Yunnan Fungi Survey Reveals Three Novel Species
Researchers in Yunnan, China, have identified three new fungal species, Ascopolyporus sinensis, Cordyceps anningensis, and Hypocrella umbilicata, using multigene phylogenetic ...
Tag: Mycology
Two New Fungal Species Discovered on Palms in China
Researchers identified two new fungal species, Scolecobasidium yunnanense and Yunnanomyces didymosporus, from palm plants in Yunnan Province, China.
Hand-shaped fungus hidden in ant gardens reveals new branch of fungal diversity
A new genus and five new species of Hypocreaceae fungi, named Manidigitorum for their hand-like spore-producing cells, have been described ...
New fungal family and synnematous species from India untangle a cryptic Pleosporales enigma
Multi-locus phylogenetics establish Sporidesmioidesaceae fam. nov. and Rostriconidium synnematicum sp. nov. from the Western Ghats, reinstating Rostriconidium and Pseudohelminthosporium and ...
Fungal metatranscriptomics moves from descriptive ecology toward predictive science
A new review in IMA Fungus synthesizes the computational strategies, persistent challenges, and future directions of fungal metatranscriptomics, arguing that ...
Marine Yeasts of the Western Mediterranean Reveal Hidden Diversity and Biotech Promise
A four-season survey of Spain's Murcian coast recovered 415 marine yeast strains across 90 species, including 12 potentially new to ...
Three New Trichoderma Species Uncovered in China From Caterpillar Fungi and Dragon Trees
A new study from China reveals three previously unknown Trichoderma species and two new records, isolated from Ophiocordyceps fungi and ...
Hidden Rust Fungi on Roses: Two New Species Uncovered in China
An integrative taxonomic study of rose rust fungi in China has described two new Phragmidium species and clarified the evolutionary ...
Two New Lingzhi Relatives Discovered in China and Fiji
Researchers have described Ganoderma ficuum from a fig tree in Shenzhen, China, and Ganoderma fijiense from a coconut palm in ...
Three fungal genomes decoded in one run reveal secrets of a famous symbiosis
A single sequencing run decoded three complete genomes from the snow fungus and its partner, revealing strict genomic isolation, accessory ...
Fungus hiding on a rare Spanish plant yields potent new anticancer molecule
Deep in the arid zones of Andalusia, a microscopic fungus living quietly on the surface of an endemic plant has ...
Hidden in Plain Sight: Four New Fungal Species Uncovered on Chinese Leaves
Researchers in China have described four new species of the fungal genus Pseudoplagiostoma using a combination of morphology and five-locus ...
Fungus Known Only From DNA for a Decade Finally Gets a Name — and a Whole New Class
A fungus detected only as anonymous DNA in soils worldwide has been cultured, sequenced, and described as Semicentenialea rex, the ...
Nine New Fungal Species Unveiled from Asia Rewrite the Mycena Family Tree
A combined morphological and DNA-based study describes nine new species of Cyphellaceae and Mycenaceae from China and Pakistan, revealing that ...
Four New Wood-Decay Fungi Uncovered in East China’s Forests
Deep in the subtropical forests of eastern China, researchers have identified four previously unknown species of wood-inhabiting fungi, expanding our ...
Zombie-Ant Fungus Has a Secret Life Hidden Within Amazonian Mosses
New research reveals that the zombie-ant fungus Ophiocordyceps lives hidden within Amazonian mosses as an endophyte, suggesting the famous parasite ...
Three New Fungal Pathogens Threaten China’s Medicinal Vine Tea Crop
Chinese researchers have identified three previously unknown fungal species causing leaf disease on the medicinal vine tea plant using an ...
China’s Lingzhi Fungi Rewritten: Two New Ganoderma Species and a Century of Mistaken Identity Resolved
An integrative taxonomic revision of Chinese Ganoderma fungi has described two new species, resolved a century-long misidentification of the famous ...
Italy Counts Its Psychedelic Mushrooms: Nine Psilocybe Species Revealed
A new survey in Italian Botanist confirms seven Psilocybe binomials from Italy's 2005 fungal checklist and adds two recently discovered ...
Two New Mushroom Species and a First Record for China Emerge from Northeast Forests
A combined morphological and DNA study of the fragile mushroom genus Bolbitius in northeast China has revealed two species new ...
