Wild mushrooms are a vital source of income and nutrition for many poor communities and
of value to recreational foragers. Literature relating to the edibility of mushroom species …

Abstract Knowledge of the relationships and thus the classification of fungi, has developed
rapidly with increasingly widespread use of molecular techniques, over the past 10–15 …

In the fungal kingdom, the ectomycorrhizal (EcM) symbiosis has evolved independently in
multiple groups that are referred to as lineages. A growing number of molecular studies in …

The ectomycorrhizal (EcM) symbiosis involves a large number of plant and fungal taxa
worldwide. During studies on EcM diversity, numerous misidentifications, and contradictory …

Part One presents the current classification that includes all accepted genera and higher
taxa above the generic level in the phylum Ascomycota. It is based on the changes listed in …

Dark septate endophytic (DSE) fungi represent a frequent root-colonizing fungal group
common in environments with strong abiotic stress, such as (semi) arid ecosystems. This …

nized families within this order, with roughly 200 genera and between 1,600 and 2,000
species. The prized black truffles, white truffles, desert truffles, and morels belong to this …

The class Pezizomycetes is monophyletic within the subdivision Pezizomycotina. The main
distinguishing character of this class is operculate asci, although in some taxa this character …

Filamentous fungi in 36 samples of Antarctic permafrost sediments were studied. The
samples collected during the Russian Antarctic expedition of 2007–2009 within the …

Desert truffles belonging to Terfezia are well known mycorrhizal members of the mycota of
the Mediterranean region and the Middle East. We aimed to test (i) whether the …