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Yu Cheng Dai

Bio: Yu Cheng Dai is an academic researcher from Beijing Forestry University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Dothideomycetes & Pleosporales. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 4 publications receiving 765 citations.

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Guo Jie Li1, Kevin D. Hyde2, Kevin D. Hyde3, Kevin D. Hyde4  +161 moreInstitutions (45)
TL;DR: This paper is a compilation of notes on 142 fungal taxa, including five new families, 20 new genera, and 100 new species, representing a wide taxonomic and geographic range.
Abstract: Notes on 113 fungal taxa are compiled in this paper, including 11 new genera, 89 new species, one new subspecies, three new combinations and seven reference specimens. A wide geographic and taxonomic range of fungal taxa are detailed. In the Ascomycota the new genera Angustospora (Testudinaceae), Camporesia (Xylariaceae), Clematidis, Crassiparies (Pleosporales genera incertae sedis), Farasanispora, Longiostiolum (Pleosporales genera incertae sedis), Multilocularia (Parabambusicolaceae), Neophaeocryptopus (Dothideaceae), Parameliola (Pleosporales genera incertae sedis), and Towyspora (Lentitheciaceae) are introduced. Newly introduced species are Angustospora nilensis, Aniptodera aquibella, Annulohypoxylon albidiscum, Astrocystis thailandica, Camporesia sambuci, Clematidis italica, Colletotrichum menispermi, C. quinquefoliae, Comoclathris pimpinellae, Crassiparies quadrisporus, Cytospora salicicola, Diatrype thailandica, Dothiorella rhamni, Durotheca macrostroma, Farasanispora avicenniae, Halorosellinia rhizophorae, Humicola koreana, Hypoxylon lilloi, Kirschsteiniothelia tectonae, Lindgomyces okinawaensis, Longiostiolum tectonae, Lophiostoma pseudoarmatisporum, Moelleriella phukhiaoensis, M. pongdueatensis, Mucoharknessia anthoxanthi, Multilocularia bambusae, Multiseptospora thysanolaenae, Neophaeocryptopus cytisi, Ocellularia arachchigei, O. ratnapurensis, Ochronectria thailandica, Ophiocordyceps karstii, Parameliola acaciae, P. dimocarpi, Parastagonospora cumpignensis, Pseudodidymosphaeria phlei, Polyplosphaeria thailandica, Pseudolachnella brevifusiformis, Psiloglonium macrosporum, Rhabdodiscus albodenticulatus, Rosellinia chiangmaiensis, Saccothecium rubi, Seimatosporium pseudocornii, S. pseudorosae, Sigarispora ononidis and Towyspora aestuari. New combinations are provided for Eutiarosporella dactylidis (sexual morph described and illustrated) and Pseudocamarosporium pini. Descriptions, illustrations and / or reference specimens are designated for Aposphaeria corallinolutea, Cryptovalsa ampelina, Dothiorella vidmadera, Ophiocordyceps formosana, Petrakia echinata, Phragmoporthe conformis and Pseudocamarosporium pini. The new species of Basidiomycota are Agaricus coccyginus, A. luteofibrillosus, Amanita atrobrunnea, A. digitosa, A. gleocystidiosa, A. pyriformis, A. strobilipes, Bondarzewia tibetica, Cortinarius albosericeus, C. badioflavidus, C. dentigratus, C. duboisensis, C. fragrantissimus, C. roseobasilis, C. vinaceobrunneus, C. vinaceogrisescens, C. wahkiacus, Cyanoboletus hymenoglutinosus, Fomitiporia atlantica, F. subtilissima, Ganoderma wuzhishanensis, Inonotus shoreicola, Lactifluus armeniacus, L. ramipilosus, Leccinum indoaurantiacum, Musumecia alpina, M. sardoa, Russula amethystina subp. tengii and R. wangii are introduced. Descriptions, illustrations, notes and / or reference specimens are designated for Clarkeinda trachodes, Dentocorticium ussuricum, Galzinia longibasidia, Lentinus stuppeus and Leptocorticium tenellum. The other new genera, species new combinations are Anaeromyces robustus, Neocallimastix californiae and Piromyces finnis from Neocallimastigomycota, Phytophthora estuarina, P. rhizophorae, Salispina, S. intermedia, S. lobata and S. spinosa from Oomycota, and Absidia stercoraria, Gongronella orasabula, Mortierella calciphila, Mucor caatinguensis, M. koreanus, M. merdicola and Rhizopus koreanus in Zygomycota.

