[HTML][HTML] Ten decadal advances in fungal biology leading towards human well-being

A Mapook, KD Hyde, K Hassan, BM Kemkuignou… - Fungal Diversity, 2022 - Springer
Fungi are an understudied resource possessing huge potential for developing products that
can greatly improve human well-being. In the current paper, we highlight some important …

Forecasting the number of species of asexually reproducing fungi (Ascomycota and Basidiomycota)

NN Wijayawardene, AJL Phillips, DS Pereira, DQ Dai… - Fungal Diversity, 2022 - Springer
Asexually reproducing fungi play a significant role in essential processes in managed and
wild ecosystems such as nutrients cycling and multitrophic interactions. A large number of …

[HTML][HTML] A new order, Entrophosporales, and three new Entrophospora species in Glomeromycota

J Błaszkowski, M Sánchez-García, P Niezgoda… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
As a result of phylogenomic, phylogenetic, and morphological analyses of members of the
genus Claroideoglomus, four potential new glomoid spore-producing species and …

[HTML][HTML] Lichen depsides and tridepsides: progress in pharmacological approaches

I Ureña-Vacas, E González-Burgos, PK Divakar… - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
Depsides and tridepsides are secondary metabolites found in lichens. In the last 10 years,
there has been a growing interest in the pharmacological activity of these compounds. This …

[HTML][HTML] Providing scale to a known taxonomic unknown—At least a 70-fold increase in species diversity in a cosmopolitan nominal taxon of lichen-forming fungi

Y Zhang, J Clancy, J Jensen, RT McMullin, L Wang… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Robust species delimitations provide a foundation for investigating speciation,
phylogeography, and conservation. Here we attempted to elucidate species boundaries in …

Meta‐analysis of Antarctic phylogeography reveals strong sampling bias and critical knowledge gaps

XP Liu, GA Duffy, WS Pearman, LR Pertierra… - Ecography, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Much of Antarctica's highly endemic terrestrial biodiversity is found in small ice‐free patches.
Substantial genetic differentiation has been detected among populations across spatial …

Profiling secondary metabolites from lichen “Parmotrema perlatum (Huds.) M.Choisy” and antibacterial and antioxidant potentials

PR Dwarakanath, K Abinaya, K Nagasathya… - Biomass Conversion …, 2022 - Springer
Parmotrema perlatum lichen is traditionally used as a spice in Indian households and also to
treat diseases such as eczema, respiratory diseases, pulmonary diseases, and arthritis. This …

[HTML][HTML] An exception to the rule? Could photobiont identity be a better predictor of lichen phenotype than mycobiont identity?

J Steinová, H Holien, A Košuthová, P Škaloud - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
With rare exceptions, the shape and appearance of lichen thalli are determined by the
fungal partner; thus, mycobiont identity is normally used for lichen identification. However, it …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic Resources for the First Federally Endangered Lichen: The Florida Perforate Cladonia (Cladonia perforata)

SD Leavitt, A DeBolt, E McQuhae, JL Allen - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
Thirty years after its designation as a federally endangered species, the Florida Perforate
Cladonia (FPC) remains imperiled in isolated populations in the Florida scrub in the …

Lichen community assemblages and functional traits as indicators of vegetation types in central Mexico, based on herbarium specimens

D Simijaca, G Ocampo, J Escoto-Moreno… - Cryptogamie …, 2023 - BioOne
Despite the growing interest in the lichen communities of Mexico, little is known about the
assemblages from the central part of the country. For that reason, we defined the following …