Gitta Langer

TL;DR: It is indicated that there may have been at least four independent losses of the flagellum in the kingdom Fungi, and the enigmatic microsporidia seem to be derived from an endoparasitic chytrid ancestor similar to Rozella allomycis, on the earliest diverging branch of the fungal phylogenetic tree.

TL;DR: Phylogenetic relationships of resupinate Homobasidiomycetes (Corticiaceae s. lat. and others) were studied using ribosomal DNA sequences from a broad sample of res upinate and nonresupinate taxa to support monophyly of the eight major clades of Homob as well as independent lineages corresponding to the Gloeophyllum clade, corticioid clade and Jaapia argillacea.

TL;DR: Strong boostrap support and significant posterior probabilities for the first time for the following monophyletic groups are produced, particularly for deep internodes of Basidiomycota, which have been difficult to resolve with confidence using nrDNA data alone.

TL;DR: A comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of homobasidiomycetes, using sequences from nuclear and mitochondrial ribosomal DNA, with an emphasis on understanding evolutionary relationships of gilled mushrooms and puffballs, suggested that strikingly similar gilled mushroom evolved at least six times, from morphologically diverse precursors.

TL;DR: The circumscription of the cantharelloid clade was reassessed and monophyletic groups were identified by using nLSU, nSSU, mtSSU and RPB2 sequence data, and analyses of nuc-rDNA sequences strongly placed Tulasnella close to CanthareLLus-Craterellus.