Dating the molecular clock in fungi – how close are we?

By M. Berbee, John W. Taylor. 2010

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Subfields: Cell Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science

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Global diversity and geography of soil fungi (2014, background): “All of these phylogenetic groups originated >150 million years ago on the supercontinent Pangaea (33) and have had sufficient time for long-distance dispersal.”
The Paleozoic Origin of Enzymatic Lignin Decomposition Reconstructed from 31 Fungal Genomes (2012, methodology): “Fossils representing the fungal tree of life are scarce which complicates molecular clock analyses (149).”
Phylogeny, divergence time estimation, and biogeography of the genus Heterobasidion (Basidiomycota, Russulales) (2015, background): “Some studies that exclusively used fungal fossils appropriately positioned in the tree had similar results to our recalibrated estimates ( Hibbett and Matheny 2009 ; Berbee and Taylor 2010 ; Dentinger et al .”
The ranking of fungi: a tribute to David L. Hawksworth on his 70th birthday (2017, background): “Basidiomycota and its sister phylum Ascomycota are estimated to have evolved during the Palaeozoic, around 500 MYA (Lücking et al. 2009; Berbee and Taylor 2010; Oberwinkler 2012; Hibbett 2014).”
Tales from the crypt: genome mining from fungarium specimens improves resolution of the mushroom tree of life (2016, background): “Many fruit body morphologies, ecologies, and life histories have evolved independently in the Agaricales subsequent to its origin over 100 Mya (Berbee & Taylor, 2010; Ryberg & Matheny, 2011), making this group a prime model for examining evolutionary trends (Hibbett, 2004; Hibbett et al., 2007).”
The fungi: 1, 2, 3 ... 5.1 million species? (2011, background): “By their descent from an ancestor shared with animals about a billion years ago plus or minus 500 million years ( Berbee and Taylor, 2010 ), the Fungi constitute a major eukaryotic lineage equal in numbers to animals and exceeding plants ( Figs.”