Understanding plant evolution and diversity in a phylogenomic context is an enormous
challenge due, in part, to limited availability of genome-scale data across phylodiverse …

Traditional methods of characterizing biodiversity are increasingly being supplemented and
replaced by approaches based on DNA sequencing alone. These approaches commonly …

Fungi are ubiquitous in both natural and human-made environments. They play important
roles in the health of plants, animals, and humans, and in broad ecosystem functions. Thus …

With recent methodological advances, molecular markers are increasingly used for semi-
quantitative analyses of fungal communities. The aim to preserve quantitative relationships …

For several hundred years, millions of fungal sporocarps have been collected and deposited
in worldwide collections (fungaria) to support fungal taxonomy. Owing to large-scale …

Abstract The nuclear ribosomal Internal Transcribed Spacer ITS region is widely used as a
DNA metabarcoding marker to characterize the diversity and composition of fungal …

The rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region has been accepted as a DNA barcoding
marker for fungi and is widely used in phylogenetic studies; however, intragenomic ITS …

Next‐generation sequencing technologies have provided unprecedented insights into
fungal diversity and ecology. However, intrinsic biases and insufficient quality control in next …

Recent studies have questioned the use of high‐throughput sequencing of the nuclear
ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region to derive a semi‐quantitative …

Phylogenomic studies using genome-scale amounts of data have greatly improved
understanding of the tree of life. Despite the diversity, ecological significance, and …