Extensive sampling of basidiomycete genomes demonstrates inadequacy of the white-rot/brown-rot paradigm for wood decay fungi

R Riley, AA Salamov, DW Brown… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Basidiomycota (basidiomycetes) make up 32% of the described fungi and include most
wood-decaying species, as well as pathogens and mutualistic symbionts. Wood-decaying …

Genomics, lifestyles and future prospects of wood-decay and litter-decomposing basidiomycota

TK Lundell, MR Mäkelä, RP de Vries… - Advances in botanical …, 2014 - Elsevier
Saprobic (saprotrophic and saprophytic) wood-decay fungi are in majority species
belonging to the fungal phylum Basidiomycota, whereas saprobic plant litter-decomposing …

Comparative genomics of Ceriporiopsis subvermispora and Phanerochaete chrysosporium provide insight into selective ligninolysis

E Fernandez-Fueyo, FJ Ruiz-Dueñas… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Efficient lignin depolymerization is unique to the wood decay basidiomycetes, collectively
referred to as white rot fungi. Phanerochaete chrysosporium simultaneously degrades lignin …

Comparative genomics of early-diverging mushroom-forming fungi provides insights into the origins of lignocellulose decay capabilities

LG Nagy, R Riley, A Tritt, C Adam… - Molecular biology …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Evolution of lignocellulose decomposition was one of the most ecologically important
innovations in fungi. White-rot fungi in the Agaricomycetes (mushrooms and relatives) are …

Lignin‐modifying enzymes in filamentous basidiomycetes–ecological, functional and phylogenetic review

TK Lundell, MR Mäkelä, K Hildén - Journal of basic …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Filamentous fungi owe powerful abilities for decomposition of the extensive plant material,
lignocellulose, and thereby are indispensable for the Earth's carbon cycle, generation of soil …

Analysis of the Phlebiopsis gigantea Genome, Transcriptome and Secretome Provides Insight into Its Pioneer Colonization Strategies of Wood

C Hori, T Ishida, K Igarashi, M Samejima, H Suzuki… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Collectively classified as white-rot fungi, certain basidiomycetes efficiently degrade the
major structural polymers of wood cell walls. A small subset of these Agaricomycetes …

Genomewide analysis of polysaccharides degrading enzymes in 11 white-and brown-rot Polyporales provides insight into mechanisms of wood decay

C Hori, J Gaskell, K Igarashi, M Samejima, D Hibbett… - Mycologia, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
To degrade the polysaccharides, wood-decay fungi secrete a variety of glycoside
hydrolases (GHs) and carbohydrate esterases (CEs) classified into various sequence-based …

Gene family expansions and transcriptome signatures uncover fungal adaptations to wood decay

H Hage, S Miyauchi, M Virágh, E Drula… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Because they comprise some of the most efficient wood‐decayers, Polyporales fungi impact
carbon cycling in forest environment. Despite continuous discoveries on the enzymatic …

Evolution of novel wood decay mechanisms in Agaricales revealed by the genome sequences of Fistulina hepatica and Cylindrobasidium torrendii

D Floudas, BW Held, R Riley, LG Nagy… - Fungal Genetics and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Wood decay mechanisms in Agaricomycotina have been traditionally separated in two
categories termed white and brown rot. Recently the accuracy of such a dichotomy has been …

Genome, transcriptome, and secretome analysis of wood decay fungus Postia placenta supports unique mechanisms of lignocellulose conversion

D Martinez, J Challacombe… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Brown-rot fungi such as Postia placenta are common inhabitants of forest ecosystems and
are also largely responsible for the destructive decay of wooden structures. Rapid …