Fungal Biodiversity and Ecology
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Dear Colleagues,
Public awareness of biodiversity has been mainly focused on animals and plants. Fungi, as one of the eukaryotic kingdoms, have been largely neglected. There are about 2.2 to 3.8 million fungal species on Earth, while only about 120,000 species have been described, no more than 8% of the total number. Recently, a number of studies based on high-throughput sequencing have shown that the diversity of fungi inhabiting Earth may even largely exceed our previous estimations. Considering the essential ecological roles of fungi in various ecosystems, it is extremely important to investigate fungal diversity and the roles fungi play in various ecosystems. This Topical Collection aims to bring together a collection of papers focusing on Fungal Biodiversity and Ecology, with areas including, but not limited to, fungal diversity assessments (traditional methods and metabarcoding), diversity conservation, fungal systematics and evolution, fungal interactions with environments and other organisms, and ecological roles of fungi in various ecosystems.
Prof. Dr. Lei Cai
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Keywords
- fungal systematics
- fungal diversity
- fungal ecology
- fungal interactions
- metabarcoding
Published Papers (2 papers)
2024
Open AccessArticle
Diversity and Composition of Fungicolous Fungi Residing in Macrofungi from the Qinling Mountains
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Wenyan Huo, Langjun Cui, Pengdong Yan, Xuelian He, Liguang Zhang, Yu Liu, Lu Dai, Peng Qi, Suying Hu, Ting Qiao and Junzhi Li
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Sporocarps of macrofungi support other diverse fungal species that are termed fungicolous fungi. However, the external environmental factors that affect the diversity and composition of fungicolous fungal communities remains largely unknown. In this study, the diversities, composition, and trophic modes of fungicolous fungal
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Sporocarps of macrofungi support other diverse fungal species that are termed fungicolous fungi. However, the external environmental factors that affect the diversity and composition of fungicolous fungal communities remains largely unknown. In this study, the diversities, composition, and trophic modes of fungicolous fungal communities residing in host macrofungi from diverse habitats in the Qinling Mountains were analyzed. Additionally, the number of carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) encoded by saprophytic, pathogenic, and symbiotic fungi was also quantified and compared. The results revealed that the diversity and composition of fungicolous fungal communities varied with months of collection and the habitats of host fungi, and saprophytic fungi were more abundant on wood than on the ground. Meanwhile, it was also found that saprophytic fungi possessed higher abundances of cell-wall-degrading enzymes than pathogenic or symbiotic fungi. Based on the above findings, it was hypothesized that the greater abundance of saprophytic fungi on wood compared to the ground may be due to their possession of a more diverse array of enzymes capable of degrading wood cell walls, thereby allowing for more efficient nutrient acquisition from decaying wood.
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Three New Species of Penicillium from East and Northeast China
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He Song, Yi-Jing Ding, Wen-Ying Zhuang, Guang-Zhou Ding and Xin-Cun Wang
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Penicillium species are ubiquitous in the environment and are of substantial importance, especially in industrial and medical aspects. During our investigation of the biodiversity of
Penicillium, three new species were discovered in soil samples collected from East and Northeast China. They were
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Penicillium species are ubiquitous in the environment and are of substantial importance, especially in industrial and medical aspects. During our investigation of the biodiversity of
Penicillium, three new species were discovered in soil samples collected from East and Northeast China. They were determined as new to science based on morphological comparisons and phylogenetic analyses, and were found to belong to the subgenus
Penicillium section
Robsamsonia and subgenus
Aspergilloides sections
Aspergilloides and
Citrina. Descriptions and illustrations of these species are provided, and their geographic distributions are also discussed.
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