Recently incompatibility tests have been widely applied in systematics to elu- cidate reproductive isolation,investigate mechanisms of speciation and delimitate species in higher Basidiomycotina.

• 早期关于亲和性的研究大多只涉及其遗传出基础,近年来亲和性试验已被广泛地应用于担子菌系统学与酶和DNA等数据结合作为划分种,探讨生殖隔离机制和物种形成的依据。