Endophytic fungi: a tool for plant growth promotion and sustainable agriculture

NC Baron, EC Rigobelo - Mycology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Endophytic fungi are found in most, if not all, plant species on the planet. They colonise
inner plant tissues without causing symptoms of disease, thus providing benefits to the host …

Bioremediation of heavy metals from industrial effluents by endophytes and their metabolic activity: Recent advances

P Sharma, S Kumar - Bioresource Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Worldwide, heavy metals pollution is mostly caused by rapid population growth and
industrial development which is accumulated in food webs causing a serious public health …

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 …

The numbers of fungi: Contributions from traditional taxonomic studies and challenges of metabarcoding

C Phukhamsakda, RH Nilsson, CS Bhunjun… - Fungal diversity, 2022 - Springer
The global diversity of fungi has been estimated using several different approaches. There is
somewhere between 2–11 million estimated species, but the number of formally described …

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 …

Investigating species boundaries in Colletotrichum

CS Bhunjun, C Phukhamsakda, RS Jayawardena… - Fungal Diversity, 2021 - Springer
Colletotrichum is one of the most important plant pathogenic genera that is responsible for
numerous diseases which can have a profound impact on the agricultural sector. Species …

Do all fungi have ancestors with endophytic lifestyles?

CS Bhunjun, C Phukhamsakda, KD Hyde… - Fungal Diversity, 2024 - Springer
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 …

Taxonomy, phylogeny, molecular dating and ancestral state reconstruction of Xylariomycetidae (Sordariomycetes)

MC Samarakoon, KD Hyde, SSN Maharachchikumbura… - Fungal Diversity, 2022 - Springer
Xylariomycetidae (Ascomycota) is a highly diversified group with variable stromatic
characters. Our research focused on inconspicuous stromatic xylarialean taxa from China …

Taxonomy and phylogeny of hyaline-spored coelomycetes

WJ Li, EHC McKenzie, JK Liu, DJ Bhat, DQ Dai… - Fungal Diversity, 2020 - Springer
Coelomycete is a general term used for asexual fungi which produce conidia in fruiting
bodies: pycnidial, acervular, cupulate, pycnothyria or stromatic conidiomata. The group …

Early-diverging fungal phyla: taxonomy, species concept, ecology, distribution, anthropogenic impact, and novel phylogenetic proposals

K Voigt, TY James, PM Kirk, ALCMA Santiago… - Fungal Diversity, 2021 - Springer
The increasing number of new fungal species described from all over the world along with
the use of genetics to define taxa, has dramatically changed the classification system of …