Omics data reveal the unusual asexual-fruiting nature and secondary metabolic potentials of the medicinal fungus Cordyceps cicadae.
Yuzhen LuFeifei LuoKai CenGuohua XiaoYing YinChunru LiZengzhi LiShuai ZhanHuizhan ZhangChengshu WangPublished in: BMC genomics (2017)
The results of this study expand our knowledge of fungal genetics that asexual fruiting can occur independent of the MAT locus control. The obtained genomic and metabolomic data will benefit future investigations of this fungus for medicinal uses.