David Hibbett (Clark University) fills us in on the kind of decay that makes shiitake mushrooms special. This week, he 39 collaborators published a paper tracing how these mushrooms have evolved.
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- Publication: Sierra-Patev S et al. A global phylogenomic analysis of the shiitake genus Lentinula. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Mar 7;120(10):e2214076120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2214076120.
- The Lentinula genomes are publicly available on JGI’s MycoCosm data portal
This work was supported by the JGI’s Community Science Program. Find out how to become a JGI User here: https://jgi.doe.gov/user-programs/
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