The cryptic lifestyle of most fungi necessitates molecular identification of the guild in
environmental studies. Over the past decades, rapid development and affordability of …

Fungi play many essential roles in ecosystems. They facilitate plant access to nutrients and
water, serve as decay agents that cycle carbon and nutrients through the soil, water and …

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 …

Recently, a new annotation tool “FungalTraits” was created based on the previous FUNGuild
and FunFun databases, which has attracted high attention in the scientific community. These …

Dothideomycetes is the largest class of kingdom Fungi and comprises an incredible diversity
of lifestyles, many of which have evolved multiple times. Plant pathogens represent a major …

Species concepts have long provided a source of debate among biologists. These lively
debates have been important for reaching consensus on how to communicate across …

Fungi are ubiquitous inhabitants of soil and aquatic environments, and they establish and
maintain either parasitic or symbiotic relationships with animals and plants. They are major …

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 …

High-throughput sequencing studies generate vast amounts of taxonomic data. Evolutionary
ecological hypotheses of the recovered taxa and Species Hypotheses are difficult to test due …

Fungal ecology lags behind in the use of traits (ie phenotypic characteristics) to understand
ecological phenomena. We argue that this is a missed opportunity and that the selection and …