AUTHOR=Yang Kunlong , Ding Gang TITLE=Editorial: Unveiling the hidden arsenal: exploring secondary metabolites and fungal development in pathogenic fungi JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology VOLUME=15 YEAR=2025 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cellular-and-infection-microbiology/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2025.1572135 DOI=10.3389/fcimb.2025.1572135 ISSN=2235-2988