Abstract In fungi, little is known about connections between volatile organic compound (VOC) formation and developmental stages that are amongst others triggered by fruiting-related genes (FRGs). We analysed the volatilomes of Schizophyllum commune during different in a variety FRG-deletion strains wild-type strains. The deletion Δ tea1 , wc-2 hom2 were unable to develop fruiting bodies, fst4 f...