Diversity meets decomposition

MO Gessner, CM Swan, CK Dang, BG McKie… - Trends in ecology & …, 2010 - cell.com
Over 100 gigatons of terrestrial plant biomass are produced globally each year. Ninety
percent of this biomass escapes herbivory and enters the dead organic matter pool, thus …

Untapped potential: exploiting fungi in bioremediation of hazardous chemicals

H Harms, D Schlosser, LY Wick - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2011 - nature.com
Fungi possess the biochemical and ecological capacity to degrade environmental organic
chemicals and to decrease the risk associated with metals, metalloids and radionuclides …

The Fungi: 1, 2, 3… 5.1 million species?

M Blackwell - American journal of botany, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
• Premise of the study: Fungi are major decomposers in certain ecosystems and essential
associates of many organisms. They provide enzymes and drugs and serve as experimental …

Fungi in aquatic ecosystems

HP Grossart, S Van den Wyngaert, M Kagami… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Fungi are phylogenetically and functionally diverse ubiquitous components of almost all
ecosystems on Earth, including aquatic environments stretching from high montane lakes …

Families of sordariomycetes

SSN Maharachchikumbura, KD Hyde, EBG Jones… - Fungal diversity, 2016 - Springer
Sordariomycetes is one of the largest classes of Ascomycota that comprises a highly diverse
range of fungi characterized mainly by perithecial ascomata and inoperculate unitunicate …

Freshwater fungal numbers

MS Calabon, KD Hyde, EBG Jones, ZL Luo, W Dong… - Fungal Diversity, 2022 - Springer
A comprehensive account of fungal classification from freshwater habitats is outlined and
discussed in the present review based on literature of biodiversity studies and recent …

[BOOK][B] The freshwater animal diversity assessment: an overview of the results

EV Balian, H Segers, K Martens, C Lévéque - 2008 - Springer
We present a summary of the results included in the different treatments in this volume. The
diversity and distribution of vertebrates, insects, crustaceans, molluscs and a suite of minor …

Human‐induced salinity changes impact marine organisms and ecosystems

T Röthig, SM Trevathan‐Tackett… - Global change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is fundamentally altering marine and coastal ecosystems on a global scale.
While the effects of ocean warming and acidification on ecology and ecosystem functions …

Towards a natural classification and backbone tree for Sordariomycetes

SSN Maharachchikumbura, KD Hyde, EBG Jones… - Fungal diversity, 2015 - Springer
Sordariomycetes is one of the largest classes of Ascomycota and is characterised by
perithecial ascomata and inoperculate unitunicate asci. The class includes many important …

Classification of marine ascomycota, basidiomycota, blastocladiomycota and chytridiomycota

EBG Jones, S Suetrong, J Sakayaroj, AH Bahkali… - Fungal Diversity, 2015 - Springer
This paper lists the accepted names and classification of marine fungi, updating the scheme
presented in 2009. The classification includes 1,112 species (in 472 genera): Ascomycota …