Fungi are an essential component of any ecosystem and have diverse ecological roles,
ranging from endophytes to epiphytes and pathogens to saprobes. The current estimate of …

The species is one of the basic units of biological classification. Both species concepts and
recognition are essential topics in taxonomic studies and other biological research. In the …

This paper provides an updated classification of the Kingdom Fungi (including fossil fungi)
and fungus-like taxa. Five-hundred and twenty-three (535) notes are provided for newly …

The Capnodiales, which includes fungi known as the sooty moulds, represents the second
largest order in Dothideomycetes, encompassing morphologically and ecologically diverse …

Definition Black fungi are an ecological group of melanized fungi specialized in
extremotolerance and assumed to be among the most stress-resistant eukaryotes on Earth …

Rock-inhabiting fungi (RIF) constitute an ecological group associated with terrestrial rocks.
This association is generally restricted to the persistent colonisation of rocks and peculiar …

Fungi are among the most successful eukaryotes on Earth: they have evolved strategies to
survive in the most diverse environments and stressful conditions and have been selected …

Lichen thalli provide a long-lived and stable habitat for colonization by a wide range of
microorganisms. Increased interest in these lichen-associated microbial communities has …

Black fungi are a group of melanotic microfungi characterized by remarkable
polyextremotolerance. Due to a broad ecological plasticity and adaptations at the cellular …

Combined effects of climate change and increasing anthropogenic water demand have
increased and extended dry period occurrences in rivers worldwide. Riverbed drying can …