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Fungi in Sustainable Applications and the Circular Economy: A Themed Issue Dedicated to Academician Yu Li

edited by Changtian Li

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 16953 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal resources; breeding; biofuels; biomass; spent mushroom substrate; fungal materials; environmental analysis; fungal protein; edible mushrooms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungi in Agriculture and Biotechnology)

Genetic, Genomics and Big Data Analysis of the Interaction Between Pathogenic Fungi and Plants—Second Edition

edited by

Houxiang Kang

, Zhigang Li and Wei Li

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8508 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic; genomics; big data analysis; pathogenic fungi; plant– pathogen interaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Genomics, Genetics and Molecular Biology)

Plant Pathogenic Sclerotiniaceae

edited by

George Karaoglanidis

and

Stefanos Testempasis

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6190 | Submission Open

Keywords: Botrytis spp.; Sclerotinia spp.; Monilinia spp.; plant pathogenic fungi; host– pathogen interactions; disease epidemiology; fungal genetics and genomics; “ omic” technologies; disease detection and diagnosis; sustainable disease management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungi in Agriculture and Biotechnology)

Taxonomy, Phylogeny, and Ecology of Fungi from Different Ecological Niches

edited by

André Luiz Cabral Monteiro de Azevedo Santiago

and

Hyang Burm Lee

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 805 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal diversity; phylogeny; ecology; unexplored habitats

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Evolution, Biodiversity and Systematics)

Pathogenic Fungi: Morphogenesis, Pathogenicity and Biosynthesis of Secondary Metabolites—Second Edition

edited by

Zhenhong Zhuang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11755 | Submission Open

Keywords: pathogenic fungi; morphogenesis; pathogenicity; secondary metabolites

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Cell Biology, Metabolism and Physiology)

Clinical and Epidemiological Study of Mycoses

edited by

Yaxsier de Armas

Enrique J Calderón

and Héctor Raúl Pérez-Gómez

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5690 | Submission Open

Keywords: clinical; fungal diseases; epidemiology; mycoses

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Pathogenesis and Disease Control)

Recent Advances in Yeast Lipid Production

edited by

Zongbao Zhao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4729 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiesel; functional lipids; lipid production process; lipidomics; metabolic engineering; oleochemicals; systems biology; sustainable aviation fuels; yeast lipids

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Cell Biology, Metabolism and Physiology)

Antifungal Resistance Mechanisms from a One Health Perspective

edited by

Felipe Queiroga Sarmento Guerra

and

Edeltrudes O. Lima

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4548 | Submission Open

Keywords: antifungal resistance; molecular mechanisms of resistance; One Health; environmental mycology; phytopalogy and zoonotic diseases

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Pathogenesis and Disease Control)

New Insights into Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi

edited by

Bruno Tomio Goto

and

Fábio Sérgio Barbosa Da Silva

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3067 | Submission Open

Keywords: taxonomy; systematic; ecology; biodiversity; Glomeromycota; phytochemistry; biotechnology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungi in Agriculture and Biotechnology)

New Perspectives on Insect-Associated Fungi

edited by Renan do Nascimento Barbosa and Ana Carla da Silva Santos

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1621 | Submission Open

Keywords: biological control; entomopathogenic fungi; insect– fungus associations; mutualistic fungi of insects

Basic Science and Clinical Research of Coccidioides and Coccidioidomycosis

edited by

Jose Luis Lopez-Ribot

and

Chiung-Yu Hung

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1316 | Submission Open

Keywords: Coccidioides spp.; coccidioidomycosis; vaccine development; medical mycology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Pathogenesis and Disease Control)

Postharvest Fungi: Control of Fungal Diseases in Fruit and Vegetables

edited by

Lucia Landi

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1072 | Submission Open

Keywords: alternative treatments; control diseases; fruit and vegetables decay; fungal detection; induced resistance; mycotoxin; natural compounds; pathogenic fungi; physiological factors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungi in Agriculture and Biotechnology)

