Biology
Document Type
Article
Abstract
SUMMARY The development of sexual fruiting bodies is one of the most complex morphogenetic processes in fungi. Mycologists have long been fascinated by the morphological and developmental diversity of fruiting bodies; however, evolutionary developmental biology of fungi still lags significantly behind that of animals or plants. Here, we summarize the current state of knowledge on fruiting bodies of mushroom-forming Basidiomycota, focusing on phylogenetic and developmental biology. Phylogenetic approaches have revealed a complex history of morphological transformations and convergence in fruiting body morphologies. Frequent transformations and convergence is characteristic of fruiting bodies in contrast to animals or plants, where main body plans are highly conserved. At the same time, insights into the genetic bases of fruiting body development have been achieved using forward and reverse genetic approaches in selected model systems. Phylogenetic and developmental studies of fruiting bodies have each yielded major advances, but they have produced largely disjunct bodies of knowledge. An integrative approach, combining
Publication Title
Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
Publication Date
1-2022
Volume
86
Issue
1
ISSN
1092-2172
DOI
10.1128/MMBR.00019-21
Keywords
Basidiomycota, evo-devo, fruiting body, mating, morphogenesis, phylogenetics
Repository Citation
Virágh, Máté; Merényi, Zsolt; Csernetics, Árpád; Földi, Csenge; Sahu, Neha; Liu, Xiao Bin; Hibbett, David S.; and Nagy, László G., "Evolutionary Morphogenesis of Sexual Fruiting Bodies in Basidiomycota: Toward a New Evo-Devo Synthesis" (2022). Biology. 167.
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Virágh, M., Merényi, Z., Csernetics, Á., Földi, C., Sahu, N., Liu, X. B., ... & Nagy, L. G. (2022). Evolutionary morphogenesis of sexual fruiting bodies in basidiomycota: toward a new evo-devo synthesis. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, 86(1), e00019-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/MMBR.00019-21
