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Fungal Diversity in Various Environments, 3rd Edition
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Fungal Diversity in Various Environments, 3rd Edition

A special issue of Journal of Fungi (ISSN 2309-608X). This special issue belongs to the section "Fungal Evolution, Biodiversity and Systematics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 February 2025 | Viewed by 3701

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Dr. Seung-Yoon Oh

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Department of Biology and Chemistry, Changwon National University, Changwon 51140, Republic of Korea
Interests: fungal diversity; fungal taxonomy and phylogenetics evolution bioinformatics
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Dear Colleagues,

In various environments, fungi are important members of ecosystems as symbionts, saprophytes, and pathogens. we can find fungi everywhere, but their diversity and role in the environments are largely unexplored. In this Special Issue of the Journal of Fungi, we invite contributions that expand our knowledge on the fungal diversity in various environments. The topics of special interest and focus are:

Novel species, taxonomy, and systematics;
Biodiversity, community composition, and distribution;
Ecology, symbiosis, and interaction with other organisms;
Bioactivity (e.g., antibiotic effect, plant-growth promotion, enzyme activity, etc) and secondary metabolites.

Thank you for your contributions.

Dr. Seung-Yoon Oh
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • fungal biodiversity
  • fungal taxonomy
  • fungal systematics
  • fungal eology
  • fungal symbiosis

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Fungal Diversity in an Undisturbed Andean Páramo Soil in Quimsacocha (Ecuador)
by Ernesto Delgado-Fernández, Lidia Nicola, Sergio A. Covarrubias, Carolina Elena Girometta and Adrián Valdez-Tenezaca
J. Fungi 2024, 10(9), 623; https://doi.org/10.3390/jof10090623 - 31 Aug 2024
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The Andean Páramo is an environment known for its high biodiversity; however, due to its remote location and difficult access, it is still relatively poorly studied. The aim of this work was to explore the fungal biodiversity of Ecuadorian Páramo soils in the [...] Read more.
The Andean Páramo is an environment known for its high biodiversity; however, due to its remote location and difficult access, it is still relatively poorly studied. The aim of this work was to explore the fungal biodiversity of Ecuadorian Páramo soils in the undisturbed natural reserve of Quimsacocha through ITS metabarconding with an MiSeq platform. This analysis revealed the presence of 370 fungal Amplicon Sequence Variants (ASVs), mainly composed by Ascomycota, Mortierellomycota and Basidiomycota. The biodiversity had a great variability among the 19 samples, but the soil humidity proved to be a significant driver of diversity in the relatively dry environment of Páramo. Some of most abundant fungal genera have important relationships with plant roots. This work represents the first glimpse into the complex biodiversity of soil fungi in this understudied area, and further studies will be needed to better understand the fungal biodiversity in this region, together with the development of necessary measures of environmental protection. Full article
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Diversity and New Species of Ascomycota from Bamboo in China
by Zhiying Zhao, Taichang Mu, Nemat O. Keyhani, Huili Pu, Yongsheng Lin, Ziying Lv, Jinming Xiong, Xiaohao Chen, Xinyang Zhan, Huajun Lv, Motunrayo Yemisi Jibola-Shittu, Peisong Jia, Jianlong Wu, Shuaishuai Huang, Junzhi Qiu and Xiayu Guan
J. Fungi 2024, 10(7), 454; https://doi.org/10.3390/jof10070454 - 28 Jun 2024
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Bamboo is an economically important crop that has gained prominence as an alternative to wood to reduce deforestation and ecosystem destruction. Diseases of bamboo that typically occur on leaves and stems can cause significant loss, reducing the quality and yield of the bamboo. [...] Read more.
Bamboo is an economically important crop that has gained prominence as an alternative to wood to reduce deforestation and ecosystem destruction. Diseases of bamboo that typically occur on leaves and stems can cause significant loss, reducing the quality and yield of the bamboo. However, there are few reports identifying the fungal species diversity and potential pathogens of bamboo. Here, we describe four new species of plant fungi from the leaves of bamboo within Fujian provinces, China. Fungi were isolated from diseased leaves collected within Fujian province and identified based on their morphological characteristics and multilocus phylogenies using nucleotide sequences derived from combined datasets of the intervening 5.8S nrRNA gene (ITS), the 28S large subunit of nuclear ribosomal RNA gene (LSU), the large subunit of RNA polymerase I (rpb1), the translation elongation factor 1-α gene (tef1-α), and the partial beta-tubulin gene (tub2). These analyses helped reveal and clarify taxonomic relationships in the family Magnaporthaceae. The new species of bambusicolous fungi identified include two species of Bifusisporella, described as B. fujianensis sp. nov. and B. bambooensis sp. nov., and two species of Apiospora, described as A. fujianensis sp. nov. and A. fuzhouensis sp. nov. This study further expands the characterization and distribution of fungi associated with bamboo. Full article
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Phylogenetic and Morphological Evidence for Three New Species of Diaporthales (Ascomycota) from Fujian Province, China
by Taichang Mu, Yongsheng Lin, Nemat O. Keyhani, Huili Pu, Ziying Lv, Chenhui Lan, Jinming Xiong, Xiaohao Chen, Xinyang Zhan, Zhiying Zhao, Huajun Lv, Motunrayo Yemisi Jibola-Shittu, Jianlong Wu, Peisong Jia, Shuaishuai Huang, Junzhi Qiu and Xiayu Guan
J. Fungi 2024, 10(6), 383; https://doi.org/10.3390/jof10060383 - 27 May 2024
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Members of the fungal order Diaporthales are sac fungi that include plant pathogens (the notorious chestnut blight fungus), as well as saprobes and endophytes, and are capable of colonizing a wide variety of substrates in different ecosystems, habitats, and hosts worldwide. However, many [...] Read more.
Members of the fungal order Diaporthales are sac fungi that include plant pathogens (the notorious chestnut blight fungus), as well as saprobes and endophytes, and are capable of colonizing a wide variety of substrates in different ecosystems, habitats, and hosts worldwide. However, many Diaporthales species remain unidentified, and various inconsistencies within its taxonomic category remain to be resolved. Here, we aimed to identify and classify new species of Diaporthales by using combined morphological and molecular characterization and coupling this information to expand our current phylogenetic understanding of this order. Fungal samples were obtained from dead branches and diseasedleaves of Camellia (Theaceae) and Castanopsis (Fagaceae) in Fujian Province, China. Based on morphological characteristics and molecular phylogenetic analyses derived from the combined nucleotide sequences of loci of the internal transcribed spacer regions with the intervening 5.8S nrRNA gene (ITS), the 28S large subunit of nuclear ribosomal RNA gene (LSU), the translation elongation factor 1-α gene (tef1), the partial beta-tubulin gene (tub2), and partial RNA polymerase II second-largest subunit gene (rpb2), three new species of Diaporthales were identified and characterized. They are as follows: Chrysofolia camelliae sp. nov., Dendrostoma castanopsidis sp. nov., and Pseudoplagiostoma wuyishanense sp. nov. They are described and illustrated. This study extends our understanding of species diversity within the Diaporthales. Full article
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