[Objectives] Fifty two strains wert identified and phylooeneticaliy analyzed te solve the current phenomenon of "synonym and homonym" in moreis. [Mctliods] Based on the ITS and LSU sequences of ribosomal DNA, the collected 52 moree samples were sequenced, and BLAST aliynment was performed by NCBI te construct phylooenetic trees. [Reselts] The collected moree strains were mainiy divided inte two major yroups; nameiy black moree and yellow moree groups, ot which the black mord youp was most, mainly includiny Morchella sextelata, Morchella importuna, Morchella crassipes, and Morchella eximia. There were vert few yellow mord strains includiny M. crassipes and M. eximia. [Conclusions] This study lays a foundation for the classificaûon and research of mord yermplasm resources, and proviOcs a powerful referencc vCuc for the research and production of high-quality mord swains. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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We studied group I introns in sterile cultures of selected groups of lichen photobionts, focusing on Trebouxia species associated with Xanthoria s. lat. (including Xanthomendoza spp.; lichen-forming ascomycetes). Group I introns were found inserted after position 798 ( Escherichia coli numbering) in the large subunit ( LSU) r RNA in representatives of the green algal genera Trebouxia and Asterochloris. The 798 intron was found in about 25% of Xanthoria photobionts including several reference strains obtained from algal culture collections. An alignment of LSU-encoded r DNA intron sequences revealed high similarity of these sequences allowing their phylogenetic analysis. The 798 group I intron phylogeny was largely congruent with a phylogeny of the internal transcribed spacer region, indicating that the insertion of the intron most likely occurred in the common ancestor of the genera Trebouxia and Asterochloris. The intron was vertically inherited in some taxa, but lost in others. The high-sequence similarity of this intron to one found in Chlorella angustoellipsoidea suggests that the 798 intron was either present in the common ancestor of Trebouxiophyceae, or that its present distribution results from more recent horizontal transfers, followed by vertical inheritance and loss. Analysis of another group I intron shared by these photobionts at small subunit position 1512 supports the hypothesis of repeated lateral transfers of this intron among some taxa, but loss among others. Our data confirm that the history of group I introns is characterized by repeated horizontal transfers, and suggests that some of these introns have ancient origins within Chlorophyta. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study investigates fungi associations in Culex poicilipes mosquitoes which have been collected from Erbil City, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. A total of 155 adult mosquitoes were analyzed, with 18% showing fungal infections. Molecular analysis using COI and LSU genes identified three Aspergillus species (A. niger, A. inflatus, and A. tubingensis). Sequences were submitted to GenBank and all of them recorded under the accession number, PV085519.1, PV085520.1 and PV085521.1 respectively. Phylogenetic analysis and secondary RNA structure prediction confirmed species-level relationships and showed genetic polymorphism. The study concludes that C. poicilipes may act as a vector for Aspergillus spp., with implications for public health.