Assessing global fungal threats to humans

J Xu - MLife, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fungi are an integral part of the earth's biosphere. They are broadly distributed in all
continents and ecosystems and play a diversity of roles. Here, I review our current …

Advances in the evolution and ecology of 13-and 17-year periodical cicadas

C Simon, JR Cooley, R Karban… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Apart from model organisms, 13-and 17-year periodical cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae:
Magicicada) are among the most studied insects in evolution and ecology. They are …

Phylogenomics, divergence times and notes of orders in Basidiomycota

MQ He, B Cao, F Liu, T Boekhout, TT Denchev… - Fungal diversity, 2024 - Springer
Basidiomycota is one of the major phyla in the fungal tree of life. The outline of
Basidiomycota provides essential taxonomic information for researchers and workers in …

Fungal evolution: cellular, genomic and metabolic complexity

MA Naranjo‐Ortiz, T Gabaldón - Biological Reviews, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The question of how phenotypic and genomic complexity are inter‐related and how they are
shaped through evolution is a central question in biology that historically has been …

Mammalian mycophagy: a global review of ecosystem interactions between mammals and fungi

TF Elliott, C Truong, SM Jackson… - Fungal Systematics …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
The consumption of fungi by animals is a significant trophic interaction in most terrestrial
ecosystems, yet the role mammals play in these associations has been incompletely …

Diversity, biology, and history of psilocybin-containing fungi: suggestions for research and technological development

RC Van Court, MS Wiseman, KW Meyer, DJ Ballhorn… - Fungal Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Therapeutic use of psilocybin has become a focus of recent international research, with
preliminary data showing promise to address a range of treatment-resistant mental health …

A compendium of generic names of agarics and Agaricales

J Kalichman, PM Kirk, PB Matheny - Taxon, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Agarics (gilled mushrooms) and the order Agaricales include some of the best‐known and
most charismatic fungi. However, neither group has had its constituent genera exhaustively …

Plants make galls to accommodate foreigners: some are friends, most are foes

MO Harris, A Pitzschke - New Phytologist, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
At the colonization site of a foreign entity, plant cells alter their trajectory of growth and
development. The resulting structure–a plant gall–accommodates various needs of the …

Sequencing the genomes of the first terrestrial fungal lineages: what have we learned?

AP Gryganskyi, J Golan, A Muszewska, A Idnurm… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
The first genome sequenced of a eukaryotic organism was for Saccharomyces cerevisiae,
as reported in 1996, but it was more than 10 years before any of the zygomycete fungi …

Gut microbiome insights from 16S rRNA analysis of 17-year periodical cicadas (Hemiptera: Magicicada spp.) Broods II, VI, and X

KD Brumfield, MJ Raupp, D Haji, C Simon, J Graf… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Periodical cicadas (Hemiptera: Magicicada) have coevolved with obligate
bacteriome-inhabiting microbial symbionts, yet little is known about gut microbial symbiont …