488 citations

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Jian-Kui Liu1, Kevin D. Hyde2, Kevin D. Hyde1, E. B. Gareth Jones3, Hiran A. Ariyawansa1, Hiran A. Ariyawansa2, Darbhe J. Bhat4, Saranyaphat Boonmee1, Sajeewa S. N. Maharachchikumbura1, Sajeewa S. N. Maharachchikumbura2, Eric H. C. McKenzie5, Rungtiwa Phookamsak2, Rungtiwa Phookamsak1, Chayanard Phukhamsakda1, Chayanard Phukhamsakda2, Belle Damodara Shenoy6, Mohamed A. Abdel-Wahab3, Mohamed A. Abdel-Wahab7, Bart Buyck, Jie Chen1, K. W. Thilini Chethana1, Chonticha Singtripop1, Chonticha Singtripop2, Dong-Qin Dai2, Dong-Qin Dai1, Yu Cheng Dai8, Dinushani A. Daranagama2, Dinushani A. Daranagama1, Asha J. Dissanayake1, Mingkwan Doilom2, Mingkwan Doilom1, Melvina J. D’souza1, Melvina J. D’souza2, Xinlei Fan8, Ishani D. Goonasekara1, Kazuyuki Hirayama, Sinang Hongsanan2, Sinang Hongsanan1, Subashini C. Jayasiri1, Ruvishika S. Jayawardena2, Ruvishika S. Jayawardena1, Samantha C. Karunarathna1, Samantha C. Karunarathna2, Wen-Jing Li1, Wen-Jing Li2, Ausana Mapook2, Ausana Mapook1, Chada Norphanphoun1, Ka-Lai Pang9, Rekhani H. Perera2, Rekhani H. Perera1, Derek Peršoh10, Umpava Pinruan11, Indunil C. Senanayake1, Indunil C. Senanayake2, Sayanh Somrithipol11, Satinee Suetrong11, Kazuaki Tanaka12, Kasun M. Thambugala2, Kasun M. Thambugala1, Qing Tian1, Qing Tian2, Saowaluck Tibpromma1, Danushka Udayanga1, Danushka Udayanga2, Nalin N. Wijayawardene13, Nalin N. Wijayawardene2, Nalin N. Wijayawardene1, Dhanuska Wanasinghe1, Dhanuska Wanasinghe2, Komsit Wisitrassameewong1, Xiang Yu Zeng1, Faten A. Abdel-Aziz7, Slavomír Adamčík14, Ali H. Bahkali3, Nattawut Boonyuen11, Timur S. Bulgakov15, Philippe Callac16, Putarak Chomnunti1, Putarak Chomnunti2, Katrin Greiner17, Akira Hashimoto18, Akira Hashimoto12, Valérie Hofstetter, Ji Chuan Kang13, David P. Lewis12, Xinghong Li, Xingzhong Liu, Zuo Yi Liu, Misato Matsumura12, Peter E. Mortimer2, Gerhard Rambold17, Emile Randrianjohany, Genki Sato12, Veera Sri-indrasutdhi11, Cheng Ming Tian8, Annemieke Verbeken19, Wolfgang von Brackel, Yong Wang13, Ting-Chi Wen13, Jianchu Xu2, Ji Ye Yan, Rui-Lin Zhao, Erio Camporesi 
TL;DR: This paper is a compilation of notes on 110 fungal taxa, including one new family, 10 new genera, and 76 new species, representing a wide taxonomic and geographic range.
