsu, H Ito, Y Shiroya, L Kiss, V Heluta - Mycologia, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The genus Erysiphe (including powdery mildew fungi only known as anamorph,
Pseudoidium) is the largest genus in the Erysiphaceae and contains more than 50% of all …

Revisiting the taxonomy of Phanerochaete (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) using a four gene dataset and extensive ITS sampling

D Floudas, DS Hibbett - Fungal Biology, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract We amplified RPB1, RPB2, and the ITS and LSU ribosomal genes from species
mostly in the phlebioid clade, focusing heavily in phanerochaetoid taxa. We performed …

Cadophora species associated with wood-decay of grapevine in North America

R Travadon, DP Lawrence, S Rooney-Latham… - Fungal biology, 2015 - Elsevier
Cadophora species are reported from grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) in California, South Africa,
Spain, Uruguay, and Canada. Frequent isolation from vines co-infected with the Esca …

Towards a natural classification and backbone tree for Pleosporaceae

HA Ariyawansa, KM Thambugala, DS Manamgoda… - Fungal Diversity, 2015 - Springer
The family Pleosporaceae includes numerous saprobic, opportunistic human, and plant
pathogenic taxa. The classification of genera and species Pleosporaceae has been a major …

Fungal systematics and evolution: FUSE 1

PW Crous, RK Schumacher, MJ Wingfield, L Lombard… - 2015 - repository.up.ac.za
Fungal Systematics and Evolution (FUSE) is introduced as a new series to expedite the
publication of issues relating to the epitypification of formerly described species, report new …

Diversity and distribution of fungal communities in the marine sediments of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard (High Arctic)

T Zhang, N Fei Wang, Y Qin Zhang, H Yu Liu… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
This study assessed the diversity and distribution of fungal communities in eight marine
sediments of Kongsfjorden (Svalbard, High Arctic) using 454 pyrosequencing with fungal …

Community assembly of ectomycorrhizal fungi along a subtropical secondary forest succession

C Gao, YU Zhang, NN Shi, Y Zheng, L Chen… - New …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental selection and dispersal limitation are two of the primary processes structuring
biotic communities in ecosystems, but little is known about these processes in shaping soil …

DNA barcoding of Rhododendron (Ericaceae), the largest Chinese plant genus in biodiversity hotspots of the Himalaya–Hengduan Mountains

LJ Yan, J Liu, M Möller, L Zhang… - Molecular ecology …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Himalaya–Hengduan Mountains encompass two global biodiversity hotspots
with high levels of biodiversity and endemism. This area is one of the diversification centres …