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Species diversity of fungal pathogens on cultivated mushrooms: a case study on morels (Morchella, Pezizales) Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Feng-Ming Yu, Ruvishika S. Jayawardena, Thatsanee Luangharn, Xiang-Yu Zeng, Cui-Jin-Yi Li, Shu-Xin Bao, Hong Ba, De-Qun Zhou, Song-Ming Tang, Kevin D. Hyde, Qi Zhao
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Class-wide genomic tendency throughout specific extremes in black fungi Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Claudia Coleine, Tania Kurbessoian, Giulia Calia, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Alessandro Cestaro, Massimo Pindo, Federica Armanini, Francesco Asnicar, Daniela Isola, Nicola Segata, Claudio Donati, Jason E. Stajich, Sybren de Hoog, Laura Selbmann
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Fungal diversity notes 1717–1817: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Shi-Liang Liu, Xue-Wei Wang, Guo-Jie Li, Chun-Ying Deng, Walter Rossi, Marco Leonardi, Kare Liimatainen, Tapio Kekki, Tuula Niskanen, Matthew E. Smith, Joe Ammirati, Dimitar Bojantchev, Mohamed A. Abdel-Wahab, Ming Zhang, Enjing Tian, Yong-Zhong Lu, Jing-Yi Zhang, Jian Ma, Arun Kumar Dutta, Krishnendu Acharya, Tian-Ye Du, Jize Xu, Ji Seon Kim, Young Woon Lim, Alice Gerlach, Nian-Kai Zeng, Yun-Xiao
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Lifestyle changes in Botryosphaeriaceae as evidenced by ancestral genome expansion and horizontal gene transfer Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Xuncheng Wang, Wei Zhang, Junbo Peng, Ishara S. Manawasinghe, Linna Wu, Yonghua Li, Qikai Xing, Xinghong Li, Jiye Yan
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ASF1 regulates asexual and sexual reproduction in Stemphylium eturmiunum by DJ-1 stimulation of the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-04 Shi Wang, Xiaoman Liu, Chenlin Xiong, Susu Gao, Wenmeng Xu, Lili Zhao, Chunyan Song, Xiaoyong Liu, Timothy Y. James, Zhuang Li, Xiuguo Zhang
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Systematic arrangement within the family Clitocybaceae (Tricholomatineae, Agaricales): phylogenetic and phylogenomic evidence, morphological data and muscarine-producing innovation Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Zheng-Mi He, Zuo-Hong Chen, Tolgor Bau, Geng-Shen Wang, Zhu L. Yang
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Dermatophytes and mammalian hair: aspects of the evolution of Arthrodermataceae Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Chao Tang, Xin Zhou, Jacques Guillot, Gudrun Wibbelt, Shuwen Deng, Hazal Kandemir, Yvonne Gräser, Peiying Feng, Yingqian Kang, G. Sybren de Hoog
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Fungal diversity notes 1611–1716: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on fungal genera and species emphasis in south China Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-12 Indunil C. Senanayake, Walter Rossi, Marco Leonardi, Alex Weir, Mark McHugh, Kunhiraman C. Rajeshkumar, Rajnish K. Verma, Samantha C. Karunarathna, Saowaluck Tibpromma, Nikhil Ashtekar, Sreejith K. Ashtamoorthy, Sanjay Raveendran, Gurmeet Kour, Aishwarya Singh, Saúl De la Peña-Lastra, Antonio Mateos, Miroslav Kolařík, Vladimír Antonín, Hana Ševčíková, Fernando Esteve-Raventós, Ellen Larsson, Fermín
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Ascomycetes from karst landscapes of Guizhou Province, China Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2023-10-10 Jin-Feng Zhang, Jian-Kui Liu, Kevin D. Hyde, Ya-Ya Chen, Hai-Yan Ran, Zuo-Yi Liu
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Species diversity, updated classification and divergence times of the phylum Mucoromycota Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-18 Heng Zhao, Yong Nie, Tong-Kai Zong, Ke Wang, Mei-Lin Lv, Yu-Jin Cui, Ablat Tohtirjap, Jia-Jia Chen, Chang-Lin Zhao, Fang Wu, Bao-Kai Cui, Yuan Yuan, Yu-Cheng Dai, Xiao-Yong Liu
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Taxonomic monograph of epifoliar fungi Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2023-08-29 D. S. Marasinghe, S. Hongsanan, X. Y. Zeng, E. B. G. Jones, P. Chomnunti, S. Boonmee, K. D. Hyde
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Taxonomy, phylogeny and evolution of freshwater Hypocreomycetidae (Sordariomycetes) Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Dan-Feng Bao, Kevin D. Hyde, Sajeewa S. N. Maharachchikumbura, Rekhani H. Perera, Vinodhini Thiyagaraja, Sinang Hongsanan, Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe, Hong-Wei Shen, Xing-Guo Tian, Li-Quan Yang, Sarunya Nalumpang, Zong-Long Luo