Abstract: This paper is a compilation of notes on 110 fungal taxa, including one new family, 10 new genera, and 76 new species, representing a wide taxonomic and geographic range. The new family, Paradictyoarthriniaceae is introduced based on its distinct lineage in Dothideomycetes and its unique morphology. The family is sister to Biatriosporaceae and Roussoellaceae. The new genera are Allophaeosphaeria (Phaeosphaeriaceae), Amphibambusa (Amphisphaeriaceae), Brunneomycosphaerella (Capnodiales genera incertae cedis), Chaetocapnodium (Capnodiaceae), Flammeascoma (Anteagloniaceae), Multiseptospora (Pleosporales genera incertae cedis), Neogaeumannomyces (Magnaporthaceae), Palmiascoma (Bambusicolaceae), Paralecia (Squamarinaceae) and Sarimanas (Melanommataceae). The newly described species are the Ascomycota Aliquandostipite manochii, Allophaeosphaeria dactylidis, A. muriformia, Alternaria cesenica, Amphibambusa bambusicola, Amphisphaeria sorbi, Annulohypoxylon thailandicum, Atrotorquata spartii, Brunneomycosphaerella laburni, Byssosphaeria musae, Camarosporium aborescentis, C. aureum, C. frutexensis, Chaetocapnodium siamensis, Chaetothyrium agathis, Colletotrichum sedi, Conicomyces pseudotransvaalensis, Cytospora berberidis, C. sibiraeae, Diaporthe thunbergiicola, Diatrype palmicola, Dictyosporium aquaticum, D. meiosporum, D. thailandicum, Didymella cirsii, Dinemasporium nelloi, Flammeascoma bambusae, Kalmusia italica, K. spartii, Keissleriella sparticola, Lauriomyces synnematicus, Leptosphaeria ebuli, Lophiostoma pseudodictyosporium, L. ravennicum, Lophiotrema eburnoides, Montagnula graminicola, Multiseptospora thailandica, Myrothecium macrosporum, Natantispora unipolaris, Neogaeumannomyces bambusicola, Neosetophoma clematidis, N. italica, Oxydothis atypica, Palmiascoma gregariascomum, Paraconiothyrium nelloi, P. thysanolaenae, Paradictyoarthrinium tectonicola, Paralecia pratorum, Paraphaeosphaeria spartii, Pestalotiopsis digitalis, P. dracontomelon, P. italiana, Phaeoisaria pseudoclematidis, Phragmocapnias philippinensis, Pseudocamarosporium cotinae, Pseudocercospora tamarindi, Pseudotrichia rubriostiolata, P. thailandica, Psiloglonium multiseptatum, Saagaromyces mangrovei, Sarimanas pseudofluviatile, S. shirakamiense, Tothia spartii, Trichomerium siamensis, Wojnowicia dactylidicola, W. dactylidis and W. lonicerae. The Basidiomycota Agaricus flavicentrus, A. hanthanaensis, A. parvibicolor, A. sodalis, Cantharellus luteostipitatus, Lactarius atrobrunneus, L. politus, Phylloporia dependens and Russula cortinarioides are also introduced. Epitypifications or reference specimens are designated for Hapalocystis berkeleyi, Meliola tamarindi, Pallidocercospora acaciigena, Phaeosphaeria musae, Plenodomus agnitus, Psiloglonium colihuae, P. sasicola and Zasmidium musae while notes and/or new sequence data are provided for Annulohypoxylon leptascum, A. nitens, A. stygium, Biscogniauxia marginata, Fasciatispora nypae, Hypoxylon fendleri, H. monticulosum, Leptosphaeria doliolum, Microsphaeropsis olivacea, Neomicrothyrium, Paraleptosphaeria nitschkei, Phoma medicaginis and Saccotheciaceae. A full description of each species is provided with light micrographs (or drawings). Molecular data is provided for 90 taxa and used to generate phylogenetic trees to establish a natural classification for species.

