Objective  Transcriptome analysis was conducted on Agaricus bisporus at 4 developmental stages to identify the genes associated with and decipher the molecular mechanism involving the fungal development.

  Method  From 6 representative strains of A. bisporus including main cultivar As2796, its parents 02 and 8213, its backcrossing offspring W192, foreign wild strain ARP159, and domestic wild strain AgLH830, at primordium, young, harvesting, and opening stages, 24 fruiting body specimens were collected for transcriptome sequence analysis. By aligning them against the reference genome sequence of A. bisporus, the genes that were differentially expressed were identified. Both unique and common differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were clearly exposed to be annotated using the databases to determine their specific functions.

  Result  Among the 10 660 transcripts obtained, 677 genes were unique with 237 functionally annotated. The tested A. bisporus shared 49 common DEGs between primordium and young stages, 82 between primordium and harvest stages, and 73 between primordium and pileus opening stages. And, 13 genes were found commonly present in the various strains.

  Conclusion  Both unique and common DEGs in A. bisporus at the 4 developmental stages were identified and annotated in the study.