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Diversity, Phylogeny and Ecology of Forest Fungi, 2nd Edition
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Diversity, Phylogeny and Ecology of Forest Fungi, 2nd 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: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 1797

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Prof. Dr. Haisheng Yuan

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CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Silviculture, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110164, China
Interests: fungal taxonomy and phylogeny; edible and medicinal fungi; fungal population genetics; fungal comparative genomics; fungal population genetics; sustainable utilization of fungal resources; fungal biogeography; fungal ecology; host–fungi interaction; assembly of mycorrhizal fungal community; coordination mechanism between ectomycorrhizal fungal communities and vegetation succession
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Dear Colleagues,

Forests are the largest, most complex, highest biomass, and primary productivity ecosystems on land, playing an irreplaceable role in maintaining land ecological balance and human survival and development. Fungi are an important component of forest ecosystems. Saprophytic fungi can decompose and utilize organic matter residues, promoting energy flow and material cycling in forest ecosystems; mycorrhizal fungi can enhance the stress resistance and nutrient absorption capacity of the host plant, as well as promote forest vegetation succession. Fungi interact with other organisms to jointly maintain forest biodiversity. Thus, fungi are crucial for maintaining the health and function of forest ecosystems.

In the first edition of this Special Issue, mycologists from around the world published 16 papers on the taxonomy, phylogeny, and ecology of forest fungi, demonstrating the rapid progress in this field. The Journal of Fungi has decided to launch the second edition of the Special Issue, ‘Diversity, Phylogeny and Ecology of Forest Fungi’, in which research and review manuscripts on all topics related to forest fungi are welcome. Submissions may involve fungal taxonomy and phylogeny, fungal genomics, population genetics, fungal biogeography, or fungal ecology.

Manuscripts dealing with host–fungi interactions, the assembly of the mycorrhizal fungal community, soil fungi and carbon/nitrogen cycling, forest ecosystem functions related to fungi, and the biodegradation of lignocellulose by fungi are also welcome.

Prof. Dr. Haisheng Yuan
Guest Editor

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Journal of Fungi is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • fungal taxonomy and phylogeny
  • fungal genomics
  • fungal ecology
  • host–fungi interaction
  • assembly of fungal community
  • the role of fungi in carbon and nitrogen cycling

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Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Amylocorticiales (Basidiomycota): Two New Genera, Six New Species, and Four New Combinations
by Yu-Qing Liu, Jing Ye, Si-Yi He, Yuan Yuan, Sen Liu, Yue Li, Man-Rong Huang, Ning Yang and Shuang-Hui He
J. Fungi 2026, 12(2), 153; https://doi.org/10.3390/jof12020153 - 20 Feb 2026
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Amylocorticiales forms a well-supported clade within Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, and most of the species have resupinate basidiomes and cause brown rot on wood. It is one of the smallest orders of the basidiomycetes, with the species diversity and phylogeny being understudied. In the present [...] Read more.
Amylocorticiales forms a well-supported clade within Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, and most of the species have resupinate basidiomes and cause brown rot on wood. It is one of the smallest orders of the basidiomycetes, with the species diversity and phylogeny being understudied. In the present study, we conduct phylogenetic analyses based on the concatenated ITS + nLSU sequence dataset of the order with an emphasis on the samples from southern China. As a result, ten new lineages were found. Combined with the morphological evidence, two new genera and six new species are described and illustrated, and four new combinations are proposed. Amylophanerochaete hainanense gen. et sp. nov. is closely related to Serpulomyces but differs in having smooth hymenophores with rhizomorphs and narrowly cylindrical to slightly sigmoid amyloid basidiospores. The new genus Pseudoathelia is proposed to accommodate Leptosporomyces linzhiense and Athelia septentrionalis, two athelioid species. Four new species, viz. Amylocorticium athelioides, A. bisporum, A. guangxiense, and A. luteolum, collected from southern China, formed distinct lineages within the Amylocorticium clade. Serpulomyces borealis, the only species of the genus, is proven to be a species complex, while one new species, S. subborealis, and two new combinations, S. rhizomorphus and S. yunnanensis, transferred from Ceraceomyces, are found in the lineage. An identification key to all the known genera is provided. Full article
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Morphological and Phylogenetic Evidence Reveal Nine New Species of Russula (Russulaceae, Russulales) from Shanxi Province, North China
by Hao-Yu Fu, Jia-He Li, Hui-Min Ji, Ning Mao, Ting Li and Li Fan
J. Fungi 2026, 12(1), 78; https://doi.org/10.3390/jof12010078 - 22 Jan 2026
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Shanxi Province, located in northern China, characterized by a warm-temperate monsoon climate, complex mountainous topography, and vegetation dominated by trees of Fagaceae and Pinaceae, provides diverse habitats for Russula diversity. Recent investigations on macrofungi in this region revealed nine new Russula species based [...] Read more.
Shanxi Province, located in northern China, characterized by a warm-temperate monsoon climate, complex mountainous topography, and vegetation dominated by trees of Fagaceae and Pinaceae, provides diverse habitats for Russula diversity. Recent investigations on macrofungi in this region revealed nine new Russula species based on integrated morphological and multi-locus phylogenetic analyses (ITS, nrLSU, rpb2, tef1), which are described and illustrated in this paper. These new taxa are classified into three subgenera of Russula: one species of subgen. Brevipes, four of subgen. Heterophyllidia, four of subgen. Russula. This work enhances the understanding of Russula resources in China’s temperate zone. Full article
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