Filamentous fungi are a large and ancient clade of microorganisms that occupy a broad
range of ecological niches. The success of filamentous fungi is largely due to their elongate …

Phenotypic heterogeneity describes the variation that exists between individual cells, spores
or other biological entities within genetically-uniform populations of fungi or other organisms …

More than 10 million people suffer from lung diseases caused by the pathogenic fungus
Aspergillus fumigatus. Azole antifungals represent first-line therapeutics for most of these …

Multicellular filamentous fungi have septal pores that allow cytoplasmic exchange, and thus
connectivity, between neighboring cells in the filament. Hyphal wounding and other stress …

Cooperation is associated with major transitions in evolution such as the emergence of
multicellularity. It is central to the evolution of many complex traits in nature, including growth …

Fungi need water for all stages of life. Notably, mushrooms consist of∼ 90% water. Fungi
degrade organic matter by secreting enzymes. These enzymes need water to be able to …

Filamentous fungi play a key role as decomposers in Earth's nutrient cycles. In soils,
substrates are heterogeneously distributed in microenvironments. Hence, individual hyphae …

Many fungal species are dimorphic, exhibiting both unicellular yeast-like and filamentous
forms. Schizosaccharomyces japonicus, a member of the fission yeast clade, is one such …

Many cell biological facts that can be found in dedicated scientific textbooks are based on
findings originally made in humans and/or other mammals, including respective tissue …

In fungal syncytia dozens, or even millions of nuclei may coexist in a single connected
cytoplasm. Recent discoveries have exposed some of the adaptations that enable fungi to …