Metabolic Control of Fruitbody Morphogenesis in Coprinus cinereus

A Mutation in the eln2 Gene Encoding a Cytochrome P450 of Coprinus cinereus Affects Mushroom Morphogenesis

“…Coprinus cinereus produces a highly differentiated multicellular structure, the fruit body, and provides an opportunity for studies of multicellular morphogenesis in fungi (Takemaru and Kamada, 1972;Moore et al, 1979;Moore, 1981Moore, , 1996Gooday, 1982;Muraguchi and Kamada, 1998). Fruit body morphogenesis involves differentiation of various tissues and expansion of differentiated cells, as does morphogenesis in higher plants.…”