High-quality genome assembly and annotation of <i>Porodaedalea mongolica</i> and <i>Porodaedalea schrenkiana</i> provide insights into potential industrial and medical application

Porodaedalea species, members of the order Hymenochaetales, are widely distributed in the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere and are known for their saprophytic, pathogenic, and medicinal properties. Currently, genomics has become a mainstream approach for exploring the potential applications of fungi, but the genomics studies on Porodaedalea remain extremely limited. In this study, we employed third-generation sequencing technology to obtain high-quality genomes of Porodaedalea mongolica and Porodaedalea schrenkiana using an assembly strategy optimized for assembling highly heterozygous genomes. Functional annotation and comparative genomic analyses revealed the lignocellulose decomposition strategies of Porodaedalea species, and explored their potential biological functions and patterns of their evolution history. These genomic resources provide the valuable foundation for future potential applications of the Porodaedalea species in the industrial and medical fields.