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Fungal community succession on decomposing leaf litter across five phylogenetically related tree species in a subtropical forest Fungal Divers. (IF 24.902) 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 24.902) 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 24.902) 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 24.902) 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 24.902) 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 24.902) 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 24.902) 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 24.902) 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 24.902) 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 24.902) 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 24.902) 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 24.902) 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 24.902) 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 24.902) 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 24.902) 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 24.902) 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 24.902) 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 24.902) 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 24.902) 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 24.902) 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 24.902) 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 24.902) 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 24.902) 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 24.902) 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 24.902) 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 24.902) 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 24.902) 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 24.902) 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 24.902) 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 24.902) 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 24.902) 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 24.902) 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 24.902) 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 24.902) 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 24.902) 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 24.902) 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
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High-throughput sequencing view on the magnitude of global fungal diversity Fungal Divers. (IF 24.902) Pub Date : 2021-02-19 Petr Baldrian, Tomáš Větrovský, Clémentine Lepinay, Petr Kohout
High-throughput DNA sequencing has dramatically transformed several areas of biodiversity research including mycology. Despite limitations, high-throughput sequencing is nowadays a predominant method to characterize the alpha and beta diversity of fungal communities. Across the papers utilizing high-throughput sequencing approaches to study natural habitats in terrestrial ecosystems worldwide, > 200
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Correction to: FungalTraits: a user friendly traits database of fungi and fungus-like stramenopiles Fungal Divers. (IF 24.902) Pub Date : 2021-02-15 Sergei Põlme, Kessy Abarenkov, R. Henrik Nilsson, Björn D. Lindahl, Karina Engelbrecht Clemmensen, Havard Kauserud, Nhu Nguyen, Rasmus Kjøller, Scott T. Bates, Petr Baldrian, Tobias Guldberg Frøslev, Kristjan Adojaan, Alfredo Vizzini, Ave Suija, Donald Pfister, Hans-Otto Baral, Helle Järv, Hugo Madrid, Jenni Nordén, Jian-Kui Liu, Julia Pawlowska, Kadri Põldmaa, Kadri Pärtel, Kadri Runnel, Karen Hansen
There were errors in the name of author László G. Nagy and in affiliation no. 31 in the original publication. The original article has been corrected.
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Evolution of freshwater Diaporthomycetidae (Sordariomycetes) provides evidence for five new orders and six new families Fungal Divers. (IF 24.902) Pub Date : 2021-02-14 Kevin D. Hyde, Dan-Feng Bao, Sinang Hongsanan, K. W. Thilini Chethana, Jing Yang, Nakarin Suwannarach
Cancellidium is a remarkable fungal genus which has been collected from wood submerged in freshwater and has unique conidia that are important in dispersal in running streams. With such a remarkable morphology, one would have expected it to be a distinct family or order. However, due to the dearth of molecular evidence in related taxa, this genus has previously been placed in the order Hypocreales
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In honor of John Bissett: authoritative guidelines on molecular identification of Trichoderma Fungal Divers. (IF 24.902) Pub Date : 2021-02-05 Feng Cai, Irina S. Druzhinina
