General Articles
Where are all the Undescribed Fungi?- Hawksworth and Rossman
The fungal dimesion of biodiversity: magnitude, significance, and conservation. Hawksworth, 1991.
The Fungi: 1,2,3... 5.1 Million Species Blackwell 2011 Am. J. Botany
A higher-level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi. Hibbett et al. 2007 Abstract
Reconstructing the early evolution of Fungi using a six-gene phylogeny. James et al. 2006 Abstract
Assembling the Fungal Tree of Life: constructing the structural and biochemical database. Celio et al. 2006 Abstract
Dating divergences in the Fungal Tree of Life: review and new analyses. Taylor & Berbee 2006 Abstract
The Fastest Flights in Nature: High-Speed Spore Discharge Mechanisms among Fungi. Yafetto et al. 2008 Abstract Video of Pilobolus kleinii
Lecture 2 Supplementary Material NEW!!
Ribosomal DNA structure - Wikipedia
Primers for Fungal rDNA PCR amplification - Vilgalys Lab, Duke University
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) - Wikipedia
PCR - YouTube videos:
Video1 - fairly good detail by ayalush78
Video 2 - cool version with Let it Rock background music - somewhat less detail
Lecture 3 Additional Readings
Deacon Fungal Biology Chapter 4: Fungal Growth
Minireview on hyphal growth: 2007. Gero Steinberg, Hyphal growth: a tale of motors, lipids and the Spitzenkorper
Hyphal Tip Growth studied using fluorescent protein fusions: 2011. Peter Sudbery, Fluorescent proteins illuminate the structure and function of the hyphal tip apparatus
Lecture 5 Sexual Reproduction Additional Readings
Ni et al. Sex in Fungi- Annual Review in Genetics 2011
Oomycota
Species boundaries within Saprolegnia (Saprolegniales, Oomycota) based on morphological and DNA sequence data. Hulvey et al. 2006 Abstract
Chytridiomycota
A molecular phylogeny of the flagellated fungi (Chytridiomycota) and description of a new phylum (Blastocladiomycota). - James et al. 2006 Abstract
Life cycle stages of the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Berger et al. 2005 Abstract
Zygomycota
Phylogeny of the Zygomycota based on nuclear ribosomal sequence data. White et al. 2006 Abstract
Pathogenic fungus harbours endosymbiotic bacteria for toxin production. Partida-Martinez et al. 2005 Abstract
Glomeromycota
Phylogeny of the Glomeromycota (arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi): recent developments and new gene markers - Redecker & Raab 2006 Abstract
Basidiomycota
A phylogenetic overview of the Agaricomycotina. - Hibbett 2006 Abstract
A phylogenetic hypothesis of Ustilaginomycotina based on multiple gene analyses and morphological data. - Begerow et al. 2006 Abstract
An overview of the higher level classification of Pucciniomycotina based on combined analyses of nuclear large and small subunit rDNA sequences. - Aime et al. 2006 Abstract
Perspectives in the new Russulales. Miller et al. 2006 Abstract
Molecular systematics and biological diversification of Boletales. Binder & Hibbett 2006 Abstract
Major clades of Agaricales: a multilocus phylogenetic overview. Matheny et al. 2006 Abstract
Hymenochaetales: a molecular phylogeny for the hymenochaetoid clade. Larsson et al. 2006 Abstract
Molecular phylogenetics of the gomphoid-phalloid fungi with an establishment of the new subclass Phallomycetidae and two new orders. Hosaka et al. 2006 Abstract
Ascomycota
Phylogenetics of Saccharomycetales, the ascomycete yeasts. Suh et al. 2006 Abstract
Early diverging Ascomycota: phylogenetic divergence and related evolutionary enigmas. Sugiyama et al. 2006 Abstract
Systematics of the Pezizomycetes--the operculate discomycetes. Hansen & Pfister 2006 Abstract
Eurotiomycetes: Eurotiomycetidae and Chaetothyriomycetidae. Geiser et al. 2006 Abstract
Toward a phylogenetic classification of the Leotiomycetes based on rDNA data. Wang et al. 2006 Abstract
A five-gene phylogeny of Pezizomycotina. Spatafora et al. 2006 Abstract
New insights into classification and evolution of the Lecanoromycetes (Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota) from phylogenetic analyses of three ribosomal RNA- and two protein-coding genes. Miadlikowska et al. 2006 Abstract
An overview of the systematics of the Sordariomycetes based on a four-gene phylogeny. Zhang et al. 2006 Abstract
A multigene phylogeny of the Dothideomycetes using four nuclear loci. Schoch et al. 2006 Abstract