We investigated the origin and diversification of the high-affinity nitrate transporter NRT2 in fungi and other eukaryotes using Bayesian and maximum parsimony methods. To assess the higher-level relationships and origins of NRT2 in eukaryotes, we analyzed 200 amino acid sequences from the Nitrate/Nitrite Porter (NNP) Family (to which NRT2 belongs), including 55 fungal, 41 viridiplantae (green ...

Reconciling traditional classifications, morphology, and the phylogenetic relationships of brown-spored agaric mushrooms has proven difficult in many groups, due to extensive convergence in morphological features. Here, we address the monophyly of the Bolbitiaceae, a family with over 700 described species and examine the higher-level relationships within the family using a newly constructed mul...

After an initial lag phase dedicated to the sequencing of easily cultured saprotrophic fungi (among the first three published genomes were the models Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Schizosaccharomyces pombe and Neurospora crassa) and species of biomedical, agricultural or biotechnological interest, genomics is now poised to rapidly permeate the fields of fungal ecology and evolution. As regards myco...

Through continuous sampling of agaric fungi conducted from 2014–17 at different locations of Eslamabad-e Gharb (Iran), two specimens belonging to the genus Pluteuswere collected. At the collection site, GPS coordinates; habit, habitat and macro-morphological characters were recorded and photographed. Microscopic features including basidiospores, basidia, cystidia and pileipellis were observed, ...

Fruiting body evolution is one of the central topics in fungal evolutionary biology. A number of hypotheses have been developed to explain the contemporary diversity of fruiting body forms, but their evaluation has been hampered by the lack of well-sampled data sets and suitable statistical methods. Phylogenetic evidence of the physiological changes that accompany switches in fruiting body type...

In this research, five species of agaricfungiincludingConocybe leucopus, Inocybe terrigena, Psathyrella clivensis, P. tephrophylla,and Tricholoma scalpturatum collected from different regions of Hamedan province are reported for the first time from Iran.More information of the studied specimens is as follows:Conocybe leucopus Kühner ex Kühner & Watling, in Watling, Notes R. Bot. Gdn Edinb. 40(3...

In the framework of a research project as identification of macro-fungi of Kheyroud Educational and Experimental Forest (Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran), more than 470 specimens of various groups of macro-fungi were collected and identified. From identified samples about 200 specimens were belong to 46 agaric species, as follows: Agaricus silvaticus, Bovista pl...