[HTML][HTML] Current insight into traditional and modern methods in fungal diversity estimates

AK Gautam, RK Verma, S Avasthi, Sushma, Y Bohra… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fungi are an important and diverse component in various ecosystems. The methods to
identify different fungi are an important step in any mycological study. Classical methods of …

Large-scale generation and analysis of filamentous fungal DNA barcodes boosts coverage for kingdom fungi and reveals thresholds for fungal species and higher …

D Vu, M Groenewald, M De Vries… - Studies in …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Species identification lies at the heart of biodiversity studies that has in recent years
favoured DNA-based approaches. Microbial Biological Resource Centres are a rich source …

[HTML][HTML] Notes, outline and divergence times of Basidiomycota

MQ He, RL Zhao, KD Hyde, D Begerow, M Kemler… - Fungal diversity, 2019 - Springer
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 …

[HTML][HTML] GlobalFungi, a global database of fungal occurrences from high-throughput-sequencing metabarcoding studies

T Větrovský, D Morais, P Kohout, C Lepinay, C Algora… - Scientific Data, 2020 - nature.com
Fungi are key players in vital ecosystem services, spanning carbon cycling, decomposition,
symbiotic associations with cultivated and wild plants and pathogenicity. The high …

Discomycetes: the apothecial representatives of the phylum Ascomycota

AH Ekanayaka, HA Ariyawansa, KD Hyde, EBG Jones… - Fungal Diversity, 2017 - Springer
Discomycetes are an artificial grouping of apothecia-producing fungi in the phylum
Ascomycota. Molecular-based studies have revealed that the discomycetes can be found …

Metabarcoding: A powerful tool to investigate microbial communities and shape future plant protection strategies

A Abdelfattah, A Malacrinò, M Wisniewski, SO Cacciola… - Biological Control, 2018 - Elsevier
Microorganisms are the main drivers shaping the functioning and equilibrium of all
ecosystems, contributing to nutrient cycling, primary production, litter decomposition, and …

[HTML][HTML] The legacy effect of cover crops on soil fungal populations in a cereal rotation

AP Detheridge, G Brand, R Fychan, FV Crotty… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2016 - Elsevier
The use of rotations and minimum tillage in agriculture can permit more sustainable
production through increasing soil organic matter and nutrients, and breaking of pathogen …

[HTML][HTML] The utility of DNA metabarcoding for studying the response of arthropod diversity and composition to land-use change in the tropics

KC Beng, KW Tomlinson, XH Shen, Y Surget-Groba… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Metabarcoding potentially offers a rapid and cheap method of monitoring biodiversity, but
real-world applications are few. We investigated its utility in studying patterns of litter …

Not poles apart: Antarctic soil fungal communities show similarities to those of the distant Arctic

F Cox, KK Newsham, R Bol, JAJ Dungait… - Ecology …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Antarctica's extreme environment and geographical isolation offers a useful platform for
testing the relative roles of environmental selection and dispersal barriers influencing fungal …

Man against machine: Do fungal fruitbodies and eDNA give similar biodiversity assessments across broad environmental gradients?

TG Frøslev, R Kjøller, HH Bruun, R Ejrnæs… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
The majority of Earth's biodiversity is unknown. This is particularly true for the vast part of soil
biodiversity, which rarely can be observed directly. Metabarcoding of DNA extracted from the …