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Life history and systematics of the aquatic discomycete Mitrula (Helotiales, Ascomycota) based on cultural, morphological, and molecular studies
Wang Z, Binder M, Hibbett DS. Life history and systematics of the aquatic discomycete Mitrula (Helotiales, Ascomycota) based on cultural, morphological, and molecular studies. American Journal Of Botany 2005, 92: 1565-1574. PMID: 21646174, DOI: 10.3732/ajb.92.9.1565.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchM. elegansParsimony analysisLife historySmall subunit rDNAUnknown life historySequences of rDNAPhylogenetic relationshipsSubunit rDNASubunit DNAElegansHerbarium materialMolecular techniquesLikelihood analysisMolecular studiesHelotialesCladeRDNASpeciesPure coloniesConidiaNorth AmericaBayesian analysisHelotiaceaeSclerotiniaceaeUncertain position
2006
Phylogeny and a new species of Sparassis (Polyporales, Basidiomycota): evidence from mitochondrial atp6, nuclear rDNA and rpb2 genes
Dai Y, Wang Z, Binder M, Hibbett D. Phylogeny and a new species of Sparassis (Polyporales, Basidiomycota): evidence from mitochondrial atp6, nuclear rDNA and rpb2 genes. Mycologia 2006, 98: 584-592. DOI: 10.1080/15572536.2006.11832661.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNuclear gene phylogeniesGene phylogenyNuclear genesNew speciesS. brevipesMitochondrial genes atp6Mitochondrial atp6Nuclear treesBoreal coniferous forestsGenes atp6ATP6 geneHost shiftsRPB2 geneEastern North AmericaWestern North AmericaNuclear rDNALSU rDNAPhylogenetic inferenceMolecular dataPhylogenyNorth AmericaClamp connectionsGenesMorphological differencesGeographic distribution
2004
Phylogenetic relationships of Sparassis inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial ribosomal DNA and RNA polymerase sequences.
Wang Z, Binder M, Dai YC, Hibbett DS. Phylogenetic relationships of Sparassis inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial ribosomal DNA and RNA polymerase sequences. Mycologia 2004, 96: 1015-29. PMID: 21148923, DOI: 10.2307/3762086.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAbsence of cystidiaMitochondrial ribosomal DNAExtensive morphological variationBipolar mating systemRNA polymerase sequencesMitochondrial rDNAMating systemPhylogenetic relationshipsMonophyletic groupBrown rotPolyporoid cladeRibosomal DNAEastern AsiaMolecular dataRNA polymerasePolyporoid fungiParsimony analysisDataset of sequencesMorphological variationNorth AmericaSpore sizeS. brevipesSparassisClamp connectionsRecent collectionsPhylogenetic relationships of Sparassis inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial ribosomal DNA and RNA polymerase sequences
Wang Z, Binder M, Dai Y, Hibbett D. Phylogenetic relationships of Sparassis inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial ribosomal DNA and RNA polymerase sequences. Mycologia 2004, 96: 1015-1029. DOI: 10.1080/15572536.2005.11832902.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAbsence of cystidiaMitochondrial ribosomal DNAExtensive morphological variationBipolar mating systemRNA polymerase sequencesMitochondrial rDNAMating systemPhylogenetic relationshipsMonophyletic groupBrown rotPolyporoid cladeRibosomal DNAEastern AsiaMolecular dataRNA polymerasePolyporoid fungiParsimony analysisDataset of sequencesMorphological variationNorth AmericaSpore sizeS. brevipesSparassisClamp connectionsRecent collections