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The contribution of fungi to the global economy Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2023-07-12 Allen Grace T. Niego, Christopher Lambert, Peter Mortimer, Naritsada Thongklang, Sylvie Rapior, Miriam Grosse, Hedda Schrey, Esteban Charria-Girón, Arttapon Walker, Kevin D. Hyde, Marc Stadler
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Phylogeny and taxonomy of Rhytisma-like species worldwide Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2023-06-22 Qiu-Tong Wang, Mei-Jun Guo, Tu Lv, Hao Zhou, Shuang Wang, Shi-Juan Wang, Ying-Ren Lin, Sarah Gronefeld, Roland Kirschner, Meike Piepenbring, Tina A. Hofmann, Paul F. Cannon, Cheng-Lin Hou
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Polycephalomycetaceae, a new family of clavicipitoid fungi segregates from Ophiocordycipitaceae Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2023-04-06 Yuan-Pin Xiao, Yuan Bing Wang, Kevin D. Hyde, Gentekaki Eleni, Jing-zu Sun, Yu Yang, Juan Meng, Hong Yu, Ting-Chi Wen
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Do all fungi have ancestors with endophytic lifestyles? Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2023-03-16 Chitrabhanu S. Bhunjun, Chayanard Phukhamsakda, Kevin D. Hyde, Eric H. C. McKenzie, Ramesh K. Saxena, Qirui Li
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Freshwater fungi from karst landscapes in China and Thailand Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2023-03-14 Jing Yang, Ling-Ling Liu, E. B. Gareth Jones, Kevin D. Hyde, Zuo-Yi Liu, Dan-Feng Bao, Ning-Guo Liu, Wen-Li Li, Hong-Wei Shen, Xian-Dong Yu, Jian-Kui Liu
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The chalara-like anamorphs of Leotiomycetes Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2023-03-13 Wenping Wu, Yongzhao Diao
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The origin of human pathogenicity and biological interactions in Chaetothyriales Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2023-03-01 Yu Quan, Shuwen Deng, Francesc X. Prenafeta-Boldủ, Veronika E. Mayer, Lucia Muggia, Agnese Cometto, Vania A. Vicente, Nickolas Menezes da Silva, Maria Eduarda Grisolia, Yinggai Song, Sarah A. Ahmed, Xueke Niu, Bruna Jacomel Favoreto de Souza Lima, Peiying Feng, Roxana G. Vitale, Marcus Teixeira, Montarop Sudhadham, Conceicao Pedrozo e Silva de Azevedo, Anamelia Bocca, Gerhard Haase, Laura Selbmann
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Fungal diversity notes 1512–1610: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2023-02-23 Ruvishika S. Jayawardena, Kevin D. Hyde, Song Wang, Ya-Ru Sun, Nakarin Suwannarach, Phongeun Sysouphanthong, Mohamed A. Abdel-Wahab, Faten A. Abdel-Aziz, Pranami D. Abeywickrama, Vanessa P. Abreu, Alireza Armand, André Aptroot, Dan-Feng Bao, Dominik Begerow, Jean-Michel Bellanger, Jadson D. P. Bezerra, Digvijayini Bundhun, Mark S. Calabon, Ting Cao, Taimy Cantillo, João L. V. R. Carvalho, Napalai Chaiwan
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Profile of Bionectriaceae, Calcarisporiaceae, Hypocreaceae, Nectriaceae, Tilachlidiaceae, Ijuhyaceae fam. nov., Stromatonectriaceae fam. nov. and Xanthonectriaceae fam. nov Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2023-02-22 R. H. Perera, K. D. Hyde, E. B. G. Jones, S. S. N. Maharachchikumbura, D. Bundhun, E. Camporesi, A. Akulov, J. K. Liu, Z. Y. Liu
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Anamorphic chaetosphaeriaceous fungi from China Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2022-09-21 Wenping Wu, Yongzhao Diao
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Systematic classification and phylogenetic relationships of the brown-rot fungi within the Polyporales Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2022-09-17 Shun Liu, Yuan-Yuan Chen, Yi-Fei Sun, Xiao-Lan He, Chang-Ge Song, Jing Si, Dong-Mei Liu, Genevieve Gates, Bao-Kai Cui
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Ten decadal advances in fungal biology leading towards human well-being Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2022-09-15 Ausana Mapook, Kevin D. Hyde, Khadija Hassan, Blondelle Matio Kemkuignou, Adéla Čmoková, Frank Surup, Eric Kuhnert, Pathompong Paomephan, Tian Cheng, Sybren de Hoog, Yinggai Song, Ruvishika S. Jayawardena, Abdullah M. S. Al-Hatmi, Tokameh Mahmoudi, Nadia Ponts, Lena Studt-Reinhold, Florence Richard-Forget, K. W. Thilini Chethana, Dulanjalee L. Harishchandra, Peter E. Mortimer, Huili Li, Saisamorm Lumyong
