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 …

The evolution of a mutualism requires reciprocal interactions whereby one species provides
a service that the other species cannot perform or performs less efficiently. Services …

Plants harbour highly diverse mycobiomes which sustain essential functions for host health
and productivity. However, ecological processes that govern the plant–mycobiome …

The Basidiomycota constitutes a major phylum of the kingdom Fungi and is second in
species numbers to the Ascomycota. The present work provides an overview of all validly …

Basidiomycota is one of the major phyla in the fungal tree of life. The outline of
Basidiomycota provides essential taxonomic information for researchers and workers in …

In 1996 the genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae was published and marked the beginning
of a new era in fungal biology (1). Since then, rapid advancements in both sequencing …

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 …

The aim of this study was to determine the evolutionary time line for rust fungi and date key
speciation events using a molecular clock. Evidence is provided that supports a …

Research on fungal endophytes has expanded dramatically in recent years, but little is
known about the diversity and ecological roles of endophytic basidiomycetes. Here we …

We used 454 sequencing of the internal transcribed spacer region to characterize fungal
communities in tallgrass prairie soils subdivided into strata 0–10, 10–20, 30–40 and 50–60 …