The large number of species still to be discovered in fungi, together with an exponentially growing number of environmental sequences that cannot be linked to known taxa, has fuelled the idea that it might be necessary to formally name fungi on the basis of sequence data only. Here we object to this idea due to several shortcomings of the approach, ranging from concerns regarding reproducibility and the violation of general scientific principles to ethical issues. We come to the conclusion that sequence-based nomenclature is potentially harmful for mycology as a discipline. Additionally, a classification based on sequences as types is not within reach anytime soon, because there is a lack of consensus regarding common standards due to the fast pace at which sequencing technologies develop.

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基于序列的命名法很快对真菌无用的十个原因。

真菌中仍待发现的大量物种，以及无法与已知分类群关联的环境序列正以指数级增长，这激发了这样一种想法，即可能有必要仅根据序列数据正式命名真菌。由于这种方法的一些缺点，我们在这里反对这一想法，从对可复制性的关注和对一般科学原理的违反到道德问题。我们得出的结论是，基于序列的命名法对一门学科的真菌学可能有害。另外，基于序列作为类型​​的分类很快就无法实现，因为由于测序技术的快速发展，人们对通用标准缺乏共识。