Study compares three algorithms—OrthoFinder, SonicParanoid, and Broccoli for initial orthology predictions with a Brassicaceae dataset, and additional analyses such as tree inference to fine-tune results.
The first multi-year study of groundwater microbiomes shows dispersal rates between widely separated underground sites may be fast enough relative to mutation rates to have precluded substantial divergence in species composition.
The 17th article in the Fungal Diversity Notes series reports 97 taxa with four new genera distributed in three phyla (Ascomycota, Glomeromycota and Mucoromycota), 11 classes, 38 orders and 62 families collected from various regions worldwide.
Study of lichen photomorphs (symbiotic structures formed by conspecific fungi associated with green alga or a cyanobacteria confirms Nephroma microphyllum as a synonym of N. kuehnemannii, Dendriscocaulon intricatulum a synonym of R. quercizans; free-living Chilean dendriscocauloid lichens are cyanomorphs of S. ainoae.
Study of lignicolous freshwater fungi from Yunnan Province, China, reveals 18 new fungal species.
