Fungi are phylogenetically and functionally diverse ubiquitous components of almost all
ecosystems on Earth, including aquatic environments stretching from high montane lakes …

Glacial habitats (cryosphere) include some of the largest unexplored and extreme
biospheres on Earth. These habitats harbor a wide diversity of psychrophilic prokaryotic and …

The Basidiomycota constitutes a major phylum of the kingdom Fungi and is second in
species numbers to the Ascomycota. The present work provides an overview of all validly …

Basidiomycota is one of the major phyla in the fungal tree of life. The outline of
Basidiomycota provides essential taxonomic information for researchers and workers in …

Most small genera containing yeast species in the Pucciniomycotina (Basidiomycota, Fungi)
are monophyletic, whereas larger genera including Bensingtonia, Rhodosporidium …

Glacier forefields provide a unique chronosequence to assess microbial or plant
colonization and ecological succession on previously uncolonized substrates. Patterns of …

With the simultaneous growth in interest from the mycological community to discover fungal
species and classify them, there is also an important need to assemble all taxonomic …

The composition of fungal and bacterial communities in three polythermal glaciers and
associated aquatic environments in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard was analysed using a …

Hypersaline waters and glacial ice are inhospitable environments that have low water
activity and high concentrations of osmolytes. They are inhabited by diverse microbial …

Microorganisms are widely distributed in a multitude of environments including ecosystems
that show challenging features to most life forms. The combination of extreme physical and …