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Kevin D. Hyde, Danushka S. Tennakoon, Rajesh Jeewon1, D. Jayarama Bhat2, Sajeewa S. N. Maharachchikumbura3, Walter Rossi4, Marco Leonardi4, Hyang Burm Lee5, Hye Yeon Mun, Jos Houbraken6, Thuong T. T. Nguyen5, Sun Jeong Jeon5, Jens Christian Frisvad7, Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe, Robert Lücking8, André Aptroot9, Marcela Eugenia da Silva Cáceres10, Samantha C. Karunarathna, Sinang Hongsanan11, Sinang Hongsanan12, Rungtiwa Phookamsak, Nimali I. de Silva13, Nimali I. de Silva14, Nimali I. de Silva11, Kasun M. Thambugala15, Ruvishika S. Jayawardena11, Indunil C. Senanayake12, Indunil C. Senanayake11, Saranyaphat Boonmee11, Jie Chen, Zong-Long Luo16, Chayanard Phukhamsakda11, Olinto Liparini Pereira17, V.P. Abreu17, André Wilson Campos Rosado17, Buyck Bart18, Emile Randrianjohany, Valérie Hofstetter, Tatiana Baptista Gibertoni19, Adriene Mayra Soares20, Helio Longoni Plautz, Helen Maria Pontes Sotão20, William Kalhy Silva Xavier, Jadson D. P. Bezerra19, Thays Gabrielle Lins de Oliveira19, Cristina Maria de Souza-Motta19, Oliane Maria Correia Magalhães19, Digvijayini Bundhun11, Digvijayini Bundhun14, Dulanjalee Harishchandra11, Ishara S. Manawasinghe11, Wei Dong, Sheng-Nan Zhang11, Sheng-Nan Zhang14, Dan Feng Bao11, Dan Feng Bao14, Dan Feng Bao16, Milan C. Samarakoon14, Milan C. Samarakoon11, Dhandevi Pem, Anuruddha Karunarathna, Chuan Gen Lin11, Jing Yang, Rekhani H. Perera, Vinit Kumar11, Vinit Kumar14, Shi Ke Huang, Monika C. Dayarathne, Anusha H. Ekanayaka11, Anusha H. Ekanayaka13, Subashini C. Jayasiri13, Subashini C. Jayasiri11, Yuan-Pin Xiao, Sirinapa Konta, Tuula Niskanen21, Kare Liimatainen21, Yu Cheng Dai22, Xiao Hong Ji22, Xue Mei Tian23, Armin Mešić, Sanjay K. Singh24, Kunthida Phutthacharoen11, Lei Cai25, Touny Sorvongxay11, Vinodhini Thiyagaraja, Chada Norphanphoun, Napalai Chaiwan, Yong Zhong Lu11, Yong Zhong Lu26, Hong-Bo Jiang, Jin-Feng Zhang11, Pranami D. Abeywickrama11, Janith V. S. Aluthmuhandiram11, Rashika S. Brahmanage11, Ming Zeng, Thilini Chethana11, De-Ping Wei11, De-Ping Wei13, De-Ping Wei14, Martina Réblová27, Jacques Fournier, Jana Nekvindová, Renan do Nascimento Barbosa19, José Ewerton Felinto dos Santos19, Neiva Tinti de Oliveira19, Guo Jie Li28, Damien Ertz29, Qiu Ju Shang11, Alan J. L. Phillips30, Chang Hsin Kuo31, Erio Camporesi, Timur S. Bulgakov, Saisamorn Lumyong, E. B. Gareth Jones11, E. B. Gareth Jones32, Putarak Chomnunti11, Eleni Gentekaki11, Frank Bungartz33, Frank Bungartz34, Frank Bungartz35, Xiang Yu Zeng11, Xiang Yu Zeng26, Sally C. Fryar36, Zdenko Tkalčec, Junmin Liang28, Guangshuo Li37, Guangshuo Li28, Ting-Chi Wen26, Paras Nath Singh24, Yusufjon Gafforov28, Yusufjon Gafforov38, Yusufjon Gafforov39, Itthayakorn Promputtha14, Erandi Yasanthika11, Ishani D. Goonasekara11, Ishani D. Goonasekara13, Rui-Lin Zhao28, Qi Zhao13, Paul M. Kirk21, Jian-Kui Liu40, Ji Ye Yan, Peter E. Mortimer13, Jianchu Xu25, Jianchu Xu13, Mingkwan Doilom 
TL;DR: The present study describes one new family (Pseudoberkleasmiaceae in Dothideomycetes), five new genera (Caatingomyces, Cryptoschizotrema, Neoacladium, Paramassaria and Trochilispora), 71 new species and twelve new combinations.
