The complete mitochondrial genome of the Agrocybe aegerita, an edible mushroom

Li-Ming Xu; Damien Daniel Hinsinger; Guo-Feng Jiang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2017.1398618

The complete mitochondrial genome of the Agrocybe aegerita, an edible mushroom

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2017 Nov 7;2(2):791-792. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2017.1398618.

Authors

Li-Ming Xu¹, Damien Daniel Hinsinger², Guo-Feng Jiang^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Biology Institute, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanning, Guangxi, PR China.
² Biodiversity Genomics Team, Plant Ecophysiology & Evolution Group, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Conservation, College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, PR China.
³ State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, PR China.

Abstract

Agrocybe aegerita is a medicinally and nutritionally important edible basidiomycete. Despite previous phylogenetic studies, the taxonomy of A. aegerita complex remains unclear due to lacking of resolutive data. Herein, the complete mitochondrial genome of A. aegerita is reported and analyzed. The mitogenome length was 116,329 bp, with a GC content of 27.6%, include 17 typical protein-coding genes, two ribosomal protein genes (rps3), two ribosomal RNA genes and a set of 32 transfer RNA genes. A phylogenetic analyses using complete mitogenome in Agaricales showed that A. aegerita is closely related to the genus Pleurotus and represents a clade clearly independent from other Agaricales species.

Keywords: Agrocybe aegerita; Fungi; evolution; mitogenome; tea tree mushroom.