Family Cortinariaceae currently includes only one genus, Cortinarius, which is the largest
Agaricales genus, with thousands of species worldwide. The species are important …

Dispersal is a key process that impacts population dynamics and structures biotic
communities. Dispersal limitation influences the assembly of plant and microbial …

Fungi have a unique metabolic plasticity allowing them to produce a wide range of natural
products. Since the discovery of penicillin, an antibiotic of fungal origin, substantial efforts …

The temperate forests of Australia support a high diversity of hypogeous fungi and a wide
variety of mycophagous mammals, yet many mammal-fungal relationships are still poorly …

A major fungal lineage of myxacioid taxa is centred around Cortinarius vibratilis. This
lineage is shown by morphological and multigene molecular phylogenetic analyses of the …

The new species Cortinarius steglichii is described from Chilean Nothofagu s forest based
on morphological and microscopical attributes, molecular phylogeny, and chemical analysis …

Thaxterogaster is the second largest genus within the family Cortinariaceae, comprising
nearly two hundred species worldwide. However, the diversity of the genus in China …

Context Rodents in many parts of the world perform an important ecosystem function as
dispersers of mycorrhizal fungal spores. These fungi are vital to nutrient uptake in plant …

Species of the genus Phaeohelotium (Leotiomycetes: Helotiaceae) are cup fungi that grow
on decaying wood, leaves, litter, and directly on soil. Northern Hemisphere species are …

In Australia, many mycophagous (fungus feeding) mammals that disperse fungal spores are
extinct or threatened throughout much of their historic range. Using live-trap**, we …