The collection of papers in this issue of Mycologia documents considerable improvements in
taxon sampling and phylogenetic resolution regarding the Fungal Tree of Life. The new data …

Fungi are the most diverse and ecologically important group of eukaryotes with the majority
occurring in terrestrial habitats. Even though fewer numbers have been isolated from …

Background At present, there is not a widely accepted consensus view regarding the
phylogenetic structure of kingdom Fungi although two major phyla, Ascomycota and …

The consistent association of Paleotropical Dipterocarpaceae with ectomycorrhizal (ECM)
fungi suggests that ECM status is an ancestral character in the family. Despite its distinctive …

An automated procedure was developed to extract orthologous sequences from fungal
genomes and incorporate them into phylogenomic analyses in a timely and efficient manner …

The early diverging Ascomycota lineage, detected primarily from nSSU rDNA sequence-
based phylogenetic analyses, includes enigmatic key taxa important to an understanding of …

Yeasts provide a powerful model system for comparative genomics research. The
availability of multiple complete genome sequences from different fungal groups—currently …

Abstract Centromere H3 proteins (CenH3's) are variants of histone H3 specialized for
packaging centromere DNA. Unlike canonical H3, which is among the most conserved of …

Biodiversity in Agricultural Production Systems explores the diversity of agricultural
production systems including the geno/phenotype diversity through plant breeding. It …

Heterobasidion annosum causes root and butt rot in trees and is the most serious forest
pathogen in the northern hemisphere. We developed a rapid and simple Agrobacterium …