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 …

Taxonomic revision of Marasmius Fr. and Marasmiaceae Roze ex Kühner based on multigene phylogenetics and morphological evidence

JJS Oliveira, DE Desjardin, TS Jenkinson… - Fungal Diversity, 2024 - Springer
Many taxonomic and systematic rearrangements were proposed to Marasmius Fr. since its
original concept in 1835, and since 1980 when it became the type of Marasmiaceae. These …

Spider Fungi: New species of Marasmius and Pusillomyces in the aerial rhizomorph webmaker guild in Amazonia

JJS Oliveira, R Vargas-Isla, TS Cabral… - Fungal Systematics …, 2024 - ingentaconnect.com
Rhizomorphs are hair-or wire-like melanized structures with structural differentiation
analogous to plant roots that help fungi spread over an area and find food resources. Some …

A morphological and phylogenetic evaluation of Marasmius sect. Globulares (Globulares-Sicci complex) with nine new taxa from the Neotropical Atlantic Forest

JJS Oliveira, JM Moncalvo… - … and Evolution of …, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
The largest and most recently emended Marasmius sect. Globulares (Globulares-Sicci
complex) has increased in number of species annually while its infrasectional organization …

[PDF][PDF] Fungi of São Tomé and Príncipe Islands: basidiomycete mushrooms and allies

DE Desjardin, BA Perry - Biodiversity of the Gulf of Guinea …, 2022 - library.oapen.org
Mushrooms and allies belong to the Agaricomycetes lineage of Basidiomycota. A total of
260 species, belonging in 109 genera, 51 families and 13 orders have been reported from …

Marasmioid rhizomorphs in bird nests: Species diversity, functional specificity, and new species from the tropics

RA Koch, J Liu, M Brann, B Jumbam, N Siegel… - Mycologia, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In tropical and subtropical rainforests, vegetative fungal rhizomorphs from the Marasmiineae
are routinely used as construction material in bird nests. Because rhizomorphs seldom …

Disentangling cryptic species in the Marasmius haematocephalus (Mont.) Fr. and M. siccus (Schwein.) Fr. species complexes (Agaricales, Basidiomycota)

JJS de Oliveira, M Capelari, S Margaritescu… - Cryptogamie …, 2022 - BioOne
ABSTRACT Marasmius haematocephalus (Mont.) Fr. and M. siccus (Schwein.) Fr.(ser.
Haematocephali) were respectively described from Southeastern Brazil and from Eastern …

Spider Fungi: New species of Marasmius and Pusillomyces in the aerial rhizomorph webmaker guild in Amazonia

JJS Oliveira, R Vargas-Isla, TS Cabral… - Fungal Systematics …, 2024 - ingentaconnect.com
Rhizomorphs are hair-or wire-like melanized structures with structural differentiation
analogous to plant roots that help fungi spread over an area and find food resources. Some …

Untangling horsehair fungi in Australia: Marasmius crinis-equi (Marasmiaceae) and related taxa

FE Guard, J Dearnaley, TW May, T Lebel - Mycological Progress, 2024 - Springer
Fungi with prominent hairlike rhizomorphs, aerial habit, sparse small sporophores, and
usually saprotrophic biology are commonly known as 'horsehair or spider fungi'. The earliest …

Phylogenetic and morphological analyses of species of Marasmius sect. Marasmius from the Atlantic Rainforest, Brazil

JJS de Oliveira, JM Moncalvo, S Margaritescu… - Plant systematics and …, 2020 - Springer
Marasmius is a genus of mushroom-forming fungi known to harbor a large diversity of
species and morphological structures. To date, sections Globulares, Leveilleani, Marasmius …