Fruiting body form, not nutritional mode, is the major driver of diversification in mushroom-forming fungi

Significance The Agaricomycetes is a conspicuous and successful group of Fungi, containing ∼36,000 described species. The group presents striking diversity in fruiting bodies, including those with a pileus (cap) and stipe (stalk), puffballs, coral fungi, crust-like forms, etc. Agaricomycetes also comprise ecologically diverse species, including decayers, mycorrhizal symbionts, and pathogens. We assembled a “megaphylogeny” with 8,400 species that represent ∼23% of the known diversity of Agaricomycetes and used it to investigate the relative impact of fruiting body forms and nutritional modes on diversification rates. Across all Agaricomycetes, a pileate-stipitate fruiting body is associated with increased diversification compared to other forms. No such relationship was found for nutritional modes, including mycorrhizal symbiosis. We conclude that morphological innovation has driven diversification in Agaricomycetes.

• Publication year

  2020

• Venue

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

• Publication date

  2020-11-30

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1073/pnas.1922539117PMID 33257574PMCID 7768725
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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