The Paleozoic Origin of Enzymatic Lignin Decomposition Reconstructed from 31 Fungal Genomes

Dimitrios Floudas, Manfred Binder, Robert Riley, +68

Science

GeneticsLignin ChemistryFungal DiversityOrganic CarbonPhylogenetics +14

Convergent losses of decay mechanisms and rapid turnover of symbiosis genes in mycorrhizal mutualists

Annegret Kohler, Alan Kuo, László G. Nagy, +12

Nature Genetics

Extensive sampling of basidiomycete genomes demonstrates inadequacy of the white-rot/brown-rot paradigm for wood decay fungi

Robert Riley, Asaf Salamov, Daren W. Brown, +22

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The Plant Cell Wall–Decomposing Machinery Underlies the Functional Diversity of Forest Fungi

Daniel C. Eastwood, Dimitrios Floudas, Manfred Binder, +45

Science

Genome sequence of the button mushroom<i>Agaricus bisporus</i>reveals mechanisms governing adaptation to a humic-rich ecological niche

Emmanuelle Morin, Annegret Kohler, Adam Baker, +40

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

BiologyAgaricus BisporusPlant DegradationBiosynthesisGenome Sequence +13

Ectomycorrhizal fungi decompose soil organic matter using oxidative mechanisms adapted from saprotrophic ancestors

Firoz Shah, César Nicolás, Johan Bentzer, +16

New Phytologist

Comparative genomics of <i>Ceriporiopsis subvermispora</i> and <i>Phanerochaete chrysosporium</i> provide insight into selective ligninolysis

Elena Fernández‐Fueyo, Francisco J. Ruiz‐Dueñas, Patrícia Ferreira, +62

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

A revised family-level classification of the Polyporales (Basidiomycota)

Alfredo Justo, Otto Miettinen, Dimitrios Floudas, +8

Fungal Biology

BiologyFungal DiversityFamily-level ClassificationPhylogeneticsBotany +5

Comparative Genomics of Early-Diverging Mushroom-Forming Fungi Provides Insights into the Origins of Lignocellulose Decay Capabilities

László G. Nagy, Robert Riley, Andrew Tritt, +18

Molecular Biology and Evolution

MycologyBiologyClass IiFungal DiversityPhylogenetics +12

The soil organic matter decomposition mechanisms in ectomycorrhizal fungi are tuned for liberating soil organic nitrogen

César Nicolás, Tomas Martin-Bertelsen, Dimitrios Floudas, +6

The ISME Journal

EngineeringSoil Organic MatterForest MycobiomeSoil BiochemistryEctomycorrhizal Fungi +16