“…In unifactorial higher fungi, a single series of incompatibility factors determines mating competence. Relatively little information has been obtained from unifactorial species, and the only pertinent studies are those on Polyporus betulinus (10), P. palustris (18,19), Fomes cajanderi (49), and Sistotrema brinkmanni (43,44). In P. betulinus, the incompatibility factor (called A) has been shown to possess at least 28 natural specificities.…”