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Karen W. Hughes
Researcher at University of Tennessee
Publications - 108
Citations - 9414
Karen W. Hughes is an academic researcher from University of Tennessee. The author has contributed to research in topics: Gymnopus & Agaricomycetes. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 105 publications receiving 8120 citations.
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Nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region as a universal DNA barcode marker for Fungi
Conrad L. Schoch,Keith A. Seifert,Sabine M. Huhndorf,Vincent Robert,John L. Spouge,C. André Lévesque,Wen Chen,Elena Bolchacova,Kerstin Voigt,Pedro W. Crous,Andrew N. Miller,Michael J. Wingfield,M. Catherine Aime,Kwang Deuk An,Feng-Yan Bai,Robert W. Barreto,Dominik Begerow,Marie Josée Bergeron,Meredith Blackwell,Teun Boekhout,Teun Boekhout,Mesfin Bogale,Nattawut Boonyuen,Ana Rosa Burgaz,Bart Buyck,Lei Cai,Qing Cai,Gianluigi Cardinali,Priscila Chaverri,Brian J. Coppins,Ana Crespo,Paloma Cubas,Craig Cummings,Ulrike Damm,Z. Wilhelm de Beer,G. Sybren de Hoog,Ruth Del-Prado,Bryn T. M. Dentinger,Bryn T. M. Dentinger,Javier Diéguez-Uribeondo,Pradeep K. Divakar,Brian Douglas,Margarita Dueñas,Tuan A. Duong,Ursula Eberhardt,Joan E. Edwards,Mostafa S. Elshahed,Katerina Fliegerova,Manohar R. Furtado,Miguel A. García,Zai-Wei Ge,Gareth W. Griffith,K. Griffiths,Johannes Z. Groenewald,Marizeth Groenewald,Martin Grube,Marieka Gryzenhout,Liang-Dong Guo,Ferry Hagen,Sarah Hambleton,Richard C. Hamelin,Karen Hansen,Paul Harrold,Gregory Heller,Cesar S. Herrera,Kazuyuki Hirayama,Yuuri Hirooka,Hsiao Man Ho,Kerstin Hoffmann,Valérie Hofstetter,Filip Högnabba,Peter M. Hollingsworth,Seung-Beom Hong,Kentaro Hosaka,Jos Houbraken,Karen W. Hughes,Seppo Huhtinen,Kevin D. Hyde,Kevin D. Hyde,Timothy Y. James,Eric M. Johnson,Joan E. Johnson,Peter R. Johnston,E. B. Gareth Jones,Laura J. Kelly,Laura J. Kelly,Paul M. Kirk,Dániel G. Knapp,Urmas Kõljalg,Gábor M. Kovács,Cletus P. Kurtzman,Sara Landvik,Steven D. Leavitt,Audra S. Liggenstoffer,Kare Liimatainen,Lorenzo Lombard,J. Jennifer Luangsa-ard,H. Thorsten Lumbsch,Harinad Maganti,Sajeewa S. N. Maharachchikumbura,María P. Martín,Tom W. May,Alistair R. McTaggart,Andrew S. Methven,Wiel Meyer,Jean-Marc Moncalvo,Suchada Mongkolsamrit,László Nagy,R. Henrik Nilsson,Tuula Niskanen,Ildikó Nyilasi,Gen Okada,Izumi Okane,Ibai Olariaga,Jürgen Otte,Tamás Papp,Duckchul Park,Tamás Petkovits,Raquel Pino-Bodas,W. Quaedvlieg,Huzefa A. Raja,Dirk Redecker,Tara L. Rintoul,Constantino Ruibal,Jullie M. Sarmiento-Ramírez,Imke Schmitt,Imke Schmitt,Arthur Schüßler,Carol A. Shearer,Kozue Sotome,Franck O.P. Stefani,Soili Stenroos,B. Stielow,Herbert Stockinger,Satinee Suetrong,Sung-Oui Suh,Gi-Ho Sung,Motofumi Suzuki,Kazuaki Tanaka,Leho Tedersoo,M. Teresa Telleria,Eric D. Tretter,Wendy A. Untereiner,Hector Urbina,Csaba Vágvölgyi,Agathe Vialle,Thuy Duong Vu,Grit Walther,Qi Ming Wang,Yan Wang,Bevan S. Weir,Michael Weiß,Merlin M. White,Jianping Xu,Rebecca Yahr,Zhu L. Yang,Andrey Yurkov,Juan Carlos Zamora,Ning Zhang,Wen Ying Zhuang,David Schindel +160 more
TL;DR: Among the regions of the ribosomal cistron, the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region has the highest probability of successful identification for the broadest range of fungi, with the most clearly defined barcode gap between inter- and intraspecific variation.
