Fungal species have undergone and continue to undergo significant nomenclatural change,
primarily due to the abandonment of dual species nomenclature in 2013 and the …

Background Emerging fungal pathogens pose important threats to global public health. The
World Health Organization has responded to the rising threat of traditionally neglected …

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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 …

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 …

Cryptococcus spp., in particular Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii, have an
enormous impact on human health worldwide. The global burden of cryptococcal meningitis …

The landscape of clinical mycology is constantly changing. New therapies for malignant and
autoimmune diseases have led to new risk factors for unusual mycoses. Invasive …

In this review, we discuss the current status and future challenges for fully elucidating the
fungal tree of life. In the last 15 years, advances in genomic technologies have …

The Basidiomycota constitutes a major phylum of the kingdom Fungi and is second in
species numbers to the Ascomycota. The present work provides an overview of all validly …

Cryptococcosis is an infectious disease caused by the encapsulated fungi Cryptococcus
neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii. Cryptococcal infection can develop in apparently …