Family Cortinariaceae currently includes only one genus,Cortinarius,which is the largest Agaricales genus,with thousands of species worldwide.The species are important ectomycorrhizal fungi and form associations with ...
the Thailand Research Fund,grant RDG6130001 entitled“Impact of climate change on fungal diversity and biogeography in the Greater Mekong Subregion”;the support from University of Mauritius and the Mauritius Research and Innovative Council(MRC/RUN/1705);RS Jayawardena thanks the National Research Council of Thailand,grant for new researcher NRCT5-TRG630010-01,entitled“Biodiversity,taxonomy,phylogeny and evolution of Colletotrichum in northern Thailand”.
Colletotrichum is one of the most important plant pathogenic genera that is responsible for numerous diseases which can have a profound impact on the agricultural sector.Species delineation is difficult due to a lack ...
This work was funded by grants of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC 31210103919,31600032,31360015);Science and Technology Foundation of Guizhou Province(LH[2015]7061);the Research of Featured Microbial Resources and Diversity Investigation in Southwest Karst area(Project No.2014FY120100.);Jian-Kui Liu thanks Dr.Bang Feng(Kunming Institute of Botany,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Kunming,China);his valuable help with phylogenetic analysis.Dr.Rui-Lin Zhao and Dr.H.A.Ariyawansa are thanked for their valuable suggestions.Dr.Hong Luo is thanked for commenting the manuscript.K.D.Hyde thanks the Chinese Academy of Sciences,Project Number 2013T2S0030;the award of Visiting Professorship for Senior International Scientists at Kunming Institute of Botany.K.D.Hyde also extends his appreciation to the Thailand Research Fund(TRF)Grant(RSA5980068);National Research Council of Thailand(NRCT)for Grants(60201000201;592010200112);Alan JL Phillips acknowledges the support from Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute(BioISI,FCT/UID/Multi/04046/2013).
The current classification system for the recognition of taxonomic ranks among fungi,especially at highranking level,is subjective.With the development of molecular approaches and the availability of fossil calibratio...