Fig. 5

Dynamics of host specialization evolution in wood decay fungi within Agaricomycetes based on a multi-state likelihood model. Transition rates based on the best model (“Correlated hosts – norev”, Table 1) and the maximum likelihood phylogeny among six character states: white or brown rot generalist; white or brown rot angiosperm specialist and white or brown rot gymnosperm specialist. The six-state character coding was based on the gymnosperm association. A gymnosperm association above 90% was classified as gymnosperm specialist, below 10% as angiosperm specialist and others as generalists (“90–10 specialization”, for details see Trait data and character matrix). Numbers above and below arrows denote transition rates and the arrow width reflects the rate size. For rate estimates based on alternative trees and the one-genus-subsets see Additional file 1: Figure S5. Angiosperm tree image by Michele M. Tobias (see Acknowledgements)