{"title":"Identification, characterization and expression of <i>A</i>-mating type genes in monokaryons and dikaryons of the edible mushroom <i>Mycoleptodonoides aitchisonii</i> (Bunaharitake).","authors":"Rini Riffiani, Fu-Chia Chen, Weitong Zhang, Takayuki Wada, Norihiro Shimomura, Takeshi Yamaguchi, Tadanori Aimi","doi":"10.47371/mycosci.2020.11.008","DOIUrl":"10.47371/mycosci.2020.11.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Identifying the mating-type in <i>Mycoleptodonoides aitchisonii</i> is important for enhancing breeding and cultivation of this edible mushroom. To clarify the molecular mechanisms of the bipolar mating system in <i>M. aitchisonii</i>, the homeodomain protein gene 2 (<i>Mahd2</i>) was characterized. A genomic DNA fragment of <i>Mahd2</i> in <i>M. aitchisonii</i> 50005-18 strain was 1,851 bp long and encoded a protein of 614 amino acids. Transcriptional analysis revealed that the expression of <i>Mahd2</i> was higher in monokaryotic strains that produced clamp cells than in those that did not. The highest relative expression level of <i>Mahd2</i> was observed in monokaryon TUFC 50005-4, which was capable of forming a true clamp. These results suggested that the formation of clamp cells is regulated by <i>A</i>-mating type homeodomain proteins, and the frequency of clamp cell formation might be promoted by high expression of the <i>Mahd2</i> gene.</p>","PeriodicalId":18780,"journal":{"name":"Mycoscience","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/c8/f9/MYC-62-106.PMC9157748.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9387345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MycosciencePub Date : 2021-01-20eCollection Date: 2021-01-01DOI: 10.47371/mycosci.2020.11.007
Alexis Guerin-Laguette
{"title":"Successes and challenges in the sustainable cultivation of edible mycorrhizal fungi - furthering the dream.","authors":"Alexis Guerin-Laguette","doi":"10.47371/mycosci.2020.11.007","DOIUrl":"10.47371/mycosci.2020.11.007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The cultivation of edible mycorrhizal fungi (EMF) has made great progress since the first cultivation of <i>Tuber melanosporum</i> in 1977 but remains in its infancy. Five cultivation steps are required: (1) mycorrhizal synthesis, (2) mycorrhiza development and acclimation, (3) out-planting of mycorrhizal seedlings, (4) onset of fructification, and (5) performing tree orchards. We provide examples of successes and challenges associated with each step, including fruiting of the prestigious chanterelles in Japan recently. We highlight the challenges in establishing performing tree orchards. We report on the monitoring of two orchards established between <i>Lactarius deliciosus</i> (saffron milk cap) and pines in New Zealand. Saffron milk caps yields reached 0.4 and 1100 kg/ha under <i>Pinus radiata</i> and <i>P. sylvestris</i> 6 and 9 y after planting, respectively. Canopy closure began under <i>P. radiata</i> 7 y after planting, followed by a drastic reduction of yields, while <i>P. sylvestris</i> yields still hovered at 690 to 780 kg/ha after 11 y, without canopy closure. The establishment of full-scale field trials to predict yields is crucial to making the cultivation of EMF a reality in tomorrow's cropping landscape. Sustainable EMF cultivation utilizing trees in non-forested land could contribute to carbon storage, while providing revenue and other ecosystem services.</p>","PeriodicalId":18780,"journal":{"name":"Mycoscience","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/a5/f4/MYC-62-010.PMC9157773.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9388393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MycosciencePub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.47371/mycosci.2021.03.006
Mohammad Reza Mirzaee, Sebastian Ploch, Marco Thines
{"title":"A new desert-dwelling oomycete, <i>Pustula persica</i> sp. nov., on <i>Gymnarrhena micrantha</i> (<i>Asteraceae</i>) from Iran.","authors":"Mohammad Reza Mirzaee, Sebastian Ploch, Marco Thines","doi":"10.47371/mycosci.2021.03.