Jason C. Slot

The paper shows that Galerina indica produces both psilocybin and amatoxins, revealing horizontal gene transfer of psilocybin biosynthesis.

This study shows that loss of the inaZ gene, which enables ice nucleation activity, restricts bacterial dispersal and leads to genetic and ecological isolation.

This study identifies two independent origins of the psilocybin gene cluster in Psilocybe by analyzing genome sequences and phylogenetic relationships.

This study shows that gene loss and gain in Xanthomonas translucens drive host range shifts, with fitness costs for generalist behavior and enhanced virulence for specialist behavior.

This study examines fungal endophyte communities in Rubiaceae plants across different tropical forests, leaf stages, and tissues, finding regional differences and higher diversity in leaves than sapwood.

This paper describes the cultivation, chemical profile, and genome of Psilocybe zapotecorum, revealing its psilocybin content and gene cluster structure.

Mycotools provides an automated and scalable platform for local comparative genomics, curating and standardizing fungal genomic data.

CLOCI identifies gene clusters using co-occurrence and orthology proxies, revealing noncanonical clusters and improving detection of known functional classes.

The paper compares metabolic gene clusters and mycoparasitism genes in endophytic and non-endophytic Trichoderma genomes to uncover genomic features associated with the endophytic lifestyle.

This study identifies horizontal gene transfer events in Armillaria fungi that contribute to plant biomass degradation and pathogenicity.

The paper examines the evolution of the TLO gene family in Candida albicans, revealing distinct evolutionary paths among structural groups and identifying functional motifs.

The paper identifies Starships, large mobile elements in fungi, that mobilize accessory genes and contribute to genome variation and evolution.

The paper shows that secondary metabolism gene clusters in Xylariales fungi are linked to broader ecological roles and increased gene diversity.

The paper identifies novel biosynthetic gene clusters in Dothideomycetes fungi and shows their diversity scales with repertoire size, suggesting limited structural redundancy in secondary metabolites.

The paper identifies gene clusters in fungal genomes associated with phenylpropanoid degradation and links their organization to ecological lifestyles.