Hyphal interference has been described as a mechanism that triggers hyphal death when two mycelia from different species meet. Although this phenomenon is encountered in a large array of species, it is little studied and many questions remain unanswered. Still mysterious is how fungi are able to differentiate self from non-self, what is(are) the toxic substance(s) that promote hyphal death and whether Hyphal Interference is an ancient phenomenon conserved in fungi or is, as many other fungal traits, the result of convergent evolution. Here, I review what is known about Hyphal Interference and propose that the genetically tractable model fungi Podospora anserina and Coprinopsis cinerea could be used to gain further insight into the phenomenon.
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Silar, P. (2012). Hyphal interference: Self versus non-self fungal recognition and hyphal death. In Biocommunication of Fungi (Vol. 9789400742642, pp. 155–170). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4264-2_10
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