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47371/mycosci.2021.03.006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The obligate biotrophic oomycete genus <i>Pustula</i> is one of the four major linages of white blister rusts (<i>Albuginaceae</i>) identified so far. Species of the genus <i>Pustula</i> cause white blister rust on numerous genera in the asterids, represented by several phylogenetically distinct genus-specific lineages, most of which still await formal description. Thus, the observation of the species of <i>Pustula</i> on the <i>Asteraceae</i> subfamily <i>Gymnorhenoideae</i> pointed out to the existence of a hitherto undescribed species. By the morphological and molecular phylogenetic investigation conducted in this study it is concluded that the pathogen on <i>Gymnarrhena micrantha</i> from Iran indeed represents a hitherto unknown species and is described as <i>P. persica</i>. This species has apparently adapted to desert condition and is, after <i>Albugo arenosa</i>, the second species of white blister rust from Iranian deserts, highlighting the adaptability of white blister rusts to hot and dry habitats.</p>","PeriodicalId":18780,"journal":{"name":"Mycoscience","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/c9/42/MYC-62-239.PMC9721518.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9382400","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MycosciencePub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.47371/mycosci.2021.10.001
Ayuka Iwakiri, Norihisa Matsushita, Kenji Fukuda
{"title":"Snow mold fungus <i>Racodium therryanum</i> is phylogenetically <i>Herpotrichia juniperi</i>.","authors":"Ayuka Iwakiri, Norihisa Matsushita, Kenji Fukuda","doi":"10.47371/mycosci.2021.10.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47371/mycosci.2021.10.001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Racodium therryanum</i> is a snow mold causing snow blight and seed rot in conifers. The sexual stage of <i>R. therryanum</i> has not been found, however, it has been speculated that <i>Herpotrichia juniperi</i>, which causes brown felt blight, is the sexual stage of <i>R. therryanum</i>. In this study, we conducted phylogenetic analysis using 28S large subunit (LSU) rDNA, 18S small subunit (SSU) rDNA, translation elongation factor 1-alpha (<i>tef1</i>), and RNA polymerase II second largest subunit (<i>rpb2</i>). Four isolates were identified as <i>R. therryanum</i> based on their morphological characteristics; together with two strains of <i>H. juniperi</i>, they composed a clade supported by high bootstrap and Bayesian posterior probability values. Therefore, we conclude that the snow mold previously described as <i>R. therryanum</i> is phylogenetically <i>H. juniperi</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":18780,"journal":{"name":"Mycoscience","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/c9/47/MYC-62-406.PMC9721519.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9392535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Discovery of teliospores of a Cape jasmine rust fungus, <i>Hemileia gardeniae-floridae</i> (<i>Pucciniales</i>), and its occurrence in Thailand.","authors":"Yoshitaka Ono, Izumi Okane, Jintana Unartngam, Chanjira Ayawong","doi":"10.47371/mycosci.2021.06.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47371/mycosci.2021.06.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Hemileia gardeniae-floridae</i> is an accepted name for a Cape jasmine (<i>Gardenia jasminoides</i>) rust fungus distributed in East Asia. The fungus name was based on uredinial anamorph collected in Taiwan in 1931. The fungus was rarely collected in Taiwan and southern Japan, and its telial stage remained unknown. Microscopic examination of the type materials of <i>H. gardeniae-floridae</i> and <i>Uredo gardeniae-floridae</i>, which was once proposed to replace <i>H. gardeniae-floridae</i>, resulted in discovery of teliospores on the type of <i>U. gardeniae-floridae</i>. The teliospores are mostly napiform and produced on a sporogenous cell emerging through host stoma. A hemileioid rust fungus, producing both urediniospores and teliospores on Golden gardenia (<i>G. sootepensis</i>), was found in Thailand and morphologically identified to <i>H. gardeniae-floridae.</i> Another <i>Hemileia</i> species on Forest jasmine (<i>G. thunbergia</i>), <i>H. gardeniae-thunbergiae</i>, first found in Angola, Africa, is distinct from <i>H. gardeniae-floridae</i> in producing smaller urediniospores than those of <i>H. gardeniae-floridae.</i></p>","PeriodicalId":18780,"journal":{"name":"Mycoscience","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/79/43/MYC-62-336.PMC9733717.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9386131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MycosciencePub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.47371/mycosci.2020.11.005
Erkay Özgör, Nevin Keskin