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Fungal community succession on decomposing leaf litter across five phylogenetically related tree species in a subtropical forest Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2022-08-01 Danushka S. Tennakoon, Chang-Hsin Kuo, Witoon Purahong, Eleni Gentekaki, Chayakorn Pumas, Itthayakorn Promputtha, Kevin D. Hyde
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Phylogenetic and ecological reevaluation of the order Onygenales Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2022-05-23 Hazal Kandemir, Karolina Dukik, Marcus de Melo Teixeira, J. Benjamin Stielow, Fatima Zohra Delma, Abdullah M. S. Al-Hatmi, Sarah A. Ahmed, Macit Ilkit, G. Sybren de Hoog
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Freshwater fungal numbers Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2022-05-04 Mark S. Calabon, Kevin D. Hyde, E. B. Gareth Jones, Zong-Long Luo, Wei Dong, Vedprakash G. Hurdeal, Eleni Gentekaki, Walter Rossi, Marco Leonardi, Vinodhini Thiyagaraja, Anis S. Lestari, Hong-Wei Shen, Dan-Feng Bao, Nattawut Boonyuen, Ming Zeng
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The numbers of fungi: contributions from traditional taxonomic studies and challenges of metabarcoding Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2022-04-28 Chayanard Phukhamsakda, Rolf Henrik Nilsson, Chitrabhanu S. Bhunjun, Antonio Roberto Gomes de Farias, Ya-Ru Sun, Subodini N. Wijesinghe, Mubashar Raza, Dan-Feng Bao, Li Lu, Saowaluck Tibpromma, Wei Dong, Danushka S. Tennakoon, Xing-Guo Tian, Yin-Ru Xiong, Samantha C. Karunarathna, Lei Cai, Zong-Long Luo, Yong Wang, Ishara S. Manawasinghe, Erio Camporesi, Paul M. Kirk, Itthayakorn Promputtha, Chang-Hsin
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The numbers of fungi: are the most speciose genera truly diverse? Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2022-03-27 Chitrabhanu S. Bhunjun, Tuula Niskanen, Nakarin Suwannarach, Nopparat Wannathes, Yi-Jyun Chen, Eric H. C. McKenzie, Sajeewa S. N. Maharachchikumbura, Bart Buyck, Chang-Lin Zhao, Yu-Guang Fan, Jing-Yi Zhang, Asha J. Dissanayake, Diana S. Marasinghe, Ruvishika S. Jayawardena, Jaturong Kumla, Mahajabeen Padamsee, Ya-Ya Chen, Kare Liimatainen, Joseph F. Ammirati, Chayanard Phukhamsakda, Jian-Kui Liu, Wiphawanee
Fungi play vital roles in ecosystems as endophytes, pathogens and saprobes. The current estimate of fungal diversity is highly uncertain, ranging from 1.5 to 12 million, but only around 150,000 species have been named and classified to date. Since the introduction of DNA based methods for species identification, the number of newly described taxa has increased from approximately 1000 to around 2000
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Global diversity and systematics of Hymenochaetaceae with poroid hymenophore Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2022-03-17 Fang Wu, Li-Wei Zhou, Josef Vlasák, Yu-Cheng Dai
Taxonomy and phylogeny of poroid Hymenochaetaceae based on the most comprehensive phylogenetic analyses are presented. A phylogeny based on a combined dataset of ITS and nLSU sequences for accepted genera of Hymenochaetaceae was analyzed and two or multigene phylogenies for most species of ten large genera including Coltricia, Fomitiporella, Fomitiporia, Fulvifomes, Fuscoporia, Inonotus, Phylloporia
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Forecasting the number of species of asexually reproducing fungi (Ascomycota and Basidiomycota) Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2022-03-13 Nalin N. Wijayawardene, Alan J. L. Phillips, Diana Santos Pereira, Dong-Qin Dai, André Aptroot, Josiane S. Monteiro, Irina S. Druzhinina, Feng Cai, Xinlei Fan, Laura Selbmann, Claudia Coleine, Rafael F. Castañeda-Ruiz, Martin Kukwa, Adam Flakus, Patricia Oliveira Fiuza, Paul M. Kirk, Kunhiraman C. Rajesh Kumar, Ilesha S. leperuma Arachchi, Nakarin Suwannarach, Li-Zhou Tang, Teun Boekhout, Chen Shuhui
Asexually reproducing fungi play a significant role in essential processes in managed and wild ecosystems such as nutrients cycling and multitrophic interactions. A large number of such taxa are among the most notorious plant and animal pathogens. In addition, they have a key role in food production, biotechnology and medicine. Taxa without or rare sexual reproduction are distinguished based on their
