AuthorAnderson, J.B., Bruhn, J.N., Kasimer, D., Wang, H., Rodrigue, N. & Smith, M.L.
Year2018
TitleClonal evolution and genome stability in a 2500-year-old fungal individual
TypePaper
SourceProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 285.
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

More on one of the largest organisms in the world.

Whole-genome sequencing shows the clone to be even larger and older than previously thought. It also has an extremely low somatic mutation rate.

Website urlroyalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2018.2233

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
CurrentArmillaria gallicaBulbous Honey FungusFungi: Agaricales: Physalacriaceae
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