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Communication

Does Structural Color Exist in True Fungi?

by
Juliet Brodie
1,
Colin J. Ingham
2,* and
Silvia Vignolini
3
1
Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK
2
Hoekmine BV, 3515 GJ Utrecht, The Netherlands
3
Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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J. Fungi 2021, 7(2), 141; https://doi.org/10.3390/jof7020141
Submission received: 20 January 2021 / Revised: 12 February 2021 / Accepted: 12 February 2021 / Published: 16 February 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fungal Pigments 2021)
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Abstract

Structural color occurs by the interaction of light with regular structures and so generates colors by completely different optical mechanisms to dyes and pigments. Structural color is found throughout the tree of life but has not, to date, been reported in the fungi. Here we give an overview of structural color across the tree of life and provide a brief guide aimed at stimulating the search for this phenomenon in fungi.
Keywords: Myxomycetes; iridescence; pigmentation; evolution of color; mycelia; cell organization; living photonics Myxomycetes; iridescence; pigmentation; evolution of color; mycelia; cell organization; living photonics
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Brodie, J.; Ingham, C.J.; Vignolini, S. Does Structural Color Exist in True Fungi? J. Fungi 2021, 7, 141. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof7020141

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Brodie J, Ingham CJ, Vignolini S. Does Structural Color Exist in True Fungi? Journal of Fungi. 2021; 7(2):141. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof7020141

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Brodie, Juliet, Colin J. Ingham, and Silvia Vignolini. 2021. "Does Structural Color Exist in True Fungi?" Journal of Fungi 7, no. 2: 141. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof7020141

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Brodie, J., Ingham, C. J., & Vignolini, S. (2021). Does Structural Color Exist in True Fungi? Journal of Fungi, 7(2), 141. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof7020141

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