Fungi are ubiquitous in both natural and human-made environments. They play important
roles in the health of plants, animals, and humans, and in broad ecosystem functions. Thus …

Here we review how evolving species concepts have been applied to understand yeast
diversity. Initially, a phenotypic species concept was utilized taking into consideration …

Traditionally, fungal taxonomy was based on observable phenotypic characters. Recent
advances have driven taxonomic conclusions towards DNA-based approaches and these …

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 …

The Basidiomycota constitutes a major phylum of the kingdom Fungi and is second in
species numbers to the Ascomycota. The present work provides an overview of all validly …

Taxonomic names are key links between various databases that store information on
different organisms. Several global fungal nomenclural and taxonomic databases (notably …

Basidiomycota is one of the major phyla in the fungal tree of life. The outline of
Basidiomycota provides essential taxonomic information for researchers and workers in …

Family Cortinariaceae currently includes only one genus, Cortinarius, which is the largest
Agaricales genus, with thousands of species worldwide. The species are important …

ABSTRACT A six-gene phylogeny of the Inocybaceae is presented to address classification
of major clades within the family. Seven genera are recognized that establish a global …

Background Fungi are a diverse eukaryotic group of degraders, pathogens, and symbionts,
with many lineages known only from DNA sequences in soil, sediments, air, and water …