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 …

Abstract Agaricomycetes includes ca. 21,000 described species of mushroom-forming fungi
that function as decayers, pathogens, and mutualists in both terrestrial and aquatic habitats …

The phylogenetic position of several clitocyboid/pleurotoid/tricholomatoid genera previously
consideredincertae sedis is here resolved using an updated 6-gene dataset of Agaricales …

The family Tricholomataceae, contained within the Tricholomatoid clade, has traditionally
been one of the largest families of the Agaricales. However, in this sense it is highly …

Currently we have only a limited understanding of the evolutionary and ecological
significance of reproductive traits of fungi. We compared data on fruit body size, spore size …

Although fungal spores are tiny compared to plant seeds, their morphological variability is
enormous, which points toward selective forces. We investigated the frequency of …

Cystoderma comprises the species with heavily universal veil remnants on basidiomes,
weakly to strongly amyloid basidiospores, evanescent floccose-scaly ring zone or persistent …

A novel mushroom, occurring on sandy soil was collected from scrubland of Gujrat district,
Pakistan. Phylogenetic analyses of the nrDNA ITS region revealed that it clusters within …

The taxonomy and phylogeny of the hydropoid clade (genera Clitocybula sl, Megacollybia,
Leucoinocybe gen. nov., Hydropus, Trogia, Gerronema, Porotheleum and Lignomphalia …

Moniliophthora pakistanica sp. nov. is described from Punjab, Pakistan, based on micro-and
morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analysis. The taxon is characterized by a …