Modern taxonomy has developed towards the establishment of global authoritative lists of species that assume the standardized principles of species recognition, at least in a given taxonomic group. However, in fungi, species delimitation is frequently subjective because it depends on the choice of a species concept and the criteria selected by a taxonomist. Contrary to it, identification of fungal
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Uncovering the hidden taxonomic diversity of fungi in Oman Fungal Divers. (IF 24.902) Pub Date : 2021-01-23 Sajeewa S. N. Maharachchikumbura, Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe, Ratchadawan Cheewangkoon, Abdullah M. Al-Sadi
Hot desert regions are undoubtedly challenging to fungal survival on the Arabian Peninsula. Fungi are, however, recognized as the most stress-resistant organisms among all eukaryotes, which could be a result of the rapid evolution of distinct species. Our current understanding of these microorganisms is derived from studies examining only a fraction of the overall fungal diversity. Therefore, further
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FungalTraits: a user-friendly traits database of fungi and fungus-like stramenopiles Fungal Divers. (IF 24.902) Pub Date : 2021-01-19 Sergei Põlme, Kessy Abarenkov, R. Henrik Nilsson, Björn D. Lindahl, Karina Engelbrecht Clemmensen, Havard Kauserud, Nhu Nguyen, Rasmus Kjøller, Scott T. Bates, Petr Baldrian, Tobias Guldberg Frøslev, Kristjan Adojaan, Alfredo Vizzini, Ave Suija, Donald Pfister, Hans-Otto Baral, Helle Järv, Hugo Madrid, Jenni Nordén, Jian-Kui Liu, Julia Pawlowska, Kadri Põldmaa, Kadri Pärtel, Kadri Runnel, Karen Hansen
The cryptic lifestyle of most fungi necessitates molecular identification of the guild in environmental studies. Over the past decades, rapid development and affordability of molecular tools have tremendously improved insights of the fungal diversity in all ecosystems and habitats. Yet, in spite of the progress of molecular methods, knowledge about functional properties of the fungal taxa is vague
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Special issue: a tribute to Kevin D. Hyde on his 65th birthday Fungal Divers. (IF 24.902) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Jian-Kui Liu,Sajeewa S. N. Maharachchikumbura,Eric H. C. McKenzie,Lei Cai,Jayarama D. Bhat,E. B. Gareth Jones,Marc Stadler
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Freshwater Dothideomycetes Fungal Divers. (IF 24.902) Pub Date : 2020-12-28 Wei Dong, Bin Wang, Kevin D. Hyde, Eric H. C. McKenzie, Huzefa A. Raja, Kazuaki Tanaka, Mohamed A. Abdel-Wahab, Faten A. Abdel-Aziz, Mingkwan Doilom, Rungtiwa Phookamsak, Sinang Hongsanan, Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe, Xian-Dong Yu, Gen-Nuo Wang, Hao Yang, Jing Yang, Kasun M. Thambugala, Qing Tian, Zong-Long Luo, Jian-Bo Yang, Andrew N. Miller, Jacques Fournier, Saranyaphat Boonmee, Dian-Ming Hu, Sarunya
Freshwater Dothideomycetes are a highly diverse group of fungi, which are mostly saprobic in freshwater habitats worldwide. They are important decomposers of submerged woody debris and leaves in water. In this paper, we outline the genera of freshwater Dothideomycetes with notes and keys to species. Based on multigene analyses and morphology, we introduce nine new genera, viz. Aquimassariosphaeria
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Refined families of Dothideomycetes: orders and families incertae sedis in Dothideomycetes Fungal Divers. (IF 24.902) Pub Date : 2020-12-24 Sinang Hongsanan, Kevin D. Hyde, Rungtiwa Phookamsak, Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe, Eric H. C. McKenzie, V. Venkateswara Sarma, Robert Lücking, Saranyaphat Boonmee, Jayarama D. Bhat, Ning-Guo Liu, Danushka S. Tennakoon, Dhandevi Pem, Anuruddha Karunarathna, Shu-Hua Jiang, Gareth E. B. Jones, Alan J. L. Phillips, Ishara S. Manawasinghe, Saowaluck Tibpromma, Subashini C. Jayasiri, Diana Sandamali, Ruvishika
Numerous new taxa and classifications of Dothideomycetes have been published following the last monograph of families of Dothideomycetes in 2013. A recent publication by Honsanan et al. in 2020 expanded information of families in Dothideomycetidae and Pleosporomycetidae with modern classifications. In this paper, we provide a refined updated document on orders and families incertae sedis of Dothideomycetes
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Resolving the taxonomy of emerging zoonotic pathogens in the Trichophyton benhamiae complex Fungal Divers. (IF 24.902) Pub Date : 2020-11-25 Adéla Čmoková, Miroslav Kolařík, Radim Dobiáš, Lois L. Hoyer, Helena Janouškovcová, Rui Kano, Ivana Kuklová, Pavlína Lysková, Lenka Machová, Thomas Maier, Naďa Mallátová, Matěj Man, Karel Mencl, Pietro Nenoff, Andrea Peano, Hana Prausová, Dirk Stubbe, Silke Uhrlaß, Tomáš Větrovský, Cornelia Wiegand, Vit Hubka
Species of the Trichophyton benhamiae complex are predominantly zoophilic pathogens with a worldwide distribution. These pathogens have recently become important due to their epidemic spread in pets and pet owners. Considerable genetic and phenotypic variability has been revealed in these emerging pathogens, but the species limits and host spectra have not been clearly elucidated. In this study, we
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Fungal diversity notes 1277–1386: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa Fungal Divers. (IF 24.902) Pub Date : 2020-10-31 Hai-Sheng Yuan, Xu Lu, Yu-Cheng Dai, Kevin D. Hyde, Yu-He Kan, Ivana Kušan, Shuang-Hui He, Ning-Guo Liu, V. Venkateswara Sarma, Chang-Lin Zhao, Bao-Kai Cui, Nousheen Yousaf, Guangyu Sun, Shu-Yan Liu, Fang Wu, Chuan-Gen Lin, Monika C. Dayarathne, Tatiana Baptista Gibertoni, Lucas B. Conceição, Roberto Garibay-Orijel, Margarita Villegas-Ríos, Rodolfo Salas-Lizana, Tie-Zheng Wei, Jun-Zhi Qiu, Ze-Fen Yu
This is the twelfth contribution to the Fungal Diversity Notes series on fungal taxonomy, based on materials collected from many countries which were examined and described using the methods of morphology, anatomy, and strain culture, combined with DNA sequence analyses. 110 taxa are described and illustrated, including five new genera, 92 new species, eight new combinations and other taxonomic contributions
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One stop shop IV: taxonomic update with molecular phylogeny for important phytopathogenic genera: 76–100 (2020) Fungal Divers. (IF 24.902) Pub Date : 2020-09-24 Ruvishika S. Jayawardena, Kevin D. Hyde, Yi Jyun Chen, Viktor Papp, Balázs Palla, Dávid Papp, Chitrabhanu S. Bhunjun, Vedprakash G. Hurdeal, Chanokned Senwanna, Ishara S. Manawasinghe, Dulanjalee L. Harischandra, Ajay Kumar Gautam, Shubhi Avasthi, Boontiya Chuankid, Ishani D. Goonasekara, Sinang Hongsanan, XiangYu Zeng, Kapila K. Liyanage, NingGuo Liu, Anuruddha Karunarathna, Kalani K. Hapuarachchi
This is a continuation of a series focused on providing a stable platform for the taxonomy of phytopathogenic fungi and fungus-like organisms. This paper focuses on one family: Erysiphaceae and 24 phytopathogenic genera: Armillaria, Barriopsis, Cercospora, Cladosporium, Clinoconidium, Colletotrichum, Cylindrocladiella, Dothidotthia,, Fomitopsis, Ganoderma, Golovinomyces, Heterobasidium, Meliola, Mucor
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Resolving the Mortierellaceae phylogeny through synthesis of multi-gene phylogenetics and phylogenomics Fungal Divers. (IF 24.902) Pub Date : 2020-09-16 Natalie Vandepol, Julian Liber, Alessandro Desirò, Hyunsoo Na, Megan Kennedy, Kerrie Barry, Igor V. Grigoriev, Andrew N. Miller, Kerry O’Donnell, Jason E. Stajich, Gregory Bonito
Early efforts to classify Mortierellaceae were based on macro- and micromorphology, but sequencing and phylogenetic studies with ribosomal DNA (rDNA) markers have demonstrated conflicting taxonomic groupings and polyphyletic genera. Although some taxonomic confusion in the family has been clarified, rDNA data alone is unable to resolve higher level phylogenetic relationships within Mortierellaceae
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Mission impossible completed: unlocking the nomenclature of the largest and most complicated subgenus of Cortinarius , Telamonia Fungal Divers. (IF 24.902) Pub Date : 2020-09-08 Kare Liimatainen, Tuula Niskanen, Bálint Dima, Joseph F. Ammirati, Paul M. Kirk, Ilkka Kytövuori
So far approximately 144,000 species of fungi have been named but sequences of the majority of them do not exist in the public databases. Therefore, the quality and coverage of public barcode databases is a bottleneck that hinders the study of fungi. Cortinarius is the largest genus of Agaricales with thousands of species world-wide. The most diverse subgenus in Cortinarius is Telamonia and its species
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Multigene phylogeny of the family Cordycipitaceae (Hypocreales): new taxa and the new systematic position of the Chinese cordycipitoid fungus Paecilomyces hepiali Fungal Divers. (IF 24.902) Pub Date : 2020-08-26 Yuan-Bing Wang, Yao Wang, Qi Fan, Dong-E Duan, Guo-Dong Zhang, Ru-Qin Dai, Yong-Dong Dai, Wen-Bo Zeng, Zi-Hong Chen, Dan-Dan Li, De-Xiang Tang, Zhi-Hong Xu, Tao Sun, Thi-Tra Nguyen, Ngoc-Lan Tran, Van-Minh Dao, Can-Ming Zhang, Luo-Dong Huang, Yong-Jun Liu, Xiao-Mei Zhang, Da-Rong Yang, Tatiana Sanjuan, Xing-Zhong Liu, Zhu L. Yang, Hong Yu
The phylogeny and systematics of cordycipitoid fungi have been extensively studied in the last two decades. However, systematic positions of some taxa in the family Cordycipitaceae have not yet been thoroughly resolved. In this study, a new phylogenetic framework of Cordycipitaceae is reconstructed using multigene (nrSSU, nrLSU, tef-1α, rpb1 and rpb2) sequence data with large-scale taxon sampling.
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The numbers of fungi: is the descriptive curve flattening? Fungal Divers. (IF 24.902) Pub Date : 2020-08-26 Kevin D. Hyde, Rajesh Jeewon, Yi-Jyun Chen, Chitrabhanu S. Bhunjun, Mark S. Calabon, Hong-Bo Jiang, Chuan-Gen Lin, Chada Norphanphoun, Phongeun Sysouphanthong, Dhandevi Pem, Saowaluck Tibpromma, Qian Zhang, Mingkwan Doilom, Ruvishika S. Jayawardena, Jian-Kui Liu, Sajeewa S. N. Maharachchikumbura, Chayanard Phukhamsakda, Rungtiwa Phookamsak, Abdullah M. Al-Sadi, Naritsada Thongklang, Yong Wang, Yusufjon
The recent realistic estimate of fungal numbers which used various algorithms was between 2.2 and 3.8 million. There are nearly 100,000 accepted species of Fungi and fungus-like taxa, which is between 2.6 and 4.5% of the estimated species. Several forums such as Botanica Marina series, Fungal Diversity notes, Fungal Biodiversity Profiles, Fungal Systematics and Evolution—New and Interesting Fungi,
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Identifying the ‘unidentified’ fungi: a global-scale long-read third-generation sequencing approach Fungal Divers. (IF 24.902) Pub Date : 2020-08-08 Leho Tedersoo, Sten Anslan, Mohammad Bahram, Urmas Kõljalg, Kessy Abarenkov
Molecular identification methods, in particular high-throughput sequencing tools, have greatly improved our knowledge about fungal diversity and biogeography, but many of the recovered taxa from natural environments cannot be identified to species or even higher taxonomic levels. This study addresses the phylogenetic placement of previously unrecognized fungal groups by using two complementary approaches:
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A re-evaluation of the Chaetothyriales using criteria of comparative biology Fungal Divers. (IF 24.902) Pub Date : 2020-08-04 Yu Quan, Lucia Muggia, Leandro F. Moreno, Meizhu Wang, Abdullah M. S. Al-Hatmi, Nickolas da Silva Menezes, Dongmei Shi, Shuwen Deng, Sarah Ahmed, Kevin D. Hyde, Vania A. Vicente, Yingqian Kang, J. Benjamin Stielow, Sybren de Hoog
Chaetothyriales is an ascomycetous order within Eurotiomycetes. The order is particularly known through the black yeasts and filamentous relatives that cause opportunistic infections in humans. All species in the order are consistently melanized. Ecology and habitats of species are highly diverse, and often rather extreme in terms of exposition and toxicity. Families are defined on the basis of evolutionary
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Culturable mycobiota from Karst caves in China II, with descriptions of 33 new species Fungal Divers. (IF 24.902) Pub Date : 2020-07-26 Zhi-Feng Zhang, Shi-Yue Zhou, Lily Eurwilaichitr, Supawadee Ingsriswang, Mubashar Raza, Qian Chen, Peng Zhao, Fang Liu, Lei Cai
Karst caves are characterized by darkness, low temperature, high humidity, and oligotrophic organisms due to its relatively closed and strongly zonal environments. Up to now, 1626 species in 644 genera of fungi have been reported from caves and mines worldwide. In this study, we investigated the culturable mycobiota in karst caves in southwest China. In total, 251 samples from thirteen caves were collected
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Microfungi associated with Clematis (Ranunculaceae) with an integrated approach to delimiting species boundaries Fungal Divers. (IF 24.902) Pub Date : 2020-07-07 Chayanard Phukhamsakda, Eric H. C. McKenzie, Alan J. L. Phillips, E. B. Gareth Jones, D. Jayarama Bhat, Marc Stadler, Chitrabhanu S. Bhunjun, Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe, Benjarong Thongbai, Erio Camporesi, Damien Ertz, Ruvishika S. Jayawardena, Rekhani Hansika Perera, Anusha H. Ekanayake, Saowaluck Tibpromma, Mingkwan Doilom, Jianchu Xu, Kevin D. Hyde