Abstract: This article is the tenth series of the Fungal Diversity Notes, where 114 taxa distributed in three phyla, ten classes, 30 orders and 53 families are described and illustrated. Taxa described in the present study include one new family (viz. Pseudoberkleasmiaceae in Dothideomycetes), five new genera (Caatingomyces, Cryptoschizotrema, Neoacladium, Paramassaria and Trochilispora) and 71 new species, (viz. Acrogenospora thailandica, Amniculicola aquatica, A. guttulata, Angustimassarina sylvatica, Blackwellomyces lateris, Boubovia gelatinosa, Buellia viridula, Caatingomyces brasiliensis, Calophoma humuli, Camarosporidiella mori, Canalisporium dehongense, Cantharellus brunneopallidus, C. griseotinctus, Castanediella meliponae, Coprinopsis psammophila, Cordyceps succavus, Cortinarius minusculus, C. subscotoides, Diaporthe italiana, D. rumicicola, Diatrypella delonicis, Dictyocheirospora aquadulcis, D. taiwanense, Digitodesmium chiangmaiense, Distoseptispora dehongensis, D. palmarum, Dothiorella styphnolobii, Ellisembia aurea, Falciformispora aquatic, Fomitiporia carpinea, F. lagerstroemiae, Grammothele aurantiaca, G. micropora, Hermatomyces bauhiniae, Jahnula queenslandica, Kamalomyces mangrovei, Lecidella yunnanensis, Micarea squamulosa, Muriphaeosphaeria angustifoliae, Neoacladium indicum, Neodidymelliopsis sambuci, Neosetophoma miscanthi, N. salicis, Nodulosphaeria aquilegiae, N. thalictri, Paramassaria samaneae, Penicillium circulare, P. geumsanense, P. mali-pumilae, P. psychrotrophicum, P. wandoense, Phaeoisaria siamensis, Phaeopoacea asparagicola, Phaeosphaeria penniseti, Plectocarpon galapagoense, Porina sorediata, Pseudoberkleasmium chiangmaiense, Pyrenochaetopsis sinensis, Rhizophydium koreanum, Russula prasina, Sporoschisma chiangraiense, Stigmatomyces chamaemyiae, S. cocksii, S. papei, S. tschirnhausii, S. vikhrevii, Thysanorea uniseptata, Torula breviconidiophora, T. polyseptata, Trochilispora schefflerae and Vaginatispora palmae). Further, twelve new combinations (viz. Cryptoschizotrema cryptotrema, Prolixandromyces australi, P. elongatus, P. falcatus, P. longispinae, P. microveliae, P. neoalardi, P. polhemorum, P. protuberans, P. pseudoveliae, P. tenuistipitis and P. umbonatus), an epitype is chosen for Cantharellus goossensiae, a reference specimen for Acrogenospora sphaerocephala and new synonym Prolixandromyces are designated. Twenty-four new records on new hosts and new geographical distributions are also reported (i.e. Acrostalagmus annulatus, Cantharellus goossensiae, Coprinopsis villosa, Dothiorella plurivora, Dothiorella rhamni, Dothiorella symphoricarposicola, Dictyocheirospora rotunda, Fasciatispora arengae, Grammothele brasiliensis, Lasiodiplodia iraniensis, Lembosia xyliae, Morenoina palmicola, Murispora cicognanii, Neodidymelliopsis farokhinejadii, Neolinocarpon rachidis, Nothophoma quercina, Peroneutypa scoparia, Pestalotiopsis aggestorum, Pilidium concavum, Plagiostoma salicellum, Protofenestella ulmi, Sarocladium kiliense, Tetraploa nagasakiensis and Vaginatispora armatispora).

