Transcriptomics reveals the regulation of the immune system of the mushroom-forming fungus Schizophyllum commune during interaction with four competitors.

Mushroom-forming fungi frequently encounter competitors during their lifecycle, but their defense mechanisms remain largely unexplored. We studied the response of the mushroom-forming fungus Schizophyllum commune during interaction with the fungal competitors Trichoderma harzianum, Trichoderma aggressivum and Purpureocillium lilacinum and the bacterial competitor Serratia quinivorans. Transcriptomics revealed 632 up-regulated genes in the direct interaction zone, which were enriched in small secreted proteins and transporters.

Genome annotations for the ascomycete fungi , , and .

We sequenced and annotated the genomes of the ascomycete fungi , , and . Moreover, we developed a website to allow users to interactively analyze the assemblies, gene predictions, and functional annotations of these species and 70+ previously sequenced fungi.