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 …

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 …

Beauveria is a very important fungal resource. Some Beauveria species have great
economic and ecological value. Through surveying Beauveria in China and Thailand over …

This study focuses on interacting with insects and their ectosymbiont (lato sensu)
microorganisms for environmentally safe plant production and protection. Some cases help …

The application of traditional morphological and ecological species concepts to closely
related, asexual fungal taxa is challenging due to the lack of distinctive morphological …

DNA sequence analysis has been of the utmost importance to delimit species boundaries in
the genus Diaporthe. However, the common practice of combining multiple genes, without …

Microbial volatile organic compounds may act as semiochemicals, inciting different
behavioral responses in insects. Beauveria bassiana is an entomopathogenic fungus, and …

A partial rbcL sequence of the lectotype specimen of Corallina berteroi shows that it is the
earliest available name for C. ferreyrae. Multilocus species delimitation analyses (ABGD …

Mosquitoes around the world spread diseases like malaria, dengue, zika, lymphatic filariasis
and arboviruses, which are dangerous to human health and the economy. Eventually …

The hyperdiverse genus Trichoderma is one of most useful groups of microbes for a number
of human activities, and their accurate identification is crucial. The structural simplicity and …