Characterization and comparative mitogenomic analysis of six newly sequenced mitochondrial genomes from ectomycorrhizal fungi (Russula) and phylogenetic analysis of the Agaricomycetes

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of an important edible fungus Auricularia Polytricha

We, the Editor, authors and Publisher of Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources, have retracted the following article:

Qiang Li, Xin Jin, Zuqin Chen, Chuan Xiong, Ping Li & Wenli Huang (2019) ‘Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of an important edible fungus Auricularia Polytricha’ 4:1, 1107–1108, DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2019.1586494.

This article has been retracted at the request of the authors as, subsequent to publication, it has been identified that the species reported in the article is incorrect. The species should be Suillus sp. and not Auricularia polytricha as reported. The article has therefore been retracted as the data reported in the article are inaccurate.

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The first complete mitochondrial genome from the family Hygrophoraceae (Hygrophorus russula) by next-generation sequencing and phylogenetic implications

Hygrophorus russula (Schaeff.) Kauffman is an edible ectomycorrhizal fungus that is widely distributed in the world. In this study, the mitogenome of H. russula was sequenced and assembled. The mitogenome of H. russula is composed of circular DNA molecules, with a total size of 55,769 bp. Further analysis indicated that the frequent use of A and T in codons contributes to the high AT content (80.87%) in the H. russula mitogenome. Comparative analysis indicated that the length and base composition of the core protein-encoding genes, and the number of tRNA genes in the H. russula mitogenome varied from that of other Agaricales mitogenomes. Gene arrangement analysis revealed a novel gene order in the H. russula mitogenome. In addition, the expansion of the mitogenome in Agaricales was found to be closely related to the increase in the number of introns. Phylogenetic analysis of the combined mitochondrial gene set showed strong support for tree topologies, and H. russula was determined to be relatively distant from other Agaricales species. This study is the first report on the mitogenome of a member of genus Hygrophorus as well as family Hygrophoraceae, which improves our understanding of mitochondrial differentiation and evolution in the important ectomycorrhizal fungi Hygrophorus species.