Colletotrichum is the causal agent of anthracnose and other diseases on leaves, stems and
fruits of numerous plant species, including several important crops. Accurate species …

DNA barcoding aims to provide an efficient method for species-level identifications and, as
such, will contribute powerfully to taxonomic and biodiversity research. As the number of …

DNA barcoding and DNA taxonomy have recently been proposed as solutions to the crisis of
taxonomy and received significant attention from scientific journals, grant agencies, natural …

Abstract We present a 6-gene, 420-species maximum-likelihood phylogeny of Ascomycota,
the largest phylum of Fungi. This analysis is the most taxonomically complete to date with …

Fungal taxonomists routinely encounter problems when dealing with asexual fungal species
due to poly-and paraphyletic generic phylogenies, and unclear species boundaries. These …

Species of Didymellaceae have a cosmopolitan distribution and are geographically
widespread, occurring in diverse ecosystems. The family includes several important plant …

Fungal research is experiencing a new wave of methodological improvements that most
probably will boost mycology as profoundly as molecular phylogeny has done during the …

An international consortium of major natural history museums, herbaria and other
organizations has launched an ambitious project, the 'Barcode of Life Initiative', to promote a …

DNA barcoding is a technique for identifying organisms based on a short, standardized
fragment of genomic DNA. The standardized sequence region is called a DNA barcode …

Diatoms are present in all types of water bodies and their species diversity is influenced
greatly by environmental conditions. This means that diatom occurrence and abundances …