About the Authors

Matthew E. Smith

trufflesmith@ufl.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Terry W. Henkel

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, United States of America

Jessie K. Uehling

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, United States of America

Alexander K. Fremier

Affiliation Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

H. David Clarke

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of North Carolina Asheville, Asheville, North Carolina, United States of America

Rytas Vilgalys

Affiliation Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MES TWH JKU HDC. Performed the experiments: MES TWH JKU HDC. Analyzed the data: MES AKF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MES RV TWH AKF. Wrote the paper: MES TWH RV.