Featured Publications
Evolution of Reproductive Morphology in Leaf Endophytes
Wang Z, Johnston PR, Yang ZL, Townsend JP. Evolution of Reproductive Morphology in Leaf Endophytes. PLOS ONE 2009, 4: e4246. PMID: 19158947, PMCID: PMC2617777, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004246.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeaf endophytesEcological roleDead host tissuesCommon developmental pathwayEndophytic lifestyleAsexual developmentSaprobic speciesReproductive structuresReproductive morphologySaprobic fungiFungal tissueFungal classificationDead woodEndophytic fungiDevelopmental pathwaysBody sizeFungal morphologySignificant divergenceLeotiomycetesFungiEndophytesHost tissuesProblematic groupRhytismatalesImportant role
2016
Future Perspectives and Challenges of Fungal Systematics in the Age of Big Data
Wang Z, Nilsson R, James T, Dai Y, Townsend J. Future Perspectives and Challenges of Fungal Systematics in the Age of Big Data. Fungal Biology 2016, 25-46. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-29137-6_3.ChaptersFungal systematicsMolecular phylogenyEnvironmental DNA surveysHigh-throughput sequencingSequence-based classificationFungal treeFungal evolutionPhylogenetic informativenessFungal genomesIntegrative taxonomyDNA surveysFungal researchEvolutionary biologyPhylogenetic inferenceComparative biologyTaxonomic ranksEcological charactersFungal classificationInformative experimental designGenetic markersMycological researchPhylogenySanger sequencingSystematicsBiology
2015
3 Pezizomycotina: Sordariomycetes and Leotiomycetes
Zhang N, Wang Z. 3 Pezizomycotina: Sordariomycetes and Leotiomycetes. The Mycota 2015, 57-88. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-46011-5_3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMolecular phylogenetic analysisClose evolutionary relationshipMolecular phylogenyPlant endophytesEvolutionary relationshipsPlant pathogensPhylogenetic analysisGenomic eraSubcellular dataApothecial ascomataClass SordariomycetesPhylogenetic classificationAnimal associatesAscomycetous fungiFungal classificationGenome sequencingUnitunicate asciLeotiomycetesSordariomycetesFungiOrdinal levelPezizomycotinaLaboulbeniomycetesGeoglossomycetesSaprobes