Lichens are symbiotic associations resulting from interactions among fungi (primary and
secondary mycobionts), algae and/or cyanobacteria (primary and secondary photobionts) …

Clusters of functionally related genes are a general feature of prokaryotic gene organization
but are much less prevalent in eukaryotes. The discovery that genes for certain types of …

The sessile nature of plants forced them to evolve mechanisms to prioritize their responses
to simultaneous stresses, including colonization by microbes or nutrient starvation. Here, we …

Over the past 20 yr much has been learned about a unique symbiotic interaction between
fungal endophytes and grasses. The fungi (Clavicipitaceae, Ascomycota) grow …

Variability in the way organisms reproduce raises numerous, and still unsolved, questions in
evolutionary biology. In this study, we emphasize that fungi deserve a much greater …

▪ Abstract Filamentous fungi grow as a multicellular, multinuclear network of filament-shaped
cells called hyphae. A fungal individual can be viewed as a fluid, dynamic system that is …

Filamentous fungi spontaneously undergo vegetative cell fusion events within but also
between individuals. These cell fusions (anastomoses) lead to cytoplasmic mixing and to the …

This book will serve as the definitive reference work on the basic physiology, biochemistry,
development, genetics, and molecular biology of Neurospora, together with a description of …

SUMMARY True morels (Morchella spp., Morchellaceae, Ascomycota) are widely regarded
as a highly prized delicacy and are of great economic and scientific value. Recently, the …

One of the problems encountered when studying the population genetics of fungal plant
pathogens is defining what constitutes a “population” of the fungus. This problem is …