What are fungal species and how to delineate them?

KWT Chethana, IS Manawasinghe, VG Hurdeal… - Fungal Diversity, 2021 - Springer
This is the opening paper in the special issue of Fungal Diversity, which collates the data on
defining species. Defining and recognizing species has long been a controversial issue …

Toward a fully resolved fungal tree of life

TY James, JE Stajich, CT Hittinger… - Annual Review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
In this review, we discuss the current status and future challenges for fully elucidating the
fungal tree of life. In the last 15 years, advances in genomic technologies have …

Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa–2021

NN Wijayawardene, KD Hyde, DQ Dai… - 2022 - rebus.us.edu.pl
This paper provides an updated classification of the Kingdom Fungi (including fossil fungi)
and fungus-like taxa. Five-hundred and twenty-three (535) notes are provided for newly …

Unambiguous identification of fungi: where do we stand and how accurate and precise is fungal DNA barcoding?

R Lücking, MC Aime, B Robbertse, AN Miller… - IMA fungus, 2020 - Springer
True fungi (Fungi) and fungus-like organisms (eg Mycetozoa, Oomycota) constitute the
second largest group of organisms based on global richness estimates, with around 3 …

Prediction of effector protein structures from fungal phytopathogens enables evolutionary analyses

K Seong, KV Krasileva - Nature microbiology, 2023 - nature.com
Elucidating the similarity and diversity of pathogen effectors is critical to understand their
evolution across fungal phytopathogens. However, rapid divergence that diminishes …

Updating species diversity of Colletotrichum, with a phylogenomic overview

F Liu, ZY Ma, LW Hou, YZ Diao, WP Wu… - Studies in …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
The genus Colletotrichum includes important plant pathogens, endophytes, saprobes and
human pathogens. Even though the polyphasic approach has facilitatedColletotrichum …

Mycoparasitism as a mechanism of Trichoderma-mediated suppression of plant diseases

PK Mukherjee, A Mendoza-Mendoza, S Zeilinger… - Fungal Biology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Trichoderma spp. are widely used as plant disease biocontrol agents in agriculture.
Mycoparasitism, which is an ancestral trait of Trichoderma, is one of the most important …

[PDF][PDF] A genome-scale phylogeny of the kingdom Fungi

Y Li, JL Steenwyk, Y Chang, Y Wang, TY James… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Phylogenomic studies using genome-scale amounts of data have greatly improved
understanding of the tree of life. Despite the diversity, ecological significance, and …

Integrative approaches for species delimitation in Ascomycota

SSN Maharachchikumbura, Y Chen, HA Ariyawansa… - Fungal Diversity, 2021 - Springer
Biodiversity loss from disturbances caused by human activities means that species are
disappearing at an ever increasing rate. The high number of species that have yet to be …

[HTML][HTML] Genera of phytopathogenic fungi: GOPHY 4

Q Chen, M Bakhshi, Y Balci, KD Broders… - Studies in …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This paper is the fourth contribution in the Genera of Phytopathogenic Fungi (GOPHY)
series. The series provides morphological descriptions and information about the pathology …