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Correction to: Proposed nomenclature for Pseudallescheria, Scedosporium and related genera Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2022-03-01 Michaela Lackner,G. Sybren de Hoog,Liyue Yang,Leandro Ferreira Moreno,Sarah A. Ahmed,Fritz Andreas,Josef Kaltseis,Markus Nagl,Cornelia Lass-Flörl,Brigitte Risslegger,Günter Rambach,Cornelia Speth,Vincent Robert,Walter Buzina,Sharon Chen,Jean-Philippe Bouchara,José F. Cano-Lira,Josep Guarro,Josepa Gené,Fabiola Fernández Silva,Rosa Haido,Gerhard Haase,Vladimir Havlicek,Dea Garcia-Hermoso,Jacques F. Meis
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Correction to: Predicting global numbers of teleomorphic ascomycetes Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2022-03-01 Indunil C. Senanayake,Dhandevi Pem,Achala R. Rathnayaka,Subodini N. Wijesinghe,Saowaluck Tibpromma,Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe,Rungtiwa Phookamsak,Nuwan D. Kularathnage,Deecksha Gomdola,Dulanjalee Harishchandra,Lakmali S. Dissanayake,Mei-mei Xiang,Anusha H. Ekanayaka,Eric H. C. McKenzie,Kevin D. Hyde,Hao-xing Zhang,Ning Xie
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Taming the beast: a revised classification of Cortinariaceae based on genomic data Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2022-02-23 Kare Liimatainen, Jan T. Kim, Lisa Pokorny, Paul M. Kirk, Bryn Dentinger, Tuula Niskanen
Family Cortinariaceae currently includes only one genus, Cortinarius, which is the largest Agaricales genus, with thousands of species worldwide. The species are important ectomycorrhizal fungi and form associations with many vascular plant genera from tropicals to arctic regions. Genus Cortinarius contains a lot of morphological variation, and its complexity has led many taxonomists to specialize
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Predicting global numbers of teleomorphic ascomycetes Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2022-02-17 Indunil C. Senanayake, Dhandevi Pem, Achala R. Rathnayaka, Subodini N. Wijesinghe, Saowaluck Tibpromma, Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe, Rungtiwa Phookamsak, Nuwan D. Kularathnage, Deecksha Gomdola, Dulanjalee Harishchandra, Lakmali S. Dissanayake, Mei-mei Xiang, Anusha H. Ekanayaka, Eric H. C. McKenzie, Kevin D. Hyde, Hao-xing Zhang, Ning Xie
Sexual reproduction is the basic way to form high genetic diversity and it is beneficial in evolution and speciation of fungi. The global diversity of teleomorphic species in Ascomycota has not been estimated. This paper estimates the species number for sexual ascomycetes based on five different estimation approaches, viz. by numbers of described fungi, by fungus:substrate ratio, by ecological distribution
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Taxonomy, phylogeny, molecular dating and ancestral state reconstruction of Xylariomycetidae (Sordariomycetes) Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2022-01-16 Milan C. Samarakoon, Kevin D. Hyde, Sajeewa S. N. Maharachchikumbura, Marc Stadler, E. B. Gareth Jones, Itthayakorn Promputtha, Nakarin Suwannarach, Erio Camporesi, Timur S. Bulgakov, Jian-Kui Liu
Xylariomycetidae (Ascomycota) is a highly diversified group with variable stromatic characters. Our research focused on inconspicuous stromatic xylarialean taxa from China, Italy, Russia, Thailand and the United Kingdom. Detailed morphological descriptions, illustrations and combined ITS-LSU-rpb2-tub2-tef1 phylogenies revealed 39 taxa from our collections belonging to Amphisphaeriales and Xylariales
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Species diversity of Basidiomycota Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2022-01-14 Mao-Qiang He, Rui-Lin Zhao, Dong-Mei Liu, Teodor T. Denchev, Dominik Begerow, Andrey Yurkov, Martin Kemler, Ana M. Millanes, Mats Wedin, A. R. McTaggart, Roger G. Shivas, Bart Buyck, Jie Chen, Alfredo Vizzini, Viktor Papp, Ivan V. Zmitrovich, Naveed Davoodian, Kevin D. Hyde
Fungi are eukaryotes that play essential roles in ecosystems. Among fungi, Basidiomycota is one of the major phyla with more than 40,000 described species. We review species diversity of Basidiomycota from five groups with different lifestyles or habitats: saprobic in grass/forest litter, wood-decaying, yeast-like, ectomycorrhizal, and plant parasitic. Case studies of Agaricus, Cantharellus, Ganoderma
