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Invasive Californian death caps develop mushrooms unisexually and bisexually.
Nature communications - 24 Oct 2023
Wang Yen-Wen, McKeon Megan C, Elmore Holly, Hess Jaqueline, Golan Jacob, Gage Hunter, Mao William, Harrow Lynn, Gonçalves Susana C, Hull Christina M, Pringle Anne
Abstract excerpt
Canonical sexual reproduction among basidiomycete fungi involves the fusion of two haploid individuals of different mating types, resulting in a heterokaryotic mycelial body made up of genetically different nuclei. Using population genomics data and experiments, we discover mushrooms of the invasive and deadly Amanita phalloides can also be homokaryotic; evidence of sexual reproduction by single, unmated...
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