Biodiversity loss from disturbances caused by human activities means that species are
disappearing at an ever increasing rate. The high number of species that have yet to be …

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

Natural products derived from microbes are crucial innovations that would help in reaching
sustainability development goals worldwide while achieving bioeconomic growth …

A resistant and hypervirulent dermatophyte from India has been described as a taxonomic
novelty, Trichophyton indotineae, a species of the Trichophyton mentagrophytes complex …

Necrotrophic fungal pathogens cause considerable disease on numerous economically
important crops. Some of these pathogens are specialized to one or a few closely related …

This Research Topic contains a selection of papers dealing with Fusarium wilt of banana
(FWB), also known as Panama disease, that investigate (i) the epidemiology, distribution …

Rust fungi (Pucciniales) are a diverse group of plant pathogens in natural and agricultural
systems. They pose ongoing threats to the diversity of native flora and cause annual crop …

Background The great diversity of lifestyles and survival strategies observed in fungi is
reflected in the many ways in which they reproduce and recombine. Although a complete …

The Microsporum canis complex consists of one zoophilic species, M. canis, and two
anthropophilic species, M. audouinii and M. ferrugineum. These species are the most …

Colletotrichum lupini, the causative agent of lupin anthracnose, affects lupin cultivation
worldwide. Understanding its population structure and evolutionary potential is crucial to …