[ Return to Amanita Studies home page ] Studies in Amanita: Molecular Phylogeny Note: Readers are encouraged to supply us with information about laboratories, individual projects, and research publications to which links would be valuable. [ items from the Amanita Study site ]  [ links to labs ] Background tile depicts Amanita basiana. ITEMS AVAILABLE FROM THE AMANITA STUDIES SITE Molecular phylogeny of eastern Asian species of Amanita (Agaricales, Basidiomycota): Taxonomic and biogeographic implications. L.- F. Zhang. J.-B. Yang, and Z.-L. Yang. 2004. Fungal Diversity 17: 219-238.  [PDF, 262 Kb] [ view ] LINKS TO LABS Amanita Genome Project - H. E. Hallen & J. Walton. The project's goal is a thorough study of the genome of Amanita bisporigera.  http://www.msu.edu/user/hallenhe/amanita.htm Gene family encoding the toxins of lethal Amanita mushrooms. - H. E. Hallen, H. Luo, J. S. Scott-Craig, J. D. Walton. 2007. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104: 19097-19101.  [ Abstract ] Primer Note: Using the incomplete genome of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Amanita bisporigera to identify molecular polymorphisms in the related Amanita phalloides. - R. I. Adams, H. E. Hallen, A. Pringle. 2006. Molec. Ecol. Notes 6: 218-220  [ PDF ] Duke Mycolab - Agaric Phylogeny project Molecular Systematics of Amanita - J.-M. Moncalvo et al. At the following site, select from list at bottom of page. [ view ] Phylogeny of Amanita - D. Drehmel et al. At the following site, select from list at bottom of page.  [ view ] Hibbet Lab, Clark University - home page AFTOL, ordinal classification of fungi - major subsite Teaching the Fungal Tree of Life - for K-12 teachers and students Amanita relevant publications (t.b.d.) Molecular Phylogenetic Studies in the Genus Amanita - M. Weiss et al. At the following site, select "contents" and, then, "volume 76, number 7, July 1998"  [ view ] Pringle Laboratory (Harvard) Amanita phalloides Population Studies - A. Pringle.  The project's goal is a study of a number of populations in North America and Europe of Amanita phalloides. Dr. Anne Pringle may be contacted by email Taylor Laboratory - Molecular Microbial Ecology Lab - Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks Beringian origins and cryptic speciation events in the Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria). J. Geml et al. 2006. Molecular Ecol. 15: 225-239 [ pdf ]. Evidence for strong inter- and intracontinental phylogeographic structure in Amanita muscaria, a wind-dispersed ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete.. J. Geml et al. 2008. Molec. Phylog. Evol. 48: 694-701  [ pdf ] .[ Return to Amanita Studies home page. ] Last change to this page 6 August 2008. This page is maintained by R. E. Tulloss. Copyright 2006, 2007, 2008 by Rodham E. Tulloss.