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… So it was great to hear her passion and enthusiasm for fungi. And we talk a lot about some of the technical … your talk today. It was another great example of probing fungi for natural products and finding new things. And so, … very interested in toxins – phytotoxins – produced by fungi. But the key seminar that tied everything back to the …

… Uncovering associations between plant roots and fungi that can help or harm plant host health. The Science Researchers compared the genomes of fungi that colonize Arabidopsis thaliana roots with genomes … Some plants and fungi have mutually beneficial (e.g., mycorrhizal) relationships, but not all plants and fungi can …

… and analysis tools for comparative genomics of fungi. Mycocosm enables users to navigate across sequenced … and to conduct comparative and genome-centric analyses of fungi and community annotation. …

… Black fungi are microscopic and mighty. They survive everywhere …

… Before 2006, Olpidium was one of the many obscure fungi of Chytridiomycota (the “chytrids”).  A collaborative … Olpidium is a link in the evolution and transition of fungi from aquatic to terrestrial habitats. The work is part … aims to provide genomic information for every family of fungi. In the following guest piece, JGI user Ying Chang in …

… The Impact N. crassa is the model organism for filamentous fungi, all of which contain a wide array of plant cell-wall … of sustainable biofuels and bioproducts. Filamentous fungi are also being used in the biotechnology industry to … enzymes, proteins, and other chemicals. Summary Filamentous fungi are like handymen who show up at a job site for a task …

… Fungi from herbivore poop make surprisingly complex … thought to be too costly for them. The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the presence of oxygen, dwell in … their last leafy meal. In their evolutionary history, these fungi branched off early from aerobic fungi, which can …

… Bacterial enzymes play second fiddle to those from fungi when it comes to breaking down tough plant fibers. The … activity teems beneath your feet. Both bacteria and fungi have genes that can break down plant fibers. But are … is a striking division of labor between the two groups. Fungi are much more active in degrading plant matter, and …

… of tough plants. Thanks to gut microbes — namely, anaerobic fungi — these animals are able to pry apart plant polymers … use to bust biomass apart. She and her team find these fungi, and their enzymes, primarily in animal poop.  “As an … diversity.”  Within that diversity of bacteria and fungi, O’Malley and her team are amassing all kinds of …