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Fungal diversity notes 1387–1511: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2021-12-07 Boonmee, Saranyaphat, Wanasinghe, Dhanushka N., Calabon, Mark S., Huanraluek, Naruemon, Chandrasiri, Sajini K. U., Jones, Gareth E. B., Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco, Singh, Sanjay K., Rana, Shiwali, Singh, Paras N., Maurya, Deepak K., Lagashetti, Ajay C., Choudhary, Deepika, Dai, Yu-Cheng, Zhao, Chang-Lin, Mu, Yan-Hong, Yuan, Hai-Sheng, He, Shuang-Hui, Phookamsak, Rungtiwa, Jiang, Hong-Bo, Martín
This article is the 13th contribution in the Fungal Diversity Notes series, wherein 125 taxa from four phyla, ten classes, 31 orders, 69 families, 92 genera and three genera incertae sedis are treated, demonstrating worldwide and geographic distribution. Fungal taxa described and illustrated in the present study include three new genera, 69 new species, one new combination, one reference specimen and
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Trends in yeast diversity discovery Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2021-12-03 Teun Boekhout, Anthony S. Amend, Fouad El Baidouri, Toni Gabaldón, József Geml, Moritz Mittelbach, Vincent Robert, Chen Shuhui Tan, Benedetta Turchetti, Duong Vu, Qi-Ming Wang, Andrey Yurkov
Yeasts, usually defined as unicellular fungi, occur in various fungal lineages. Hence, they are not a taxonomic unit, but rather represent a fungal lifestyle shared by several unrelated lineages. Although the discovery of new yeast species occurs at an increasing speed, at the current rate it will likely take hundreds of years, if ever, before they will all be documented. Many parts of the earth, including
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The Global Soil Mycobiome consortium dataset for boosting fungal diversity research Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2021-11-30 Tedersoo, Leho, Mikryukov, Vladimir, Anslan, Sten, Bahram, Mohammad, Khalid, Abdul Nasir, Corrales, Adriana, Agan, Ahto, Vasco-Palacios, Aída-M., Saitta, Alessandro, Antonelli, Alexandre, Rinaldi, Andrea C., Verbeken, Annemieke, Sulistyo, Bobby P., Tamgnoue, Boris, Furneaux, Brendan, Ritter, Camila Duarte, Nyamukondiwa, Casper, Sharp, Cathy, Marín, César, Dai, D. Q., Gohar, Daniyal, Sharmah, Dipon
Fungi are highly important biotic components of terrestrial ecosystems, but we still have a very limited understanding about their diversity and distribution. This data article releases a global soil fungal dataset of the Global Soil Mycobiome consortium (GSMc) to boost further research in fungal diversity, biogeography and macroecology. The dataset comprises 722,682 fungal operational taxonomic units
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Species diversity, taxonomy and multi-gene phylogeny of phlebioid clade (Phanerochaetaceae, Irpicaceae, Meruliaceae) of Polyporales Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2021-11-15 Chen, Che-Chih, Chen, Chi-Yu, Wu, Sheng-Hua
The phlebioid clade (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) accommodates numerous species of corticioid and polyporoid fungi of the Phanerochaetaceae, Irpicaceae, and Meruliaceae. The present study used morphological and phylogenetic approaches to revise the generic classification of the phlebioid clade and survey species diversity. The phylogenetic analyses were performed using sequences of multiple genes, including
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Taxonomic studies of some often over-looked Diaporthomycetidae and Sordariomycetidae Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2021-11-10 Huang, Shi-Ke, Hyde, Kevin D., Mapook, Ausana, Maharachchikumbura, Sajeewa S. N., Bhat, Jayarama D., McKenzie, Eric H. C., Jeewon, Rajesh, Wen, Ting-Chi
Sordariomycetes is an earlier-introduced and one of the widely distributed class of Ascomycota. The class was initially classified based on morphology in having inoperculate and unitunicate asci. With the development of DNA based phylogenetic analysis, several undetermined or polyphyletic members of Sordariomycetes were reclassified. However, not all species belonging to this class have been sequenced
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Biphasic taxonomic approaches for generic relatedness and phylogenetic relationships of Teichosporaceae Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2021-10-19 Tennakoon, Danushka S., Jeewon, Rajesh, Thambugala, Kasun M., Gentekaki, Eleni, Wanasinghe, Dhanushka N., Promputtha, Itthayakorn, Hyde, Kevin D.
