What are fungal species and how to delineate them?

KWT Chethana, IS Manawasinghe, VG Hurdeal… - Fungal Diversity, 2021 - Springer
This is the opening paper in the special issue of Fungal Diversity, which collates the data on
defining species. Defining and recognizing species has long been a controversial issue …

Nomenclatural realignment of Neotyphodium species with genus Epichloë

A Leuchtmann, CW Bacon, CL Schardl, JF White Jr… - Mycologia, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Nomenclatural rule changes in the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi and
plants, adopted at the 18th International Botanical Congress in Melbourne, Australia, in …

Two divergent intragenomic rDNA ITS2 types within a monophyletic lineage of the fungusfusariumare nonorthologous

K O'Donnell, E Cigelnik - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 1997 - Elsevier
The evolutionary history of the phytopathogenicGibberella fujikuroicomplex ofFusariumand
related species was investigated by cladistic analysis of DNA sequences obtained from …

Fungal endophytes: a continuum of interactions with host plants

K Saikkonen, SH Faeth, M Helander… - Annual review of …, 1998 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Endophytic fungi living asymptomatically within plant tissues have been found in
virtually all plant species. Endophytes are considered plant mutualists: They receive nutrition …

Evolutionary origins and ecological consequences of endophyte symbiosis with grasses

K Clay, C Schardl - the american naturalist, 2002 - journals.uchicago.edu
Over the past 20 yr much has been learned about a unique symbiotic interaction between
fungal endophytes and grasses. The fungi (Clavicipitaceae, Ascomycota) grow …

Molecular systematics and phylogeography of the Gibberella fujikuroi species complex

K O'Donnell, E Cigelnik, HI Nirenberg - Mycologia, 1998 - Taylor & Francis
Phylogenetic relationships of the phyto-pathogenic Gibberella fujikuroi species complex
were investigated by maximum parsimony analysis of DNA sequences from multiple loci …

Gene genealogies reveal global phylogeographic structure and reproductive isolation among lineages of Fusarium graminearum, the fungus causing wheat scab

K O'Donnell, HC Kistler, BK Tacke… - Proceedings of the …, 2000 - National Acad Sciences
During the past decade, the plant disease called scab or Fusarium head blight of wheat and
barley has reached epidemic proportions in North America and elsewhere in the world …

The exploitation of epichloae endophytes for agricultural benefit

LJ Johnson, ACM de Bonth, LR Briggs, JR Caradus… - Fungal diversity, 2013 - Springer
Epichloae endophytes of family Clavicipitaceae (comprising genera Epichloë and
Neotyphodium) are fungal symbionts of Pooideae grasses. The associations formed, range …

A multigene phylogeny of the Gibberella fujikuroi species complex: detection of additional phylogenetically distinct species

K O'Donnell, HI Nirenberg, T Aoki, E Cigelnik - Mycoscience, 2000 - Elsevier
Phylogenetic relationships within the Gibberella fujikuroi species complex were extended to
newly discovered strains using nucleotide characters obtained by sequencing polymerase …

Bioprotective alkaloids of grass-fungal endophyte symbioses.

LP Bush, HH Wilkinson, CL Schardl - Plant physiology, 1997 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Symbiotic interactions of C3 grasses with fungal endophytes, Epichloe species and their
asexual relatives Neotypkodium, often provide the grass hosts with major fitness …