Fungal foray

Orla Smith

Nature, 1997, vol. 390, issue 6656, 120-120

Abstract: The evolutionary history of the fungi is something of an enigma, but molecular approaches to the question are bringing some answers. The two main constituents of a group known as the homobasidiomycetes are the gilled and puffball fungi, and sequence analyis of genes encoding ribosomal RNA reveals, for instance, that gills arose independently at least six times. Another conclusion to be drawn from the study is that some homobasidiomycetes such as the bird's nest fungus evolved separately from the two main subgroups.

Date: 1997
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