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

KD Hyde - Fungal Diversity, 2022 - Springer
Fungi represent one of the most diverse groups of organisms on the planet, with an essential
role in ecosystem processes and functioning. The numbers of fungi have always been an …

Fungal diversity notes 603–708: taxonomic and phylogenetic notes on genera and species

KD Hyde, C Norphanphoun, VP Abreu, A Bazzicalupo… - Fungal Diversity, 2017 - Springer
This is the sixth in a series of papers where we bring collaborating mycologists together to
produce a set of notes of several taxa of fungi. In this study we introduce a new family …

What are fungal species and how to delineate them?

KWT Chethana, IS Manawasinghe, VG Hurdeal… - Fungal Diversity, 2021 - Springer
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Fungal diversity notes 929–1035: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungi

R Phookamsak, KD Hyde, R Jeewon, DJ Bhat… - Fungal diversity, 2019 - Springer
This article is the ninth in the series of Fungal Diversity Notes, where 107 taxa distributed in
three phyla, nine classes, 31 orders and 57 families are described and illustrated. Taxa …

[HTML][HTML] Fungal diversity notes 1151–1276: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa

KD Hyde, Y Dong, R Phookamsak, R Jeewon, DJ Bhat… - Fungal diversity, 2020 - Springer
Fungal diversity notes is one of the important journal series of fungal taxonomy that provide
detailed descriptions and illustrations of new fungal taxa, as well as providing new …

[HTML][HTML] Fungal diversity notes 1512–1610: Taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa

RS Jayawardena, KD Hyde, S Wang, YR Sun… - Fungal Diversity, 2022 - Springer
This article is the 14th in the Fungal Diversity Notes series, wherein we report 98 taxa
distributed in two phyla, seven classes, 26 orders and 50 families which are described and …

Fungal diversity notes 1036–1150: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa

KD Hyde, DS Tennakoon, R Jeewon, DJ Bhat… - Fungal diversity, 2019 - Springer
This article is the tenth series of the Fungal Diversity Notes, where 114 taxa distributed in
three phyla, ten classes, 30 orders and 53 families are described and illustrated. Taxa …

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 …

Fungal species concepts in the genomics era

J Xu - Genome, 2020 - cdnsciencepub.com
The 140 000 or so fungal species reported so far are heterogeneously defined based on
varying criteria such as morphological, physiological, mating, and (or) molecular features …