Covering up to June 2021 Ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified
peptides (RiPPs) from fungi are an underexplored class of natural products, despite their …

Mushroom consumption is a global tradition that is still gaining popularity. However, foraging
for wild mushrooms and accidental ingestion of toxic mushrooms can result in serious illness …

In this present study, we assembled and analyzed the mitogenomes of two asymbiotic and
six ectomycorrhizal Amanita species based on next-generation sequencing data. The size of …

The mushroom poison that causes the most deaths is the class of toxins known as
amatoxins. Current methods to sensitively and selectively detect these toxins are limited by …

The deadly toxin α-amanitin is a bicyclic octapeptide biosynthesized on ribosomes. A
phylogenetically disjunct group of mushrooms in Agaricales (Amanita, Lepiota, and …

Canonical sexual reproduction among basidiomycete fungi involves the fusion of two
haploid individuals of different mating types, resulting in a heterokaryotic mycelial body …

Poisonous mushrooms have fascinated and horrified people for thousands of years.
Mushrooms in the large and charismatic genus Amanita in particular have featured in …

Abstract The poisonous European mushroom Amanita phalloides (the “death cap”) is
invading California. Whether the death caps' toxic secondary metabolites are evolving as it …

Bioactive peptide natural products are an important source of therapeutics. Prominent
examples are the antibiotic penicillin and the immunosuppressant cyclosporine which are …

Peptide macrocycles are promising therapeutic molecules because they are protease
resistant, structurally rigid, membrane permeable, and capable of modulating protein …