Role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in regulating growth, enhancing productivity, and potentially influencing ecosystems under abiotic and biotic stresses

A Wahab, M Muhammad, A Munir, G Abdi, W Zaman… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) form symbiotic relationships with the roots of nearly all
land-dwelling plants, increasing growth and productivity, especially during abiotic stress …

[HTML][HTML] Detection Methods for Pine Wilt Disease: A Comprehensive Review

S Tahir, SS Hassan, L Yang, M Ma, C Li - Plants, 2024 - mdpi.com
Pine wilt disease (PWD), caused by the nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, is a highly
destructive forest disease that necessitates rapid and precise identification for effective …

The contribution of tropical long-term studies to mycology

JK Stallman, D Haelewaters, RA Koch Bach, M Brann… - IMA fungus, 2024 - Springer
Fungi are arguably the most diverse eukaryotic kingdom of organisms in terms of number of
estimated species, trophic and life history strategies, and their functions in ecosystems …

A description of two novel Psilocybe species from southern Africa and some notes on African traditional hallucinogenic mushroom use

B Van Der Merwe, A Rockefeller, A Kilian, C Clark… - Mycologia, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Two new Psilocybe species (Hymenogastraceae), P. ingeli and P. maluti, are
described from southern Africa. Morphology and phylogeny were used to separate the two …

Diverse Xylaria in the Ecuadorian Amazon and their mode of wood degradation

NN Rajtar, JC Kielsmeier-Cook, BW Held… - Botanical Studies, 2023 - Springer
Background Xylaria is a diverse and ecologically important genus in the Ascomycota. This
paper describes the xylariaceous fungi present in an Ecuadorian Amazon Rainforest and …

The conflict between Rights of Nature and mining in Ecuador: Implications of the Los Cedros Cloud Forest case for biodiversity conservation

MR Peck, M Desselas, S Bonilla‐Bedoya… - People and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Global emergence of Rights of Nature (RoN) has gained momentum since Ecuador became
the first country to constitutionally recognize it in 2008. The shift from perceiving nature as an …

A New Species of Biscogniauxia Associated with Pine Needle Blight on Pinus thunbergii in China

C Qiao, R Zhao, D Li, X Ding - Forests, 2024 - mdpi.com
In June 2020, needle blight symptoms on Pinus thunbergii were discovered in Bazhong City,
Sichuan Province, China. Fungal isolates were obtained from the pine needles of P …

Diversity of spider families parasitized by fungal pathogens: a global review

M Nyffeler, N Hywel-Jones - The Journal of Arachnology, 2024 - BioOne
In this paper the findings of a global literature and social media survey of spider mycoses
are presented. Our survey revealed that spider mycoses occur in the geographic belt …

[HTML][HTML]  A high species diversity of Lyomyces (Basidiomycota, Hymenochaetales) in Central and South America, revealed after morphological and molecular analysis

E Yurchenko, E Langer, J Riebesehl - MycoKeys, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
 Abstract A study of corticioid fungi collections from Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and
Ecuador has resulted in the identification of 26 morphospecies of Lyomyces. These …

[HTML][HTML] Tesoros etnomicológicos: historia y patrimonio cultural de los hongos comestibles en el mundo con énfasis en el Ecuador

CA Cifuentes Castillo, JA Mora Uvidia… - Revista Científica y …, 2024 - scielo.senescyt.gob.ec
Introducción: Las setas, son organismos eucariotas con una estructura simple de hifas,
desarrollándose en diversas condiciones gracias a sus bajos requerimientos nutricionales …