Fungi in the Tree of Life

This is a listing of online resources for exploring the Tree of Life, new research, and how fungi fit into the diversity of life.

Videos and sites for Tree of Life

START HERE. Watch the video: Archaea and the Tree of Life. Shows how the discovery of Archaea changed the tree of life.

Watch the video: Trying to Make Sense of This Overwhelming World. Using molecular phylogenies to discover relationships. Jul 20, 2020 -- Journey to the Microcosmos.
Watch the video: The Phylogenetic Tree of Life. Shows the 3 domain tree and adds horizontal gene transfer and endosymbiosis.
Watch the video: Earth's Entire History. Visualized On A Football Field. Video shows Origin of Fungi with previous estimate of 560 million years ago. Current estimates: between 760 million and 1 billion years ago.
Teaching the Fungal Tree of Life. David Hibbett lab.

The Tree of Life: Tangled Roots and Sexy Shoots. Tracing the genetic pathway from the Last Universal Common Ancestor to Homo sapiens. By Chris King Dec 2009 - Feb 2020. You can spend hours studying this compilation.

The moldy kingdom gets a new neighbor: Cryptomycota. Andrew David Thaler 2011.
Jones, M., Forn, I., Gadelha, C. et al. 2011. Discovery of novel intermediate forms redefines the fungal tree of life. Nature 474, 200–203. DOI: 10.1038/nature09984 [PDF]
Jones, M.D.M., Richards, T.A., Hawksworth, D.L. et al. Validation and justification of the phylum name Cryptomycota phyl. nov. 2011. IMA Fungus 2: 173–175. DOI: 10.5598/imafungus.2011.02.02.08 [PDF]
Letcher, P.M., and M.J. Powell. 2018. A taxonomic summary and revision of Rozella (Cryptomycota). IMA Fungus volume 9:383–399 DOI: 10.5598/imafungus.2018.09.02.09 [PDF]

A new view of the tree of life. 2016 Nature. This is a big picture look based on genomes. Bacteria are older and more diverse than Eukaryotes.
Only two domains, not three: changing views on the tree of life.