Hyphal systems and their effect on the mechanical properties of fungal sporocarps

Fungal sporocarps house diverse and host-specific communities of fungicolous fungi

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Bracket fungi, natural lightweight construction materials: hierarchical microstructure and compressive behavior of Fomes fomentarius fruit bodies

(2021) Cecilia Müller et al.   Applied Physics A

The melanized layer of Armillaria ostoyae rhizomorphs: Its protective role and functions

(2021) Debora Lyn Porter et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Natural arrangement of micro-strips reduces shear strain in the locust cuticle during power amplification

(2020) Chao Wan et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Ecology, Phylogeny, and Potential Nutritional and Medicinal Value of a Rare White “Maitake” Collected in a Mediterranean Forest

(2020) Maria Letizia Gargano et al.   Diversity-Basel

Bidirectional Propagation of Signals and Nutrients in Fungal Networks via Specialized Hyphae

(2019) Stefanie S. Schmieder et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Communicate and Fuse: How Filamentous Fungi Establish and Maintain an Interconnected Mycelial Network

(2019) Monika S. Fischer et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Multiscale Toughening Mechanisms in Biological Materials and Bioinspired Designs

(2019) Wei Huang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Morphology and mechanics of fungal mycelium

(2017) M. R. Islam et al.   Scientific Reports

Distinguishing commercially grown Ganoderma lucidum from Ganoderma lingzhi from Europe and East Asia on the basis of morphology, molecular phylogeny, and triterpenic acid profiles

(2016) Florian Hennicke et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

Structural Design Elements in Biological Materials: Application to Bioinspiration

(2015) Steven E. Naleway et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Damage response involves mechanisms conserved across plants, animals and fungi

(2015) M. A. Hernández-Oñate et al.   CURRENT GENETICS

A Model for Growth of a Single Fungal Hypha Based on Well-Mixed Tanks in Series: Simulation of Nutrient and Vesicle Transport in Aerial Reproductive Hyphae

(2015) Wellington Balmant et al.   PLoS One

Bioinspired structural materials

(2014) Ulrike G. K. Wegst et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Structural Biological Materials: Critical Mechanics-Materials Connections

(2013) M. A. Meyers et al.   SCIENCE

The Species Identity of the Widely Cultivated Ganoderma, ‘G. lucidum’ (Ling-zhi), in China

(2012) Xin-Cun Wang et al.   PLoS One

Germination of Lecanicillium fungicola in the mycosphere of Agaricus bisporus

(2012) Roeland L. Berendsen et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Comprehensive taxon sampling reveals unaccounted diversity and morphological plasticity in a group of dimitic polypores (Polyporales, Basidiomycota)

(2011) Otto Miettinen et al.   CLADISTICS

Predation versus protection: Fish teeth and scales evaluated by nanoindentation

(2011) Po-Yu Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

Secrets of the subterranean pathosystem of Armillaria

(2011) KENDRA BAUMGARTNER et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY

Biomechanics of invasive growth by Armillaria rhizomorphs

(2009) Levi Yafetto et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Structure and mechanical properties of crab exoskeletons

(2008) Po-Yu Chen et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Insights on the mechanics of hyphal growth

(2008) Nicholas P. Money   Fungal Biology Reviews

Biological materials: Structure and mechanical properties

(2007) Marc André Meyers et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Elastic Properties of the Cell Wall of Aspergillus nidulans Studied with Atomic Force Microscopy

(2005) Liming Zhao et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRESS