What are fungal species and how to delineate them?

KWT Chethana, IS Manawasinghe, VG Hurdeal… - Fungal Diversity, 2021 - Springer
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 …

Do all fungi have ancestors with endophytic lifestyles?

CS Bhunjun, C Phukhamsakda, KD Hyde… - Fungal Diversity, 2024 - Springer
Fungi are an essential component of any ecosystem and have diverse ecological roles,
ranging from endophytes to epiphytes and pathogens to saprobes. The current estimate of …

Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa–2021

NN Wijayawardene, A Mešić, A Pošta, Z Tkalčec… - 2022 - fulir.irb.hr
This paper provides an updated classification of the Kingdom Fungi (including fossil fungi)
and fungus-like taxa. Five-hundred and twenty-three (535) notes are provided for newly …

The numbers of fungi: are the most speciose genera truly diverse?

CS Bhunjun, T Niskanen, N Suwannarach… - Fungal Diversity, 2022 - Springer
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 …

The numbers of fungi: Contributions from traditional taxonomic studies and challenges of metabarcoding

C Phukhamsakda, RH Nilsson, CS Bhunjun… - Fungal diversity, 2022 - Springer
The global diversity of fungi has been estimated using several different approaches. There is
somewhere between 2–11 million estimated species, but the number of formally described …

[HTML][HTML] Fungal diversity notes 1387–1511: Taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa

S Boonmee, DN Wanasinghe, MS Calabon… - Fungal Diversity, 2021 - Springer
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 …

[PDF][PDF] Morphological approaches in studying fungi: Collection, examination, isolation, sporulation and preservation

IC Senanayake, AR Rathnayaka, DS Marasinghe… - …, 2020 - mycosphere.org
Traditionally, fungal taxonomy was based on observable phenotypic characters. Recent
advances have driven taxonomic conclusions towards DNA-based approaches and these …

[HTML][HTML] What are the 100 most cited fungal genera?

CS Bhunjun, YJ Chen, C Phukhamsakda… - Studies in …, 2024 - ingentaconnect.com
The global diversity of fungi has been estimated between 2 to 11 million species, of which
only about 155 000 have been named. Most fungi are invisible to the unaided eye, but they …

Freshwater fungi from karst landscapes in China and Thailand

J Yang, LL Liu, EBG Jones, KD Hyde, ZY Liu, DF Bao… - Fungal Diversity, 2023 - Springer
Freshwater fungi comprises a highly diverse group of organisms occurring in freshwater
habitats throughout the world. During a survey of freshwater fungi on submerged wood in …

The numbers of fungi: is the descriptive curve flattening?

KD Hyde, R Jeewon, YJ Chen, CS Bhunjun… - Fungal Diversity, 2020 - Springer
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 …