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 …

Integrative approaches for species delimitation in Ascomycota

SSN Maharachchikumbura, Y Chen, HA Ariyawansa… - Fungal Diversity, 2021 - Springer
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 …

Fungal identification using molecular tools: a primer for the natural products research community

HA Raja, AN Miller, CJ Pearce… - Journal of natural …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Fungi are morphologically, ecologically, metabolically, and phylogenetically diverse. They
are known to produce numerous bioactive molecules, which makes them very useful for …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Microfungi associated with Clematis (Ranunculaceae) with an integrated approach to delimiting species boundaries

C Phukhamsakda, EHC McKenzie, AJL Phillips… - Fungal diversity, 2020 - Springer
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 …

The Faces of Fungi database: fungal names linked with morphology, phylogeny and human impacts

SC Jayasiri, KD Hyde, HA Ariyawansa, J Bhat, B Buyck… - Fungal diversity, 2015 - Springer
Taxonomic names are key links between various databases that store information on
different organisms. Several global fungal nomenclural and taxonomic databases (notably …

What is a species in fungal plant pathogens?

RS Jayawardena, KD Hyde, ARG de Farias… - Fungal Diversity, 2021 - Springer
Scientific names are crucial for communicating knowledge concerning fungi and fungus-like
organisms. In plant pathology, they link information regarding biology, host range …

ABGD, Automatic Barcode Gap Discovery for primary species delimitation

N Puillandre, A Lambert, S Brouillet… - Molecular ecology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Within uncharacterized groups, DNA barcodes, short DNA sequences that are present in a
wide range of species, can be used to assign organisms into species. We propose an …

[책][B] Ecological speciation

P Nosil - 2012 - books.google.com
The origin of biological diversity, via the formation of new species, can be inextricably linked
to adaptation to the ecological environment. Specifically, ecological processes are central to …

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 …