Notes for genera: Ascomycota

NN Wijayawardene, KD Hyde, KC Rajeshkumar… - Fungal diversity, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Knowledge of the relationships and thus the classification of fungi, has developed
rapidly with increasingly widespread use of molecular techniques, over the past 10–15 …

High-level classification of the Fungi and a tool for evolutionary ecological analyses

L Tedersoo, S Sánchez-Ramírez, U Koljalg, M Bahram… - Fungal diversity, 2018 - Springer
High-throughput sequencing studies generate vast amounts of taxonomic data. Evolutionary
ecological hypotheses of the recovered taxa and Species Hypotheses are difficult to test due …

Species diversity, updated classification and divergence times of the phylum Mucoromycota

H Zhao, Y Nie, TK Zong, K Wang, ML Lv, YJ Cui… - Fungal Diversity, 2023 - Springer
Zygomycetes are phylogenetically early diverging, ecologically diverse, industrially
valuable, agriculturally beneficial, and clinically pathogenic fungi. Although new phyla and …

Fungal quinones: diversity, producers, and applications of quinones from Aspergillus, Penicillium, Talaromyces, Fusarium, and Arthrinium

JV Christiansen, T Isbrandt, C Petersen… - Applied microbiology …, 2021 - Springer
Quinones represent an important group of highly structurally diverse, mainly polyketide-
derived secondary metabolites widely distributed among filamentous fungi. Many quinones …

The lichen symbiosis re-viewed through the genomes of Cladonia grayi and its algal partner Asterochloris glomerata

D Armaleo, O Müller, F Lutzoni, ÓS Andrésson, G Blanc… - BMC genomics, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background Lichens, encompassing 20,000 known species, are symbioses
between specialized fungi (mycobionts), mostly ascomycetes, and unicellular green algae or …

A Robust Phylogenomic Time Tree for Biotechnologically and Medically Important Fungi in the Genera Aspergillus and Penicillium

JL Steenwyk, XX Shen, AL Lind, GH Goldman, A Rokas - MBio, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
The filamentous fungal family Aspergillaceae contains> 1,000 known species, mostly in the
genera Aspergillus and Penicillium. Several species are used in the food, biotechnology …

Into and out of the tropics: global diversification patterns in a hyperdiverse clade of ectomycorrhizal fungi

BP Looney, M Ryberg, F Hampe… - Molecular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi, symbiotic mutualists of many dominant tree and shrub species,
exhibit a biogeographic pattern counter to the established latitudinal diversity gradient of …

A revised classification of orders and families in the two major subclasses of Lecanoromycetes (Ascomycota) based on a temporal approach

E Kraichak, JP Huang, M Nelsen… - Botanical Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Taxonomic ranks above the species level are inherently arbitrary. However, there is a
growing number of publications aimed at more consistent classifications with comparable …

Metagenomics Shines Light on the Evolution of “Sunscreen” Pigment Metabolism in the Teloschistales (Lichen-Forming Ascomycota)

T Llewellyn, RW Nowell, A Aptroot… - Genome Biology and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Fungi produce a vast number of secondary metabolites that shape their interactions with
other organisms and the environment. Characterizing the genes underpinning metabolite …

Linking a gene cluster to atranorin, a major cortical substance of lichens, through genetic dereplication and heterologous expression

W Kim, R Liu, S Woo, KB Kang, H Park, YH Yu, HH Ha… - MBio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
The depside and depsidone series compounds of polyketide origin accumulate in the
cortical or medullary layers of lichen thalli. Despite the taxonomic and ecological …