本研究针对北美蜜环菌根腐病病原体Armillaria solidipes长期存在的分类学争议，通过表型指定和多位点分子鉴定（包括翻译延伸因子1-alpha基因和全基因组系统发育分析），成功区分了北美分布的A. solidipes（原生物种I）与欧亚分布的A. ostoyae（原生物种C），为解决该 ...

Mycologia, Vol. 102, No. 4 (July / August 2010), pp. 898-910 (13 pages) We analyzed the sequences of three DNA regions—the translation elongation factor-1 alpha (EF-1 alpha) gene and the internal ...

The Armillaria genus comprises fungal pathogens responsible for root disease across a broad range of woody hosts, causing significant ecological and economic impacts in forests and managed landscapes ...

On chilly morning in eastern Oregon, correspondent Conor Knighton headed deep into Malheur National Forest, driving a series of unpaved roads, and hiking far from any trail, all in hopes of finding a ...

The blue whale gets a lot of ink for the being the largest animal to ever live, beating out even the biggest dinosaurs. But it turns out the largest organisms on Earth aren’t in the oceans, they are ...

Support local journalism: Find offers for new subscribers here: Special Offers — USATodayNetwork. Many residents who grow palms are familiar with the signs of Ganoderma butt rot, Ganoderma zonatum, ...

A very common sight this year in our landscapes, judging by the phone calls we have gotten, is the presence of clumps of honey-colored mushrooms. These mushrooms are the spore-producing structures of ...

Next time you purchase white button mushrooms at the grocery store, just remember, they may be cute and bite-size but they have a relative out west that occupies some 2,384 acres (965 hectares) of ...

The world's largest living thing is even bigger than a blue whale (the largest animal living now). Meet Armillaria ostoyae, or, as it's nicknamed, the Humongous Fungus. It's an organism that covers ...

The world's largest living thing is even bigger than a blue whale (which happens to be the largest animal living now). Meet Armillaria ostoyae, or, as it's nicknamed, the Humongous Fungus. It's an ...