{"title":"<i>In vitro</i> studies on inhibition capability of fungal-sourced bassiatin versus tamoxifen against ERα, EGFR and VEGFR on breast cancer cells.","authors":"Erkay Özgör, Nevin Keskin","doi":"10.47371/mycosci.2020.11.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47371/mycosci.2020.11.005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bassiatin which is produced by some fungi, is morpholine-based depsipeptide. Recent studies show that bassiatin inhibits MCF-7 breast cancer cell proliferation with its anti-oestrogenic effect. In this study, bassiatin's inhibition versus Tamoxifen was examined by comparing the effects on epidermal growth factor receptor and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor in addition to oestrogen receptor on breast cells. For this purpose, 15 concentrations of bassiatin, tamoxifen and combination of both were treated in terms of cytotoxicity on MCF-7, MDA-MB-231, SK-BR-3 and SVCT cell lines. For cell cycle analyses, MCF-7 and SVCT cell lines were incubated with 37.5 μM bassiatin, tamoxifen and combined substance for 24 h and 48 h. After treatment, cell distribution in each phase of the cell cycle was measured with flow cytometer. Furthermore, each interaction related to receptors were investigated with immunoassay ELISA kits. As a result, bassiatin-induced MCF-7 cell cycle arrest was shown in G0/G1 and G2/M phases at the presence of bassiatin. It was also found that bassiatin is more effective at all examined receptors on breast cancer cells than tamoxifen. These results show that bassiatin can be used effectively in breast cancer treatment as a new anticancer agent because of its multiple inhibition effects.</p>","PeriodicalId":18780,"journal":{"name":"Mycoscience","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/90/ea/MYC-62-087.PMC9157772.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10622946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MycosciencePub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.47371/mycosci.2020.12.002
Gilka Rocha Vasconcelos da Silva, Vinicius Henrique De Oliveira, Mark Tibbett
{"title":"Cadmium stress causes differential effects on growth and the secretion of carbon-degrading enzymes in four mycorrhizal basidiomycetes.","authors":"Gilka Rocha Vasconcelos da Silva, Vinicius Henrique De Oliveira, Mark Tibbett","doi":"10.47371/mycosci.2020.12.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47371/mycosci.2020.12.002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We hypothesised that cadmium exposure would hinder growth and secretion of carbon-degrading enzymes by mycorrhizal fungi, and that this would vary according to their tolerance to cadmium stress. The enzymes measured were β-Glucosidase, β-Xylosidase, β-D-cellubiosidase, N-acetyl-β-Glucosaminidase in three strains of ectomycorrhizal fungi <i>Hebeloma subsaponaceum</i>, <i>Scleroderma</i> sp., <i>Hebeloma</i> sp. and a feremycorrhizal fungus <i>Austroboletus occidentalis</i>. Fungi were subjected to cadmium stress for 28 d (in modified Melin-Norkrans liquid medium). The results showed unanticipated differential response of enzyme activities among the fungal species, including potential hormesis effects. <i>Austroboletus occidentalis</i> showed an increase in enzyme activity under cadmium stress.</p>","PeriodicalId":18780,"journal":{"name":"Mycoscience","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/23/84/MYC-62-132.PMC9721516.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9386108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Construction of a genetic linkage map and detection of quantitative trait locus for the ergothioneine content in tamogitake mushroom (<i>Pleurotus cornucopiae</i> var. <i>citrinopileatus</i>).","authors":"Shozo Yoneyama, Kaede Maeda, Ayuka Sadamori, Sayaka Saitoh, Mayumi Tsuda, Tomonori Azuma, Atsushi Nagano, Takahiro Tomiyama, Teruyuki Matsumoto","doi":"10.47371/mycosci.2020.11.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47371/mycosci.2020.11.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Developing high-content strains of L-ergothioneine (EGT), an antioxidant amino acid, is an important breeding target for tamogitake mushroom, <i>Pleurotus cornucopiae</i> var. <i>citrinopileatus</i>. We constructed a genetic linkage map based on segregation analysis of markers in 105 F1 progenies. The loci of 245 markers, including 10 AFLP markers, 195 Rad markers, 2 mating type factors, and 38 gene markers, were mapped. The map contained 12 linkage groups with a total genetic distance of 906.8 cM, and an average marker interval of 4.0 cM. The population from crossing between tester monokaryon and F1 progenies was used to characterize quantitative trait loci (QTL) for EGT content. With composite interval mapping (CIM) method, QTL of EGT content were found to be located in linkage group 10, having a Logarithm of the odds (LOD) score of 2.53 with a 10.1% contribution rate. Moreover, a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), A/T, was identified in a gene region of the genome in the neighborhood where the QTL peak existed. This SNP genotype was in good agreement with the EGT phenotypes of each strain in the both QTL population and wild population. Thus, this SNP would have great potential value to use the marker-assisted selection (MAS) for this mushroom with high EGT content.