The placement of the dothideomycetous family Teichosporaceae has been controversial. Recent phylogenetic investigations have used a taxonomic lumping approach with the Floricolaceae and its genera have been synonymized under the earlier family name, Teichosporaceae. Intergeneric relationships were therefore obscure and proper generic delimitation was needed in upcoming studies. We here taxonomically
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Delimiting species in Basidiomycota: a review Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2021-09-29 Cao, Bin, Haelewaters, Danny, Schoutteten, Nathan, Begerow, Dominik, Boekhout, Teun, Giachini, Admir J., Gorjón, Sergio P., Gunde-Cimerman, Nina, Hyde, Kevin D., Kemler, Martin, Li, Guo-Jie, Liu, Dong-Mei, Liu, Xin-Zhan, Nuytinck, Jorinde, Papp, Viktor, Savchenko, Anton, Savchenko, Kyryll, Tedersoo, Leho, Theelen, Bart, Thines, Marco, Tomšovský, Michal, Toome-Heller, Merje, Urón, Judith P., Verbeken
Species delimitation is one of the most fundamental processes in biology. Biodiversity undertakings, for instance, require explicit species concepts and criteria for species delimitation in order to be relevant and translatable. However, a perfect species concept does not exist for Fungi. Here, we review the species concepts commonly used in Basidiomycota, the second largest phylum of Fungi that contains
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Colletotrichum species and complexes: geographic distribution, host range and conservation status Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2021-09-29 Talhinhas, Pedro, Baroncelli, Riccardo
The taxonomy of the genus Colletotrichum has undergone tremendous changes over the last decade, with over 200 species being currently recognised and species complexes being informally used to cluster those species. Many of these species are important plant pathogens, some rather polyphagous and others host-specific, but several occur seldomly and some may in fact be ecologically endangered. Based mainly
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Early-diverging fungal phyla: taxonomy, species concept, ecology, distribution, anthropogenic impact, and novel phylogenetic proposals Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2021-09-29 Voigt, Kerstin, James, Timothy Y., Kirk, Paul M., Santiago, André L. C. M. de A., Waldman, Bruce, Griffith, Gareth W., Fu, Minjie, Radek, Renate, Strassert, Jürgen F. H., Wurzbacher, Christian, Jerônimo, Gustavo Henrique, Simmons, David R., Seto, Kensuke, Gentekaki, Eleni, Hurdeal, Vedprakash G., Hyde, Kevin D., Nguyen, Thuong T. T., Lee, Hyang Burm
The increasing number of new fungal species described from all over the world along with the use of genetics to define taxa, has dramatically changed the classification system of early-diverging fungi over the past several decades. The number of phyla established for non-Dikarya fungi has increased from 2 to 17. However, to date, both the classification and phylogeny of the basal fungi are still unresolved
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Contribution to rust flora in China I, tremendous diversity from natural reserves and parks Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2021-08-26 Zhao, Peng, Zhang, Zhi-Feng, Hu, Dian-Ming, Tsui, Kin-Ming, Qi, Xiao-Hua, Phurbu, Dorji, Gafforov, Yusufjon, Cai, Lei
Rust fungi taxonomically belonging to Pucciniales (Basidiomycota) are important phytopathogens that cause many significant diseases to agricultural crops and forest trees. Hitherto, ca. 8000 and 1200 species have been reported from worldwide and China, respectively. To investigate and document the diversity of rust fungi in China, we have sampled from 86 natural reserves and national parks in the past
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Species concepts of Dothideomycetes: classification, phylogenetic inconsistencies and taxonomic standardization Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2021-08-25 Pem, Dhandevi, Jeewon, Rajesh, Chethana, Kandawatte Wedaralalage Thilini, Hongsanan, Sinang, Doilom, Mingkwan, Suwannarach, Nakarin, Hyde, Kevin David
The species is one of the basic units of biological classification. Both species concepts and recognition are essential topics in taxonomic studies and other biological research. In the first part of this review, we briefly discuss the taxonomic history of the class Dothideomycetes. In the second part of the paper, we review four commonly used species concepts, focusing on morphological, ecological
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Appressorial interactions with host and their evolution Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2021-08-23 Chethana, K. W. Thilini, Jayawardena, Ruvishika S., Chen, Yi-Jyun, Konta, Sirinapa, Tibpromma, Saowaluck, Phukhamsakda, Chayanard, Abeywickrama, Pranami D., Samarakoon, Milan C., Senwanna, Chanokned, Mapook, Ausana, Tang, Xia, Gomdola, Deecksha, Marasinghe, Diana S., Padaruth, Oundhyalah D., Balasuriya, Abhaya, Xu, Jianping, Lumyong, Saisamorn, Hyde, Kevin D.