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Reconstructing the early evolution of Fungi using a six-gene phylogeny
Timothy Y. James,Frank Kauff,Conrad L. Schoch,P. Brandon Matheny,Valérie Hofstetter,Cymon J. Cox,Cymon J. Cox,Gail Celio,Cécile Gueidan,Emily Fraker,Jolanta Miadlikowska,H. Thorsten Lumbsch,Alexandra Rauhut,Valérie Reeb,A. Elizabeth Arnold,A. Elizabeth Arnold,Anja Amtoft,Jason E. Stajich,Kentaro Hosaka,Kentaro Hosaka,Gi-Ho Sung,Desiree Johnson,Ben O'Rourke,Michael Crockett,Manfred Binder,Judd M. Curtis,Jason C. Slot,Zheng Wang,Zheng Wang,Andrew W. Wilson,Arthur Schüßler,Joyce E. Longcore,Kerry O'Donnell,Sharon E. Mozley-Standridge,David Porter,Peter M. Letcher,Martha J. Powell,John W. Taylor,Merlin M. White,Gareth W. Griffith,David R. Davies,Richard A. Humber,Joseph B. Morton,Junta Sugiyama,Amy Y. Rossman,Jack D. Rogers,Donald H. Pfister,David Hewitt,Karen Hansen,Sarah Hambleton,R. A. Shoemaker,Jan Kohlmeyer,Brigitte Volkmann-Kohlmeyer,Robert A. Spotts,Maryna Serdani,Pedro W. Crous,Karen W. Hughes,Kenji Matsuura,Ewald Langer,Gitta Langer,Wendy A. Untereiner,Robert Lücking,Burkhard Büdel,David M. Geiser,André Aptroot,Paul Diederich,Imke Schmitt,Imke Schmitt,Matthias Schultz,Rebecca Yahr,Rebecca Yahr,David S. Hibbett,François Lutzoni,David J. McLaughlin,Joseph W. Spatafora,Rytas Vilgalys +75 more
TL;DR: It is indicated that there may have been at least four independent losses of the flagellum in the kingdom Fungi, and the enigmatic microsporidia seem to be derived from an endoparasitic chytrid ancestor similar to Rozella allomycis, on the earliest diverging branch of the fungal phylogenetic tree.
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Major clades of Agaricales: a multilocus phylogenetic overview
P. Brandon Matheny,Judd M. Curtis,Valérie Hofstetter,M. Catherine Aime,Jean-Marc Moncalvo,Zai-Wei Ge,Zhu-Liang Yang,Jason C. Slot,Joseph F. Ammirati,Timothy J. Baroni,Neale L. Bougher,Karen W. Hughes,D. Jean Lodge,Richard W. Kerrigan,Michelle T. Seidl,Duur K. Aanen,Matthew DeNitis,Graciela María Daniele,Dennis E. Desjardin,Bradley R. Kropp,Lorelei L. Norvell,Andrew D. Parker,Else C. Vellinga,Rytas Vilgalys,David S. Hibbett +24 more
TL;DR: An overview of the phylogeny of the Agaricales is presented based on a multilocus analysis of a six-gene region supermatrix, with at least 11 origins of the ectomycorrhizal habit appear to have evolved in the AgARicales.
