American Journal of Botany, Vol. 91, No. 3 (Mar., 2004), pp. 449-464 (17 pages) To provide a comprehensive molecular phylogeny for peltigeralean fungi and to establish a classification based on ...

Mating compatibility is a unifying and fundamental process to most eukaryotic species and forms an essential criterion upon which to view reproductive isolation that may lead to evolutionary ...

A type of fungi studied by a team of biologists for their sexual reproduction strategies are commonly known as Sword-belt Mushrooms. In addition to the European Sword-belt Mushroom (Cyclocybe aegerita ...

AS a terminal group, the Fungi possess but little interest for those whose aim is to gain an insight into the general scheme of evolution of the plant-world. On the other hand, it may safely be ...

Penicillin-producing fungus, previously thought to be asexual, has a sexual side. The finding is the latest in a kind of sexual revolution in fungal genetics By turning off the lights, setting up an ...

The Pro1 protein helps express mating-related genes in different species of fungi. But what happens when Pro1 malfunctions? Researchers from the Tokyo University of Science have found that mutations ...

Structure, classification, reproduction and economic importance of Virus, phytoplasma ( mycoplasma), bacteria and cyanobacteria . Microbes in industry and agriculture. 2. Plant Pathology Knowledge of ...