Thailand Research Fund(TRF)grant no RSA5980068(Biodiversity,phylogeny and role of fungal endophytes on above parts of Rhizophora apiculata)is acknowledged.Monika C.Dayarathne would like to acknowledge projects:National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.31972222,31560489);Talent project of Guizhou Science and Technology Cooperation Platform([2017]5788-5 and[2019]5641)and Guizhou Science;Technology Department International Cooperation Basic project([2018]5806).
A fungus similar to the monotypic genus Natarajania,isolated from dead wood and collected in Thailand,is reported.Analysis of partial ribosomal LSU and a protein coding gene(RPB2)demonstrated that the new isolate belo...
the CAS President’s International Fellowship Initiative(number 2019PC0008);the 64th batch of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(grant no.2018M643549);Postdoctoral Fund from Human Resources and Social Security Bureau of Yunnan Province and the National Science Foundation of China and the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.:41761144055).
Hot desert regions are undoubtedly challenging to fungal survival on the Arabian Peninsula.Fungi are,however,recognized as the most stress-resistant organisms among all eukaryotes,which could be a result of the rapid ...
We thank the Thailand Research Fund(“The future of specialist fungi in a changing climate:baseline data for generalist and specialist fungi associated with ants,Rhododendron species and Dracaena species DBG6080013”and“Impact of climate change on fungal diversity and biogeography in the Greater Mekong Subregion RDG6130001”);“The 2019 high-end foreign expert introduction plan to Kunming Institute of Botany(granted by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China(Grant Number G20190139006))for funding this research.S.C.Karunarathna would like to thank the CAS President’s International Fellowship Initiative(PIFI)under the following grant:2018PC0006 and the National Science Foundation of China(NSFC,project code 31851110759);We also thank Udeni Jayalal,Nalin Wijayawardene,Ming-Ying Zhang,Mohammed Warris,Lee B.G and Eleni Gentekaki for their support during this research.Dhanushka Wanasinghe would like to thank CAS President’s International Fellowship Initiative(PIFI)for funding his postdoctoral research(Number 2019PC0008);the National Science Foundation of China and the Chinese Academy of Sciences for financial support under the following Grants:41761144055,41771063 and Y4ZK111B01.We also extend our gratitude to Teuvo Ahti,David Hawksworth,Pier-Luigi Nimis and Rikard Sundin and Mats Wedin who helped to clarify the nomenclatural status of the genus Naevia.
Fungi that are barely lichenized or non-lichenized and closely related to lichenized taxa,the so-called borderline fungi,are an important element in reconstructing the evolutionary history of lichenized lineages.Artho...
This study was funded by a grant from United States National Science Foundation(PEET program)DEB-0925696。
The genus Thelonectria and closely related species with cylindrocarpon-like asexual states are a group of perithecial ascomycetes in the family Nectriaceae that occur as saprobes and in few cases as pathogens of hardw...
MFLU grant number 56101020032 is thanked for supporting studies on Dothideomycetes.We are grateful to the Mushroom Research Foundation,Chiang Rai,Thailand for supporting studies on Dothideomycetes.Kevin D.Hyde thanks the Chinese Academy of Sciences,project number 2013T2S0030,for the award of Visiting Professorship for Senior International Scientists at Kunming Institute of Botany.Jian-Chu Xu and Peter E Mortimer would like to thank Humidtropics,a CGIAR Research Program that aims to develop new opportunities for improved livelihoods in a sustainable environment,for partially funding this work.H.A Ariyawansa and J.C.Kang are grateful to the agricultural science and technology foundation of Guizhou province(Nos.NY[2013]3042),the international collaboration plan of Guizhou province(No.G[2012]7006)and the innovation team construction for science and technology of Guizhou province(No.[2012]4007)from the Science and Technology Department of Guizhou province,China.Hiran Ariyawansa is grateful to A.D Ariyawansa,D.M.K Ariyawansa and Dhanuska Udayanga for their valuable suggestions.E.B.Gareth Jones is supported by the Distinguished Scientist Fellowship Program(DSFP),King Saud University,Saudi Arabia.
The family Pleosporaceae includes numerous saprobic,opportunistic human,and plant pathogenic taxa.The classification of genera and species Pleosporaceae has been a major challenge due to the lack of a clear understand...
the Mushroom Research Centre, Chiang Mai,Thailand and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30670072);the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province of China (No. Y350568)
Fallen leaves of Ficus altissima, F. virens, F. benjamina, F. fistulosa and F. semicordata, were collected in Chiang Mai Province in northern Thailand and examined for fungi. Eighty taxa were identified, comprising 56...