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 …

Wild mushrooms are a vital source of income and nutrition for many poor communities and
of value to recreational foragers. Literature relating to the edibility of mushroom species …

Fungi are eukaryotes that play essential roles in ecosystems. Among fungi, Basidiomycota is
one of the major phyla with more than 40,000 described species. We review species …

The 140 000 or so fungal species reported so far are heterogeneously defined based on
varying criteria such as morphological, physiological, mating, and (or) molecular features …

Five species of Inocybe from eastern North America are described as new: Inocybe
carolinensis, Inocybe dulciolens, Inocybe friabilis, Inocybe glaucescens, and Inocybe …

abstract Matsutake, the fruiting body of Tricholoma matsutake, is among the most
economically important edible ectomycorrhizal (EM) mushrooms worldwide. This EM fungus …

Understanding diversity in the genus Xerocomellus in western North America has been
obscured by morphological variability, widespread use of species epithets typified by …

Matsutake mushrooms are among the best-known edible wild mushroom taxa worldwide.
The representative Tricholoma matsutake is from East Asia and the northern and central …

How the prized matsutake mushroom is remaking human communities in China—and
providing new ways to understand human and more-than-human worlds What a Mushroom …

As an ectomycorrhizal fungal genus that contains matsutake and other edible mushrooms,
Tricholoma has great economic and ecological significance. However, the phylogenetic …