Taxonomy, Systematics and Evolution of Forestry Fungi, 3rd Edition
A special issue of Journal of Fungi (ISSN 2309-608X). This special issue belongs to the section "Fungal Evolution, Biodiversity and Systematics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 407
Special Issue Editor
Interests: forest pathogens (fungi); fungal diversity; fungal phylogeny; taxonomy of ascomycetes
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Dear Colleagues,
Forest ecosystems play a vital role in global ecology. Fungi are important members of forest ecosystems and perform a number of essential functions (plant pathogens and endophytes, saprophytes, mycorrhizae, and other lifestyles). Over the past decade, several studies have been conducted on the diversity of forest fungi. To date, only around 150,000 fungal species have been described globally. However, it is estimated that the number of fungal species ranges from 2.2 to 3.8 million based on host association and from 11.7 to 13.2 million species when using high-throughput sequencing. Therefore, there are a high number of species that are yet to be described from forest ecosystems and globally.
This Special Issue, entitled “Taxonomy, Systematics and Evolution of Forestry Fungi, 3rd Edition”, focuses on all kinds of fungi in forests, with a particular focus on their diversity, molecular phylogeny, and evolution. Both reviews and research articles are welcome to be submitted to this Special Issue; papers that address ecologically important groups (e.g., phytopathogenetic fungi) are particularly welcomed.
Dr. Xinlei Fan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- evolution
- forestry fungi
- morphology
- novel taxa
- phylogeny
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