This is the opening paper in the special issue of Fungal Diversity, which collates the data on
defining species. Defining and recognizing species has long been a controversial issue …

Scientific names are crucial for communicating knowledge concerning fungi and fungus-like
organisms. In plant pathology, they link information regarding biology, host range …

True fungi (Fungi) and fungus-like organisms (eg Mycetozoa, Oomycota) constitute the
second largest group of organisms based on global richness estimates, with around 3 …

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 …

Diaporthe (Phomopsis) species have often been reported as plant pathogens, non-
pathogenic endophytes or saprobes, commonly isolated from a wide range of hosts. The …

The genus Bipolaris includes important plant pathogens with worldwide distribution. Species
recognition in the genus has been uncertain due to the lack of molecular data from ex-type …

The genus Diaporthe comprises pathogenic, endophytic and saprobic species with both
temperate and tropical distributions. Cryptic diversification, phenotypic plasticity and …

Abstract Three genera, Cochliobolus, Bipolaris and Curvularia form a complex that contains
many plant pathogens, mostly on grasses (Poaceae) with a worldwide distribution. The …

The genus Colletotrichum comprises species with different lifestyles but is mainly known for
phytopathogenic species that infect crops of agronomic relevance causing considerable …

Pestalotiopsis is a taxonomically confused, pathogenic and chemically creative genus
requiring a critical re-examination using a multi-gene phylogeny based on ex-type and ex …