Fungi over fungi, endophytic fungi associated with mushroom fruiting bodies and lichens

Abstract

Mushrooms are macrofungi that are famous for their nutritional and pharmaceutical values. On the other hand, lichens are the form of symbiosis representing the complex relation between fungi and algae. Understanding the ability of fungi to grow over anything, this review is focusing on endophytic fungi capable of growing in association with mushrooms and lichens, respectively. Although reports describing these association are rare, it is important to highlight such relation, and encourage for conducting more studies in order to understand the consequences of growth of endophytes on mushroom, status of lichen endophytes, and to investigate the diversity of endophytic fungi within lichen thalli.