Ecological impacts of fungal wood decay types: A review of current knowledge and future research directions

Y Fukasawa - Ecological Research, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
I summarize current knowledge about the ecosystem functions of wood decomposition in
forests with a particular focus on the effects of fungal wood decay types (traditionally …

Functional and ecological consequences of saprotrophic fungus–grazer interactions

TW Crowther, L Boddy, T Hefin Jones - The ISME journal, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Saprotrophic fungi are key regulators of nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. They are
the primary agents of plant litter decomposition and their hyphal networks, which grow …

A six-gene phylogenetic overview of Basidiomycota and allied phyla with estimated divergence times of higher taxa and a phyloproteomics perspective

RL Zhao, GJ Li, S Sánchez-Ramírez, M Stata, ZL Yang… - Fungal Diversity, 2017 - Springer
In this paper, we provide a phylogenetic overview of Basidiomycota and related phyla in
relation to ten years of DNA based phylogenetic studies since the AFTOL publications in …

14 Agaricomycetes

DS Hibbett, R Bauer, M Binder, AJ Giachini… - … and evolution: part A, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Agaricomycetes includes ca. 21,000 described species of mushroom-forming fungi
that function as decayers, pathogens, and mutualists in both terrestrial and aquatic habitats …

Extraordinarily widespread and fantastically complex: comparative biology of endosymbiotic bacterial and fungal mutualists of insects

CM Gibson, MS Hunter - Ecology letters, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 223–234 Abstract Endosymbiosis is a pervasive, powerful force
in arthropod evolution. In the recent literature, bacterial symbionts of insects have been …

Symbiont-mediated digestion of plant biomass in fungus-farming insects

H Li, SE Young, M Poulsen… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Feeding on living or dead plant material is widespread in insects. Seminal work on termites
and aphids has provided profound insights into the critical nutritional role that microbes play …

Cellulose-degrading bacteria associated with the invasive woodwasp Sirex noctilio

AS Adams, MS Jordan, SM Adams, G Suen… - The ISME …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Sirex noctilio is an invasive wood-feeding wasp that threatens the world's commercial and
natural pine forests. Successful tree colonization by this insect is contingent on the decline of …

A comparison of regression tree ensembles: Predicting Sirex noctilio induced water stress in Pinus patula forests of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

R Ismail, O Mutanga - International Journal of Applied Earth Observation …, 2010 - Elsevier
In this study we compared the performance of regression tree ensembles using
hyperspectral data. More specifically, we compared the performance of bagging, boosting …

[HTML][HTML] How many species of fungi are there at the tip of Africa?

PW Crous, IH Rong, A Wood, S Lee, H Glen, W Botha… - Studies in mycology, 2006 - Elsevier
Several recent studies have reviewed the extent of fungal biodiversity, and have used these
data as basis for revised estimates of species numbers based on known numbers of plants …

Retracing the routes of introduction of invasive species: the case of the Sirex noctilio woodwasp

E Boissin, B Hurley, MJ Wingfield, R Vasaitis… - Molecular …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the evolutionary histories of invasive species is critical to adopt appropriate
management strategies, but this process can be exceedingly complex to unravel. As …