Fungi have evolved diverse strategies to acquire nutrients as endophytes, saprobes, symbionts, or pathogens. Appressoria have been intensively studied due to their importance in attaching and breaching the host surface. These specialized infection structures have evolved into various morpho-types: proto-appressoria, hyaline appressoria, melanized (dark) appressoria, and compound appressoria. In this
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Integrative approaches for species delimitation in Ascomycota Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2021-08-12 Maharachchikumbura, Sajeewa S. N., Chen, Yanpeng, Ariyawansa, Hiran A., Hyde, Kevin D., Haelewaters, Danny, Perera, Rekhani H., Samarakoon, Milan C., Wanasinghe, Dhanushka N., Bustamante, Danilo E., Liu, Jian-Kui, Lawrence, Daniel P., Cheewangkoon, Ratchadawan, Stadler, Marc
Biodiversity loss from disturbances caused by human activities means that species are disappearing at an ever increasing rate. The high number of species that have yet to be described have generated extreme crisis to the taxonomist. Therefore, more than in any other era, effective ways to discover and delimitate species are needed. This paper reviews the historically foremost approaches used to delimit
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What is a species in fungal plant pathogens? Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2021-08-11 Jayawardena, Ruvishika S., Hyde, Kevin D., de Farias, Antonio Roberto Gomes, Bhunjun, Chitrabhanu S., Ferdinandez, Himashi S., Manamgoda, Dimuthu S., Udayanga, Dhanushka, Herath, Indunil S., Thambugala, Kasun M., Manawasinghe, Ishara S., Gajanayake, Achala J., Samarakoon, Binu C., Bundhun, Digvijayini, Gomdola, Deecksha, Huanraluek, Naruemon, Sun, Ya-ru, Tang, Xia, Promputtha, Itthayakorn, Thines,
Scientific names are crucial for communicating knowledge concerning fungi and fungus-like organisms. In plant pathology, they link information regarding biology, host range, distribution and potential risk to agriculture and food security. In the past, delimitation among pathogenic taxa was primarily based on morphological characteristics. Due to distinct species sharing overlapping characteristics
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Defining a species in fungal plant pathology: beyond the species level Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2021-08-10 Manawasinghe, Ishara S., Phillips, Alan J. L., Xu, Jianping, Balasuriya, Abhaya, Hyde, Kevin D., Stępień, Łukasz, Harischandra, Dulanjalee L., Karunarathna, Anuruddha, Yan, Jiye, Weerasinghe, Janith, Luo, Mei, Dong, Zhangyong, Cheewangkoon, Ratchadawan
In plant pathology, the correct naming of a species is essential for determining the causal agents of disease. Species names not only serve the general purpose of concise communication, but also are critical for effective plant quarantine, preventing the introduction of new pathogens into a territory. Many phytopathogenic genera have multiple species and, in several genera, disagreements between the
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What are fungal species and how to delineate them? Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2021-08-08 Chethana, K. W. Thilini, Manawasinghe, Ishara S., Hurdeal, V. G., Bhunjun, Chitrabhanu S., Appadoo, M. A., Gentekaki, Eleni, Raspé, Olivier, Promputtha, Itthayakorn, Hyde, Kevin D.
