Abstract Knowledge of the relationships and thus the classification of fungi, has developed
rapidly with increasingly widespread use of molecular techniques, over the past 10–15�…

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a pathogenic fungus that infects hundreds of plant species,
including many of the world's most important crops. Key features of S. sclerotiorum include�…

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary is a broad host-range fungus that infects an inclusive
array of plant species and afflicts significant yield losses globally. Despite being a notorious�…

Many fungi are pathogenic on plants and cause significant damage in agriculture and
forestry. They are also part of the natural ecosystem and may play a role in regulating plant�…

The grey mould Botrytis cinerea causes disease in more than 1000 plant species, including
important crops. The interaction between Botrytis and its (potential) hosts is determined by�…

Among necrotrophic fungi, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is remarkable for its extremely broad host
range and for its aggressive host tissue colonization. With full genome sequencing�…

Plants and fungi have had many years of friendly and not-so friendly competition for
resources and quality of life. As a result, diverse pathosystems evolved numerous strategies�…

Endophytes infect living plant tissues without causing symptoms of disease. Indeed, many of
them contribute to the resistance phenotype of their host. However, fungal endophytes are�…

Leotiomycetes is regarded as the inoperculate class of discomycetes within the phylum
Ascomycota. Taxa are mainly characterized by asci with a simple pore blueing in Melzer's�…

Necrotrophic fungal pathogens cause considerable disease on numerous economically
important crops. Some of these pathogens are specialized to one or a few closely related�…