support under the following grants:41761144055,41771063,Y4ZK111B01;Samantha C.Karunarathna would like to thank the CAS President’s International Fellowship Initiative(PIFI)young staff under the grant number:2020FYC0002;the National Science Foundation of China(NSFC)project code 31750110478 for funding this work.K.D.Hyde would like to thank the Thailand Research Fund for the grant“Domestication and bioactive evaluation of Thai Hymenopellis,Oudemansiella,Xerula and Volvariella species(basidiomycetes)”Grant No.:DBG6180033;funding this work.K.D.Hyde would also like to thank the Thailand Science Research and Innovation(TSRI)grant,Macrofungi diversity research from the Lancang-Mekong Watershed and surrounding areas(Grant No.DBG6280009).
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