Ontogeny and phylogeny of gasteroid members of Agaricaceae (Basidiomycetes) Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades doctor rerum naturalium (Dr. rer. nat.) vorgelegt dem Rat der Biologisch-Pharmazeutischen Fakultät der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena von Dipl.-Biol. Matthias Gube geboren am 06.10.1979 in Zittau Gutachter: 1. ................................................. 2. 3. Datum der öffentlichen Disputation: ............................................................. Contents Introduction 4 Manuscript overview 10 Chapter 1 M. Gube, M. Thienes, L. Nágy, E. Kothe Ten times angiocarpy – gasteromycetation events within Agaricaceae s. l. (Agaricales, Basidiomycetes) (in preparation for Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution) 12 Chapter 2 M. Gube The gleba development of Langermannia gigantea (Batsch: Pers.) Rostk. (Basidiomycetes) compared to other Lycoperdaceae, and some systematic implications (published in Mycologia) 35 Chapter 3 H. Dörfelt, M. Gube Secotioid Agaricales (Basidiomycetes) from Mongolia (published in Feddes Repertorium) 45 Chapter 4 M. Gube, M. Piepenbring Preliminary annotated checklist of Gasteromycetes in Panama (in revision for Nova Hedwigia) 55 Chapter 5 M. Gube, H. Dörfelt Anatomy and ecology of the gasteromycetation process in Agaricaceae s. l.