131 citations

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Hiran A. Ariyawansa1, Kevin D. Hyde, Subashini C. Jayasiri1, Bart Buyck2, K. W. Thilini Chethana1, Dong-Qin Dai3, Dong-Qin Dai1, Yu Cheng Dai4, Dinushani A. Daranagama1, Dinushani A. Daranagama3, Ruvishika S. Jayawardena1, Robert Lücking5, Masoomeh Ghobad-Nejhad6, Tuula Niskanen7, Kasun M. Thambugala1, Kerstin Voigt8, Rui-Lin Zhao3, Guo-Jie Li3, Mingkwan Doilom3, Mingkwan Doilom1, Saranyaphat Boonmee1, Zhu L. Yang3, Qing Cai3, Yang-Yang Cui3, Ali H. Bahkali9, Jie Chen4, Jie Chen1, Bao-Kai Cui4, Jia-Jia Chen4, Monika C. Dayarathne3, Monika C. Dayarathne1, Asha J. Dissanayake1, Anusha H. Ekanayaka1, Akira Hashimoto10, Akira Hashimoto11, Sinang Hongsanan3, Sinang Hongsanan1, E. B. Gareth Jones9, Ellen Larsson12, Wen-Jing Li1, Qi-Rui Li1, Jian-Kui Liu1, Zong-Long Luo13, Sajeewa S. N. Maharachchikumbura1, Ausana Mapook3, Ausana Mapook1, Eric H. C. McKenzie14, Chada Norphanphoun1, Sirinapa Konta1, Ka-Lai Pang15, Rekhani H. Perera1, Rekhani H. Perera3, Rungtiwa Phookamsak3, Rungtiwa Phookamsak1, Chayanard Phukhamsakda1, Umpava Pinruan, Emile Randrianjohany, Chonticha Singtripop3, Chonticha Singtripop1, Kazuaki Tanaka10, Cheng Ming Tian4, Saowaluck Tibpromma1, Saowaluck Tibpromma3, Mohamed A. Abdel-Wahab9, Mohamed A. Abdel-Wahab16, Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe1, Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe3, Nalin N. Wijayawardene17, Nalin N. Wijayawardene1, Jin-Feng Zhang1, Huang Zhang18, Faten A. Abdel-Aziz16, Mats Wedin19, Martin Westberg19, Joseph F. Ammirati20, Timur S. Bulgakov21, Diogo Xavier Lima22, Tony M. Callaghan23, Philipp Callac24, Cheng-Hao Chang25, Luis Fernando Coca26, Manuela Dal-Forno27, Veronika Dollhofer, K. Fliegerová28, Katrin Greiner29, Gareth W. Griffith23, Hsiao-Man Ho25, Valérie Hofstetter, Rajesh Jeewon30, Ji Chuan Kang17, Ting-Chi Wen17, Paul M. Kirk7, Ilkka Kytövuori31, James D. Lawrey27, Jia Xing, Hong Li, Zou Yi Liu, Xingzhong Liu3, Kare Liimatainen31, H. Thorsten Lumbsch, Misato Matsumura10, Bibiana Moncada32, Salilaporn Nuankaew, Sittiporn Parnmen, André Luiz Cabral Monteiro de Azevedo Santiago22, Sujinda Sommai, Yu Song3, Carlos A. F. De Souza22, Cristina Maria de Souza-Motta22, Hong Yan Su13, Satinee Suetrong33, Yong Wang17, Syuan-Fong Wei25, Ting Chi Wen17, Hai Sheng Yuan3, Li-Wei Zhou3, Martina Réblová, Jacques Fournier, Erio Camporesi, J. Jennifer Luangsa-ard, Kanoksri Tasanathai, Artit Khonsanit, Donnaya Thanakitpipattana, Sayanh Somrithipol, Paul Diederich, Ana M. Millanes34, Ralph S. Common, Marc Stadler, Ji Ye Yan, Xinghong Li, Hye Won Lee35, Thi Thuong Thuong Nguyen35, Hyang Burm Lee35, Eliseo Battistin36, Orlando Marsico, Alfredo Vizzini37, Jordi Vila, Enrico Ercole37, Ursula Eberhardt38, Giampaolo Simonini, Hua-An Wen3, Xin-Hua Chen39, Otto Miettinen31, Viacheslav Spirin31, Hernawati40 
TL;DR: In this paper, taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa are described and annotated for the first time in a taxonomic context.Erratum to: Fungal Diversity Notes 111−252
Abstract: Erratum to: Fungal Diversity Notes 111–252 - taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa.

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TL;DR: The only previously known species of Myrsidea from bulbuls, M. warwicki ex Ixos philippinus, is redescribed and sixteen new species are described; they and their type hosts are described.
Abstract: We redescribe the only previously known species of Myrsidea from bulbuls, M. pycnonoti Eichler. Sixteen new species are described; they and their type hosts are: M. phillipsi ex Pycnonotus goiavier goiavier (Scopoli), M. gieferi ex P. goiavier suluensis Mearns, M. kulpai ex P. flavescens Blyth, M. finlaysoni ex P. finlaysoni Strickland, M. kathleenae ex P. cafer (L.), M. warwicki ex Ixos philippinus (J. R. Forster), M. mcclurei ex Microscelis amaurotis (Temminck), M. zeylanici ex P. zeylanicus (Gmelin), M. plumosi ex P. plumosus Blyth, M. eutiloti ex P. eutilotus (Jardine and Selby), M. adamsae ex P. urostictus (Salvadori), M. ochracei ex Criniger ochraceus F. Moore, M. borbonici ex Hypsipetes borbonicus (J. R. Forster), M. johnsoni ex P. atriceps (Temminck), M. palmai ex C. ochraceus, and M. claytoni ex P. eutilotus. A key is provided for the identification of these 17 species.

