Armillaria

György Sipos; James B Anderson; László G Nagy

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2018.01.026

Armillaria

Curr Biol. 2018 Apr 2;28(7):R297-R298. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.01.026.

Authors

György Sipos¹, James B Anderson², László G Nagy³

Affiliations

¹ Fungal Genomics and Bioinformatics Group, Research Center for Forestry and Wood Industry, University of Sopron, Sopron, 9400 Hungary. Electronic address: gyoergy.sipos@wsl.ch.
² Department of Biology, University of Toronto, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6 Canada. Electronic address: jb.anderson@utoronto.ca.
³ Synthetic and Systems Biology Unit, Biological Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, 6726, Hungary. Electronic address: lnagy@fungenomelab.com.

PMID: 29614282
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.01.026

Abstract

Lingering in forests around the world, some of the largest and oldest terrestrial organisms on earth hide in plain sight. In this Quick Guide, Sipos et al. shed light on the biology of the Armillaria fungi.

MeSH terms

Armillaria / classification
Armillaria / pathogenicity
Armillaria / physiology*
Host Specificity
Host-Pathogen Interactions
Plant Diseases / microbiology*
Plant Roots / microbiology*