The Mycota. Volume 14: Pöggeler, Stefanie und Timothy James (eds.): Evolution of Fungi and Fungal - Like Organisms.2nd rev.ed. 2023. illus. 322 p.

Sequence analyses of numerous fungal genomes over the past two decades have provided us with extensive insights into the phylogenetic relationships of fungi and the distribution of genes and their inferred functions, across the fungal kingdom. It is now possible to answer questions about the origin of the fungal kingdom and fungal evolution with an analytical precision that was not possible before.

This fully revised and updated 2nd edition of The Mycota, Vol. 14, addresses major aspects of fungal evolution. The book is divided into four sections covering the following main topics:

• Evolutionary roots of fungi
• Evolution of pathogenic strategies
• Evolution of mutualistic interactions
• Evolution of metabolism and development in fungi