This is the opening paper in the special issue of Fungal Diversity, which collates the data on defining species. Defining and recognizing species has long been a controversial issue. Since Darwin's proposed origin of species, over 30 species criteria have been brought forth and used to define species boundaries. In recent times, phylogenetic analyses based on multiple loci have been extensively used
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Species in lichen-forming fungi: balancing between conceptual and practical considerations, and between phenotype and phylogenomics Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2021-08-08 Lücking, Robert, Leavitt, Steven D., Hawksworth, David L.
Lichens are symbiotic associations resulting from interactions among fungi (primary and secondary mycobionts), algae and/or cyanobacteria (primary and secondary photobionts), and specific elements of the bacterial microbiome associated with the lichen thallus. The question of what is a species, both concerning the lichen as a whole and its main fungal component, the primary mycobiont, has faced many
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Correction to: The evolving species concepts used for yeasts: from phenotypes and genomes to speciation networks Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2021-07-01 Teun Boekhout,M. Catherine Aime,Dominik Begerow,Toni Gabaldón,Joseph Heitman,Martin Kemler,Kantarawee Khayhan,Marc-André Lachance,Edward J. Louis,Sheng Sun,Duong Vu,Andrey Yurkov
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The evolving species concepts used for yeasts: from phenotypes and genomes to speciation networks Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2021-06-26 Teun Boekhout, M. Catherine Aime, Dominik Begerow, Toni Gabaldón, Joseph Heitman, Martin Kemler, Kantarawee Khayhan, Marc-André Lachance, Edward J. Louis, Sheng Sun, Duong Vu, Andrey Yurkov
Here we review how evolving species concepts have been applied to understand yeast diversity. Initially, a phenotypic species concept was utilized taking into consideration morphological aspects of colonies and cells, and growth profiles. Later the biological species concept was added, which applied data from mating experiments. Biophysical measurements of DNA similarity between isolates were an early
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Phylogenomic reconstruction addressing the Peltigeralean backbone (Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota) Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2021-06-24 Todd J. Widhelm, Felix Grewe, Bernard Goffinet, Mats Wedin, Trevor Goward, Luis F. Coca, Isabel Distefano, Alica Košuthová, H. Thorsten Lumbsch
Rapid radiations in Fungi are only beginning to be studied with phylogenomic data. The evolutionary history of the lichenized fungal order Peltigerales has not been well resolved, particularly for the Collematineae. Here, we used concatenation and coalescent-based species tree methods to reconstruct the phylogeny of the Peltigerales based on sequences of 125 nuclear single-copy exon sequences among
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Taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to Celtis formosana, Ficus ampelas, F. septica, Macaranga tanarius and Morus australis leaf litter inhabiting microfungi Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2021-06-23 Danushka S. Tennakoon, Chang-Hsin Kuo, Sajeewa S. N. Maharachchikumbura, Kasun M. Thambugala, Eleni Gentekaki, Alan J. L. Phillips, D. Jayarama Bhat, Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe, Nimali I. de Silva, Itthayakorn Promputtha, Kevin D. Hyde
This article provides descriptions and illustrations of microfungi associated with the leaf litter of Celtis formosana, Ficus ampelas, F. septica, Macaranga tanarius and Morus australis collected from Taiwan. These host species are native to the island and Celtis formosana is an endemic tree species. The study revealed 95 species, consisting of two new families (Cylindrohyalosporaceae and Oblongohyalosporaceae)
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Investigating species boundaries in Colletotrichum Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2021-03-13 Chitrabhanu S. Bhunjun, Chayanard Phukhamsakda, Ruvishika S. Jayawardena, Rajesh Jeewon, Itthayakorn Promputtha, Kevin D. Hyde
Colletotrichum is one of the most important plant pathogenic genera that is responsible for numerous diseases which can have a profound impact on the agricultural sector. Species delineation is difficult due to a lack of distinctive phenotypic variation. Therefore, in this study three different genomic approaches based on phylogenetic, evolutionary and coalescent-based methods are applied to establish
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Occurrence and geographical distribution of mangrove fungi Fungal Divers. (IF 20.3) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 B. Devadatha, E. B. G. Jones, K. L. Pang, M. A. Abdel-Wahab, K. D. Hyde, J. Sakayaroj, A. H. Bahkali, M. S. Calabon, V. V. Sarma, S. Sutreong, S. N. Zhang
This is a multidimensional review of mangrove fungi occurring as saprobes, pathogens and endophytes of a wide range of host substrates and those isolated from the water columns and sediments in mangroves. Eight-hundred and fifty taxa including 658 that are supported by both morphology and molecular data and 192 with only morphological data are listed. These constitute Ascomycota, the dominant group