The cosmopolitan plant genus Clematis contains many climbing species that can be found worldwide. The genus occurs in the wild and is grown commercially for horticulture. Microfungi on Clematis were collected from Belgium, China, Italy, Thailand and the UK. They are characterized by morphology and analyses of gene sequence data using an integrated species concept to validate identifications. The study
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Evolution of non-lichenized, saprotrophic species of Arthonia (Ascomycota, Arthoniales ) and resurrection of Naevia , with notes on Mycoporum Fungal Divers. (IF 24.902) Pub Date : 2020-07-03 Vinodhini Thiyagaraja, Robert Lücking, Damien Ertz, Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe, Samantha C. Karunarathna, Erio Camporesi, Kevin D. Hyde
Fungi that are barely lichenized or non-lichenized and closely related to lichenized taxa, the so-called borderline fungi, are an important element in reconstructing the evolutionary history of lichenized lineages. Arthoniaceae is a prime example including non-lichenized, saprotrophic lineages which potentially were precursors to lichenized taxa. In this study, we focused on saprotrophic species of
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A polyphasic approach to delineate species in Bipolaris Fungal Divers. (IF 24.902) Pub Date : 2020-05-25 Chitrabhanu S. Bhunjun, Yang Dong, Ruvishika S. Jayawardena, Rajesh Jeewon, Chayanard Phukhamsakda, Digvijayini Bundhun, Kevin D. Hyde, Jun Sheng
Bipolaris species are important plant pathogens with a worldwide distribution in tropical and temperate environments. Species recognition in Bipolaris has been problematic due to a lack of molecular data from ex-type cultures, the use of few gene regions for species resolution and overlapping morphological characters. In this study, we evaluate the efficiency of different DNA barcodes in species delimitation
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High quality genome sequences of thirteen Hypoxylaceae (Ascomycota) strengthen the phylogenetic family backbone and enable the discovery of new taxa Fungal Divers. (IF 24.902) Pub Date : 2020-05-25 Daniel Wibberg, Marc Stadler, Christopher Lambert, Boyke Bunk, Cathrin Spröer, Christian Rückert, Jörn Kalinowski, Russell J. Cox, Eric Kuhnert
The Hypoxylaceae (Xylariales, Ascomycota) is a diverse family of mainly saprotrophic fungi, which commonly occur in angiosperm-dominated forests around the world. Despite their importance in forest and plant ecology as well as a prolific source of secondary metabolites and enzymes, genome sequences of related taxa are scarce and usually derived from environmental isolates. To address this lack of knowledge
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Reallocation of foliicolous species of the genus Strigula into six genera (lichenized Ascomycota , Dothideomycetes , Strigulaceae ) Fungal Divers. (IF 24.902) Pub Date : 2020-05-12 Shu-Hua Jiang, Robert Lücking, Amanda Barreto Xavier-Leite, Marcela E. S. Cáceres, André Aptroot, Carlos Viñas Portilla, Jiang-Chun Wei
Strigula sensu lato has been previously defined based on phenotype characters as a rather broad genus including tropical to temperate species growing on a wide array of substrata. In this study, based on a multilocus phylogenetic approach, we show that foliicolous species form six well-delimited clades that correlate with diagnostic phenotype features, including thallus morphology, carbonization of