Fungal evolution: diversity, taxonomy and phylogeny of the Fungi

MA Naranjo‐Ortiz, T Gabaldón - Biological Reviews, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
The fungal kingdom comprises a hyperdiverse clade of heterotrophic eukaryotes
characterized by the presence of a chitinous cell wall, the loss of phagotrophic capabilities …

[HTML][HTML] ITS alchemy: on the use of ITS as a DNA marker in fungal ecology

H Kauserud - Fungal Ecology, 2023‏ - Elsevier
High throughput sequencing of PCR amplicons derived from environmental DNA (aka DNA
metabarcoding) has become an integral part of fungal ecology, enabling in-depth …

Topographic diversity of fungal and bacterial communities in human skin

K Findley, J Oh, J Yang, S Conlan, C Deming… - Nature, 2013‏ - nature.com
Traditional culture-based methods have incompletely defined the microbial landscape of
common recalcitrant human fungal skin diseases, including athlete's foot and toenail …

Fungal functional ecology: bringing a trait‐based approach to plant‐associated fungi

AE Zanne, K Abarenkov, ME Afkhami… - Biological …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Fungi play many essential roles in ecosystems. They facilitate plant access to nutrients and
water, serve as decay agents that cycle carbon and nutrients through the soil, water and …

Development of primer sets designed for use with the PCR to amplify conserved genes from filamentous ascomycetes

NL Glass, GC Donaldson - Applied and environmental …, 1995‏ - journals.asm.org
We constructed nine sets of oligonucleotide primers on the basis of the results of DNA
hybridization of cloned genes from Neurospora crassa and Aspergillus nidulans to the …

Current insights into palm fungi with emphasis on taxonomy and phylogeny

SN Zhang, KD Hyde, EBG Jones, XD Yu… - Fungal diversity, 2024‏ - Springer
Palms (Arecaceae) are emblems of tropical forests and host a vast array of fungi. The fungi
associated with palms have been studied for over two centuries. However, taxonomic …

The ITS region of nuclear ribosomal DNA: a valuable source of evidence on angiosperm phylogeny

BG Baldwin, MJ Sanderson, JM Porter… - Annals of the Missouri …, 1995‏ - JSTOR
The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of 18S-26S nuclear ribosomal DNA (nrDNA)
has proven to be a useful source of characters for phylogenetic studies in many angiosperm …

[ספר][B] Introduction to fungi

J Webster, R Weber - 2007‏ - books.google.com
This new edition of the universally acclaimed textbook on fungal biology has been
completely re-written, to take account of recent progress in the taxonomy, cell and molecular …

A higher-rank classification for rust fungi, with notes on genera

MC Aime, AR McTaggart - Fungal systematics and evolution, 2021‏ - ingentaconnect.com
The rust fungi (Pucciniales) with 7000+ species comprise one of the largest orders of Fungi,
and one for which taxonomy at all ranks remains problematic. Here we provide a taxonomic …

One hundred and seventeen clades of euagarics

JM Moncalvo, R Vilgalys, SA Redhead… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2002‏ - Elsevier
This study provides a first broad systematic treatment of the euagarics as they have recently
emerged in phylogenetic systematics. The sample consists of 877 homobasidiomycete taxa …