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Guo Jie Li1, Kevin D. Hyde2, Kevin D. Hyde3, Kevin D. Hyde4  +161 moreInstitutions (45)
TL;DR: This paper is a compilation of notes on 142 fungal taxa, including five new families, 20 new genera, and 100 new species, representing a wide taxonomic and geographic range.
Abstract: Notes on 113 fungal taxa are compiled in this paper, including 11 new genera, 89 new species, one new subspecies, three new combinations and seven reference specimens. A wide geographic and taxonomic range of fungal taxa are detailed. In the Ascomycota the new genera Angustospora (Testudinaceae), Camporesia (Xylariaceae), Clematidis, Crassiparies (Pleosporales genera incertae sedis), Farasanispora, Longiostiolum (Pleosporales genera incertae sedis), Multilocularia (Parabambusicolaceae), Neophaeocryptopus (Dothideaceae), Parameliola (Pleosporales genera incertae sedis), and Towyspora (Lentitheciaceae) are introduced. Newly introduced species are Angustospora nilensis, Aniptodera aquibella, Annulohypoxylon albidiscum, Astrocystis thailandica, Camporesia sambuci, Clematidis italica, Colletotrichum menispermi, C. quinquefoliae, Comoclathris pimpinellae, Crassiparies quadrisporus, Cytospora salicicola, Diatrype thailandica, Dothiorella rhamni, Durotheca macrostroma, Farasanispora avicenniae, Halorosellinia rhizophorae, Humicola koreana, Hypoxylon lilloi, Kirschsteiniothelia tectonae, Lindgomyces okinawaensis, Longiostiolum tectonae, Lophiostoma pseudoarmatisporum, Moelleriella phukhiaoensis, M. pongdueatensis, Mucoharknessia anthoxanthi, Multilocularia bambusae, Multiseptospora thysanolaenae, Neophaeocryptopus cytisi, Ocellularia arachchigei, O. ratnapurensis, Ochronectria thailandica, Ophiocordyceps karstii, Parameliola acaciae, P. dimocarpi, Parastagonospora cumpignensis, Pseudodidymosphaeria phlei, Polyplosphaeria thailandica, Pseudolachnella brevifusiformis, Psiloglonium macrosporum, Rhabdodiscus albodenticulatus, Rosellinia chiangmaiensis, Saccothecium rubi, Seimatosporium pseudocornii, S. pseudorosae, Sigarispora ononidis and Towyspora aestuari. New combinations are provided for Eutiarosporella dactylidis (sexual morph described and illustrated) and Pseudocamarosporium pini. Descriptions, illustrations and / or reference specimens are designated for Aposphaeria corallinolutea, Cryptovalsa ampelina, Dothiorella vidmadera, Ophiocordyceps formosana, Petrakia echinata, Phragmoporthe conformis and Pseudocamarosporium pini. The new species of Basidiomycota are Agaricus coccyginus, A. luteofibrillosus, Amanita atrobrunnea, A. digitosa, A. gleocystidiosa, A. pyriformis, A. strobilipes, Bondarzewia tibetica, Cortinarius albosericeus, C. badioflavidus, C. dentigratus, C. duboisensis, C. fragrantissimus, C. roseobasilis, C. vinaceobrunneus, C. vinaceogrisescens, C. wahkiacus, Cyanoboletus hymenoglutinosus, Fomitiporia atlantica, F. subtilissima, Ganoderma wuzhishanensis, Inonotus shoreicola, Lactifluus armeniacus, L. ramipilosus, Leccinum indoaurantiacum, Musumecia alpina, M. sardoa, Russula amethystina subp. tengii and R. wangii are introduced. Descriptions, illustrations, notes and / or reference specimens are designated for Clarkeinda trachodes, Dentocorticium ussuricum, Galzinia longibasidia, Lentinus stuppeus and Leptocorticium tenellum. The other new genera, species new combinations are Anaeromyces robustus, Neocallimastix californiae and Piromyces finnis from Neocallimastigomycota, Phytophthora estuarina, P. rhizophorae, Salispina, S. intermedia, S. lobata and S. spinosa from Oomycota, and Absidia stercoraria, Gongronella orasabula, Mortierella calciphila, Mucor caatinguensis, M. koreanus, M. merdicola and Rhizopus koreanus in Zygomycota.

