Ph.D. from Oregon State University (October 2005)

Current Research:

Systematics and biogeography of a Model Clade of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi: Laccaria-Hydnangium

Publications:

(1) James TY, Kauff F, Schoch C, Matheny PB, Hofstetter V, Cox CJ, Celio G, Gueidan C, Fraker E, Miadlikowska J, Lumbsch HT, Rauhut A, Reeb V, Arnold AE, Amtoft A, Stajich JE, Hosaka K, Sung GH, Johnson D, O’Rourke B, Binder M, Curtis JM, Slot JC, Wang Z, Wilson AW, Schüβler, Longcore JE, O’Donnell K, Mozley-Standridge S, Porter D, Letcher PM, Powell MJ, Taylor JW, White MM, Griffith GW, Davies DR, Sugiyama J, Rossman AY, Rogers JD, Pfister DH, Hewitt D, Hansen K, Hambleton S, Shoemaker RA, Kohlmeyer J, Volkmann-Kohlmeyer B, Spotts R, Serdani M, Crous PW, Hughes KW, Matsuura K, Langer E, Langer G, Untereiner WA, Lücking R, Büdel B, Geiser DM, Aptroot A, Buck WR, Cole MS, Diederich P, Hillis DM, Printzen C, Schmitt I, Schultz M, Yahr R, Zavarzin A, Hibbett DS, Lutzoni F, McLaughlin DJ, Spatafora JW, Vilgalys R. 2006. Reconstructing the early evolution of the fungi using a six gene phylogeny. Nature 443: 818-822.



(2) Matheny PB, Wang Z, Binder M, Curtis JM, Lim YW, Nilsson RH, Hughes KW, Hofstetter V, Ammirati JF, Schoch C, Langer E, Langer G, McLauchlin DJ, Wilson AW, Froslev T, Ge ZW, Kerrigan RW, Kerrigan R, Slot J, Yang ZL, Baroni TJ, Fischer M, Hosaka K, Matsuura K, Seidl M, Vauras J, Hibbett DS. 2006. Contributions of rpb2 and tef1 to the phylogeny of mushrooms and allies (Basidiomycota, Fungi). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (in press).



(3) Spatafora JW, Sung GH, Johnson D, O’Rourke B, Serdani M, Spotts R, Lutzoni F, Hofstetter V, Miadlikowska J, Reeb V, Gueidan C, Fraker E, Lumbsch HT, Lücking R, Schmitt I, Hosaka K, Aptroot A, Roux C, Miller A, Geiser D, Hafellner J, Hestmark G, Arnold AE, Budel B, Rauhut A, Hewitt D, Untereiner W, Cole M, Scheidegger C, Schultz M, Sipman H, Schoch C. 2006. A five-gene phylogeny of Pezozomycotina. Mycologia (in press).

(4) Hosaka K, Bates ST, Beever RE, Castellano MA, Colgan W, Dominguez LS, Geml J, Giachini AJ, Kenney SR, Nouhra ER, Simpson NB, Spatafora JW, Trappe JM. 2006. Molecular phylogenetics of the gomphoid-phalloid fungi with an establishment of the new subclass Phallomycetidae and two new orders. Mycologia (in press).

(5) Sugiyama J, Hosaka K, Suh S-O. 2006. The basal Ascomycota: the phylogenetic divergence and related evolutionary enigmas. Mycologia (in press).