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Numbers of Fungal Species

Submission status
Closed
Fungal Diversity will publish a Special Issue dedicated to fungal species numbers. Fungi represent one of the most diverse groups of organisms on the planet, with an essential role in ecosystem processes and functioning. In the last ten years, new DNA sequencing technologies have revolutionized studies of fungal taxonomy and diversity, leading to changes in the estimates of fungal species numbers from 1.5 to 2.2 to 3.8 and 11.7 to 13.2 million species, based on host association and high-throughput sequencing. However, only around 150,000 fungal species have been described to date, and it is believed that these organisms encompass a much higher diversity. Given the essential importance of fungi for ecosystem functioning, it is necessary to investigate fungal diversity using the most diverse methods and empirical demonstrations of the fungal diversity in the world to address their roles in the different ecosystems. Fungal Diversity is pleased to invite submissions to this Special Issue, which welcomes the submission of research and reviews papers with outstanding contributions to taxonomy, diversity, and evolution, focusing on the species numbers. All papers must be submitted by October 31, 2021. All manuscripts (original research or reviews) will be peer-reviewed, and accepted papers will be published online (as soon as they are accepted).

Editors

  • Chitrabhanu Bhunjun Chitrabhanu Bhunjun , 

    Chitrabhanu Bhunjun

    Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand

  • Indulin Senanayake Indulin Senanayake , 

    Indulin Senanayake

    Innovative Institute for Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, P. R. China

  • Kevin D. Hyde Kevin D. Hyde , 

    Kevin D. Hyde

    Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand

  • Nalin Wijayawardene Nalin Wijayawardene , 

    Nalin Wijayawardene

    Qujing Normal University, Qujing 655011, P.R. China

  • Rajesh Jeewon Rajesh Jeewon , 

    Rajesh Jeewon

    University of Mauritius, 80837, Mauritius

  • Roberto Farias Roberto Farias  &

    Roberto Farias

    Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand

  • Rui-Lin Zhao Rui-Lin Zhao

    Rui-Lin Zhao

    Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100101, P.R. China

Articles (10 in this collection)

  1. The numbers of fungi

    Authors

    • Kevin D. Hyde
    • Content type: Editorial
    • Published: 30 May 2022
    • Pages: 1 - 1

  2. Freshwater fungal numbers

    Authors (first, second and last of 15)

    • Mark S. Calabon
    • Kevin D. Hyde
    • Ming Zeng
    • Content type: Review
    • Published: 04 May 2022
    • Pages: 3 - 235

  8. Species diversity of Basidiomycota

    Authors (first, second and last of 18)

    • Mao-Qiang He
    • Rui-Lin Zhao
    • Kevin D. Hyde
    • Content type: Review
    • Published: 14 January 2022
    • Pages: 281 - 325

  9. Trends in yeast diversity discovery

    Authors (first, second and last of 12)

    • Teun Boekhout
    • Anthony S. Amend
    • Andrey Yurkov
    • Content type: Review
    • Open Access
    • Published: 03 December 2021
    • Pages: 491 - 537