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TL;DR: This manuscript reviews fifty ways in which fungi can potentially be utilized as biotechnology and provides a flow chart that can be used to convince funding bodies of the importance of fungi for biotechnological research and as potential products.
Abstract: Fungi are an understudied, biotechnologically valuable group of organisms. Due to the immense range of habitats that fungi inhabit, and the consequent need to compete against a diverse array of other fungi, bacteria, and animals, fungi have developed numerous survival mechanisms. The unique attributes of fungi thus herald great promise for their application in biotechnology and industry. Moreover, fungi can be grown with relative ease, making production at scale viable. The search for fungal biodiversity, and the construction of a living fungi collection, both have incredible economic potential in locating organisms with novel industrial uses that will lead to novel products. This manuscript reviews fifty ways in which fungi can potentially be utilized as biotechnology. We provide notes and examples for each potential exploitation and give examples from our own work and the work of other notable researchers. We also provide a flow chart that can be used to convince funding bodies of the importance of fungi for biotechnological research and as potential products. Fungi have provided the world with penicillin, lovastatin, and other globally significant medicines, and they remain an untapped resource with enormous industrial potential.

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TL;DR: The understanding of these processes can be only achieved by the exploration of the complex 'ecosystem microbiome' and its functioning using focused, integrative microbiological and ecological research performed across multiple habitats.
Abstract: Globally, forests represent highly productive ecosystems that act as carbon sinks where soil organic matter is formed from residuals after biomass decomposition as well as from rhizodeposited carbon. Forests exhibit a high level of spatial heterogeneity and the importance of trees, the dominant primary producers, for their structure and functioning. Fungi, bacteria and archaea inhabit various forest habitats: foliage, the wood of living trees, the bark surface, ground vegetation, roots and the rhizosphere, litter, soil, deadwood, rock surfaces, invertebrates, wetlands or the atmosphere, each of which has its own specific features, such as nutrient availability or temporal dynamicy and specific drivers that affect microbial abundance, the level of dominance of bacteria or fungi as well as the composition of their communities. However, several microorganisms, and in particular fungi, inhabit or even connect multiple habitats, and most ecosystem processes affect multiple habitats. Forests are dynamic on a broad temporal scale with processes ranging from short-term events over seasonal ecosystem dynamics to long-term stand development after disturbances such as fires or insect outbreaks. The understanding of these processes can be only achieved by the exploration of the complex 'ecosystem microbiome' and its functioning using focused, integrative microbiological and ecological research performed across multiple habitats.

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TL;DR: Bacteria contribute to a range of essential soil processes involved in the cycling of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus, and mediate multiple critical steps in the nitrogen cycle, including N fixation.
Abstract: The ecology of forest soils is an important field of research due to the role of forests as carbon sinks. Consequently, a significant amount of information has been accumulated concerning their ecology, especially for temperate and boreal forests. Although most studies have focused on fungi, forest soil bacteria also play important roles in this environment. In forest soils, bacteria inhabit multiple habitats with specific properties, including bulk soil, rhizosphere, litter, and deadwood habitats, where their communities are shaped by nutrient availability and biotic interactions. Bacteria contribute to a range of essential soil processes involved in the cycling of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus. They take part in the decomposition of dead plant biomass and are highly important for the decomposition of dead fungal mycelia. In rhizospheres of forest trees, bacteria interact with plant roots and mycorrhizal fungi as commensalists or mycorrhiza helpers. Bacteria also mediate multiple critical steps in the nitrogen cycle, including N fixation. Bacterial communities in forest soils respond to the effects of global change, such as climate warming, increased levels of carbon dioxide, or anthropogenic nitrogen deposition. This response, however, often reflects the specificities of each studied forest ecosystem, and it is still impossible to fully incorporate bacteria into predictive models. The understanding of bacterial ecology in forest soils has advanced dramatically in recent years, but it is still incomplete. The exact extent of the contribution of bacteria to forest ecosystem processes will be recognized only in the future, when the activities of all soil community members are studied simultaneously.

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