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Finding needles in haystacks: Linking scientific names, reference specimens and molecular data for Fungi
Conrad L. Schoch,Barbara Robbertse,Vincent Robert,Duong Vu,Gianluigi Cardinali,Laszlo Irinyi,Wieland Meyer,R. Henrik Nilsson,Karen W. Hughes,Andrew N. Miller,Paul M. Kirk,Kessy Abarenkov,M. Catherine Aime,Hiran A. Ariyawansa,Martin I. Bidartondo,Teun Boekhout,Bart Buyck,Qing Cai,Jie Chen,Ana Crespo,Pedro W. Crous,Ulrike Damm,Z. Wilhelm de Beer,Bryn T. M. Dentinger,Pradeep K. Divakar,Margarita Dueñas,Nicolas Feau,Katerina Fliegerova,Miguel A. García,Zai-Wei Ge,Gareth W. Griffith,Johannes Z. Groenewald,Marizeth Groenewald,Martin Grube,Marieka Gryzenhout,Cécile Gueidan,Liang-Dong Guo,Sarah Hambleton,Richard C. Hamelin,Karen Hansen,Valérie Hofstetter,Seung-Beom Hong,Jos Houbraken,Kevin D. Hyde,Patrik Inderbitzin,Peter R. Johnston,Samantha C. Karunarathna,Urmas Kõljalg,Gábor M. Kovács,Gábor M. Kovács,Ekaphan Kraichak,Krisztina Krizsán,Cletus P. Kurtzman,Karl-Henrik Larsson,Steven D. Leavitt,Peter M. Letcher,Kare Liimatainen,Jian-Kui Liu,D. Jean Lodge,Janet Jennifer Luangsa-ard,H. Thorsten Lumbsch,Sajeewa S. N. Maharachchikumbura,Dimuthu S. Manamgoda,María P. Martín,Andrew M. Minnis,Jean-Marc Moncalvo,Giuseppina Mulè,Karen K. Nakasone,Tuula Niskanen,Ibai Olariaga,Tamás Papp,Tamás Petkovits,Raquel Pino-Bodas,Martha J. Powell,Huzefa A. Raja,Dirk Redecker,Jullie M. Sarmiento-Ramírez,Keith A. Seifert,Bhushan Shrestha,Soili Stenroos,B. Stielow,Sung-Oui Suh,Kazuaki Tanaka,Leho Tedersoo,M. Teresa Telleria,Dhanushka Udayanga,Wendy A. Untereiner,Javier Diéguez Uribeondo,Krishna V. Subbarao,Csaba Vágvölgyi,Cobus M. Visagie,Kerstin Voigt,Donald M. Walker,Bevan S. Weir,Michael Weiß,Nalin N. Wijayawardene,Michael J. Wingfield,Jianping Xu,Zhu L. Yang,Ning Zhang,Wen Ying Zhuang,Scott Federhen +101 more
TL;DR: A set of standards and protocols are proposed to improve the data quality of new sequences, and it is suggested how type and other reference sequences can be used to improve identification of Fungi.
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Contributions of rpb2 and tef1 to the phylogeny of mushrooms and allies (Basidiomycota, Fungi)
P. Brandon Matheny,Zheng Wang,Manfred Binder,Judd M. Curtis,Young Woon Lim,R. Henrik Nilsson,Karen W. Hughes,Valérie Hofstetter,Joseph F. Ammirati,Conrad L. Schoch,Ewald Langer,Gitta Langer,David J. McLaughlin,Andrew W. Wilson,Tobias Guldberg Frøslev,Zai-Wei Ge,Richard W. Kerrigan,Jason C. Slot,Zhu-Liang Yang,Timothy J. Baroni,Michael Fischer,Kentaro Hosaka,Kenji Matsuura,Michelle T. Seidl,Jukka Vauras,David S. Hibbett +25 more
TL;DR: Strong boostrap support and significant posterior probabilities for the first time for the following monophyletic groups are produced, particularly for deep internodes of Basidiomycota, which have been difficult to resolve with confidence using nrDNA data alone.