Fungal evolution: major ecological adaptations and evolutionary transitions

MA Naranjo‐Ortiz, T Gabaldón - Biological Reviews, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Fungi are a highly diverse group of heterotrophic eukaryotes characterized by the absence
of phagotrophy and the presence of a chitinous cell wall. While unicellular fungi are far from …

Fungicolous fungi: terminology, diversity, distribution, evolution, and species checklist

JZ Sun, XZ Liu, EHC McKenzie, R Jeewon, JK Liu… - Fungal Diversity, 2019 - Springer
Fungicolous fungi are a very large, diverse, ecological and trophic group of organisms that
are associated with other fungi. This association occurs with species of different lineages …

The mycoparasitic fungus Clonostachys rosea responds with both common and specific gene expression during interspecific interactions with fungal prey

K Nygren, M Dubey, A Zapparata, M Iqbal… - Evolutionary …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Clonostachys rosea is a necrotrophic mycoparasitic fungus, used for biological control of
plant pathogenic fungi. A better understanding of the underlying mechanisms resulting in …

[HTML][HTML] An evolutionary ecology perspective to address forest pathology challenges of today and tomorrow

ML Desprez-Loustau, J Aguayo, C Dutech… - Annals of Forest …, 2016 - Springer
Increasing human impacts on forests, including unintentional movement of pathogens,
climate change, and large-scale intensive plantations, are associated with an …

[HTML][HTML] Limiting factors of mycopesticide development

O Zaki, F Weekers, P Thonart, E Tesch, P Kuenemann… - Biological Control, 2020 - Elsevier
Phytosanitary crop protection products have shown their impact on the environment. They
may not be very selective and their excessive use in agriculture causes pollution of soil and …

Fungal sporocarps house diverse and host-specific communities of fungicolous fungi

S Maurice, G Arnault, J Nordén, SS Botnen… - The ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Sporocarps (fruit bodies) are the sexual reproductive stage in the life cycle of many fungi.
They are highly nutritious and consequently vulnerable to grazing by birds and small …

The endohyphal microbiome: current progress and challenges for scaling down integrative multi-omic microbiome research

JM Kelliher, AJ Robinson, R Longley, LYD Johnson… - Microbiome, 2023 - Springer
As microbiome research has progressed, it has become clear that most, if not all, eukaryotic
organisms are hosts to microbiomes composed of prokaryotes, other eukaryotes, and …

Deciphering the genome of Simplicillium aogashimaense to understand its mechanisms against the wheat powdery mildew fungus Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici

M Zhu, X Duan, P Cai, Y Li, Z Qiu - Phytopathology Research, 2022 - Springer
Simplicillium spp. are mycoparasites that exert growth-inhibitory effects on phytopathogenic
fungi. However, limited studies have examined the effects of Simplicillium spp. on powdery …

Ampelomyces strains isolated from diverse powdery mildew hosts in Japan: Their phylogeny and mycoparasitic activity, including timing and quantifying …

MZ Németh, Y Mizuno, H Kobayashi, D Seress… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
A total of 26 Ampelomyces strains were isolated from mycelia of six different powdery
mildew species that naturally infected their host plants in Japan. These were characterized …

Ampelomyces mycoparasites of powdery mildews – a review

RE Prahl, S Khan, RC Deo - Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This review paper highlights the significant research conducted on fungi belonging to the
genus Ampelomyces. Phylogeny based on both ITS and actin sequences has grouped …