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 …

Arthropod–fungus interactions involving the Laboulbeniomycetes have been pondered for
several hundred years. Early studies of Laboulbeniomycetes faced several uncertainties …

Thirteen new species are formally described: Cortinarius brunneocarpus from Pakistan, C.
lilacinoarmillatus from India, Curvularia khuzestanica on Atriplex lentiformis from Iran …

Helvella lacunosa and its allies are widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere and
perform important functions in ecosystems. A comprehensive study on 101 collections of …

Despite their essential role in the environment, the number of known fungal species is still
low compared to the recent estimates of the fungal biodiversity (from 2.2 to 3.8 million …

Laboulbeniomycetes is a class of fungi that have obligate associations with arthropod hosts,
either for dispersal (order Pyxidiophorales) or as biotrophic parasites (orders …

Helvella is a widespread, frequently encountered fungal group appearing in forests, but the
species diversity and molecular phylogeny of Helvella in China remains incompletely …

The genus Morchella has gone through turbulent taxonomic treatments. Although significant
progress in Morchella systematics has been achieved in the past decade, several problems …

Helvella is a species-rich genus, forming a large variation of astounding ascocarps in many
different habitats. During the last decade, molecular markers and morphological characters …

The brown cupulate saddle fungi with villus surface in China, have long been named as
Helvella macropus, a well-known European and North American species. In this study …