</p>","PeriodicalId":18780,"journal":{"name":"Mycoscience","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/ce/58/MYC-62-071.PMC9157747.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9386677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Revision of <i>Xylonaceae</i> (<i>Xylonales</i>, <i>Xylonomycetes</i>) to include Sarea and Tromera.","authors":"Akira Hashimoto, Hiroshi Masumoto, Rikiya Endoh, Yousuke Degawa, Moriya Ohkuma","doi":"10.47371/mycosci.2020.11.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47371/mycosci.2020.11.001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The resinicolous fungi <i>Sarea difformis</i> and <i>S. resinae</i> (<i>Sareomycetes</i>) were taxonomically revised on the basis of morphological observations and phylogenetic analyses of the nucleotide sequences of the nSSU-LSU-<i>rpb1</i>-<i>rpb2</i>-mtSSU genes. The results of phylogenetic analyses show that <i>S. difformis</i> and <i>S. resinae</i> are grouped with members of <i>Xylonomycetes</i>. According to the results of phylogenetic analyses and their sexual and asexual morphs resemblance, <i>Sareomycetes</i> is synonymized with <i>Xylonomycetes</i>. Although <i>Tromera</i> has been considered a synonym of <i>Sarea</i> based on the superficial resemblance of the sexual morph, we show that they are distinct genera and <i>Tromera</i> should be resurrected to accommodate <i>T. resinae</i> (= <i>S. resinae</i>)<i>.</i> <i>Xylonomycetes</i> was morphologically re-circumscribed to comprise a single family (<i>Xylonaceae</i>) with four genera (<i>Sarea</i>, <i>Trinosporium</i>, <i>Tromera</i>, and <i>Xylona</i>) sharing an endophytic or plant saprobic stage in their lifecycle, ascostroma-type ascomata with paraphysoid, <i>Lecanora</i>-type bitunicate asci, and pycnidial asexual morphs. Phylogenetic analyses based on ITS sequences and environmental DNA (eDNA) implied a worldwide distribution of the species. Although <i>Symbiotaphrinales</i> has been treated as a member of <i>Xylonomycetes</i> in previous studies, it was shown to be phylogenetically, morphologically, and ecologically distinct. We, therefore, treated <i>Symbiotaphrinales</i> as <i>Pezizomycotina</i> <i>incertae sedis</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":18780,"journal":{"name":"Mycoscience","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/1a/95/MYC-62-047.PMC9157775.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9388391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"<i>Tricholoma olivaceonigrum</i>, a new species of the section <i>Tricholoma</i> (<i>Agaricales</i>) from Japan.","authors":"Shuji Ushijima, Eiji Nagasawa, Naoki Endo, Akiyoshi Yamada","doi":"10.47371/mycosci.2021.03.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47371/mycosci.2021.03.005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A novel species of <i>Tricholoma</i> section <i>Tricholoma</i>, namely, <i>T. olivaceonigrum</i>, is described and illustrated based on samples found in an oak woods dominated by <i>Quercus myrsinifolia</i>, an evergreen oak, in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan. It is characterized by a conic-umbonate, dark-greenish olivaceous pileus with blackish innate fibrils; a whitish silky-fibrillose stipe, often faintly tinted pale yellow and with a narrowed subpointed base; subglobose to broadly elliptic spores; and fruiting in early winter. Phylogenetic analysis targeting the internal transcribed spacer region of the ribosomal RNA gene revealed that <i>T. olivaceonigrum</i> forms a well-supported clade sister to <i>T. portentosum</i>. Other morphologically and phylogenetically closely related species of the section <i>Tricholoma</i> are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":18780,"journal":{"name":"Mycoscience","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/1a/39/MYC-62-233.PMC9721503.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9388811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}