Assembling the Fungal Tree of Life

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Sterol data - Illustrated


Location code / cell type
  • 1N, haploid mycelium
  • NN, dikaryotic mycelium
  • 2N, diploid mycelium
  • XN, mycelium of unknown nuclear status
  • MN, multinucleate
  • AC, ascocarp -- nonascogenous hyphae or ascospore
  • AS, asexual spore
  • BC, basidiocarp
  • RS, junction of rhizoid and sporangium
  • SC, sporocarp
  • SF, sporangiophore
  • ZF, zygophore
  • 1N, haploid mycelium
  • NN, dikaryotic mycelium
  • 2N, diploid mycelium
  • XN, mycelium of unknown nuclear status
  • MN, multinucleate
  • AC, ascocarp -- nonascogenous hyphae or ascospore
  • AS, asexual spore
  • BC, basidiocarp
  • RS, junction of rhizoid and sporangium
  • SC, sporocarp
  • SF, sporangiophore
  • ZF, zygophore
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1. Cholesterol pathway
2. Ergosterol pathway
3. 24-Methyl-cholesterol pathway
4. Brassicasterol pathway
5. 24-Ethyl-cholesterol pathway
6. Lanosta-8,24-dienol (Lanosterol)
7. Cholest-5-enol (Cholesterol)
8. Cholesta-5,24-dienol (Desmosterol)
9. Ergost-5-enol (24-Methyl-cholesterol)
10. Ergost-7-enol (Fungisterol)
11. Ergosta-5,7-dienol (22-Dihydroergosterol)
12. Ergosta-5,22-dienol (Brassicasterol)
13. Ergosta-5,24(28)-dienol (24-Methylene-cholesterol)
14. Ergosta-7,22-dienol (5-Dihydroergosterol)
15. Ergosta-7,24(28)-dienol (Episterol)
16. Ergosta-5,7,22-trienol (Ergosterol)
17. Stigmast-5-enol (24-Ethyl-cholesterol)
0, absent

1, present

18. Stigmast-7-enol
19. Stigmasta-7,24(28)-dienol




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