Advances in Pediatric Fungal Infections: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Emerging Challenges

edited by Fabianne Carlesse and María Elena Santolaya de Pablo

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 583 | Submission Open

Keywords: pediatrics; children; invasive fungal diseases; new antifungal agents; rare fungal pathogens

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Pathogenesis and Disease Control)

Synthetic Biology and Metabolic Engineering of Yeast

edited by

Mingfeng Cao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 302 | Submission Open

Keywords: yeast; synthetic biology; metabolic engineering; cell factories; genome editing; systems biology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Genomics, Genetics and Molecular Biology)

Fungi in the Extreme Environments

edited by

Graciéle Cunha Alves De Menezes

and Alysson Wagner Fernandes Duarte

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open

Keywords: extremophilic fungi; stress adaptation; secondary metabolites; cold- and heat-tolerant fungi; fungal diversity; bioprospecting; biotechnology; extremozymes

Fungal Infections in Transplant and Immunomodulated Hosts

edited by

Daniel Wagner Santos

and

Marcia Garnica

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 114 | Submission Open

Keywords: transplantation; immunosuppression; fungal infections; opportunistic mycoses; diagnosis; antifungal therapy; stewardship

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Pathogenesis and Disease Control)

Aspergillus Infections, Diagnostics and Antifungal Treatment

edited by Alicia Gomez-Lopez

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomarkers; immunotherapy; non-invasive diagnosis; antifungal resistance: new antifungals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Pathogenesis and Disease Control)

Basic Research and Application of Filamentous Fungi in Biotechnology

edited by Takaaki Kojima

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open

Keywords: filamentous fungi; fungal biotechnology; enzyme production; bioconversion; biotransformation; biomass valorisation; CAZymes (carbohydrate-active enzymes); metabolic engineering; fermentation process; circular bioeconomy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungi in Agriculture and Biotechnology)

Fungal Synthetic Biology

edited by

Gen Zou

Mingwen Zhao

and

Jing Zhu

submission deadline 1 May 2026 | Viewed by 265 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal synthetic biology; genome editing; metabolic engineering; CRISPR-Cas9; fungal biotechnology; biosynthetic pathways; chassis development; bioinformatics; ethical biosafety; synthetic genomics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Genomics, Genetics and Molecular Biology)

Fungal Biosynthesis

edited by Chengwei Liu and

Xiaolong Yang

submission deadline 1 May 2026 | Viewed by 184 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal metabolites; biosynthetic pathways; synthetic biology; gene mining; enzyme function

Biotechnological Applications of Fungi

edited by

Luis Henrique Ferreira Do Vale

and

Carlos André Ornelas Ricart

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1150 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal biotechnology; enzyme production; bioremediation; secondary metabolites; fungal fermentation; omics technologies; proteomics; metabolomics; synthetic biology; fungal genetics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungi in Agriculture and Biotechnology)

Recent Advances in Plant Pathogenic Fungus Botrytis

edited by

Luis Castillo

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open

Keywords: resistance mechanisms; natural antifungal; cell wall function; genetics study; virulence factors; ecology impact; antifungal activity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Pathogenesis and Disease Control)

Advances in Antifungal Drugs, 2nd Edition

edited by Antonella Lupetti and Iacopo Franconi

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6420 | Submission Open

Keywords: new antifungal drugs; antifungal resistance; antifungal therapy; Candida spp. infections; Aspergillus spp. infections; fungal infections; antifungal compounds

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Pathogenesis and Disease Control)

Fungal Development and Interactions Under Hostile Environments

edited by Domingo Martínez-Soto,

Ernestina Castro-Longoria

and Candy Carranza-Alvarez

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4450 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal development under hostile environments; fungal– plant interactions under hostile environments; fungal response to contaminated conditions; fungal– plant interaction for bioremediation; bioremediation by fungal consortia; mycoremediation; bioremediation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental and Ecological Interactions of Fungi)

Recent Advances in Fungal Specialized Metabolism

edited by

Renato Chávez

and

Inmaculada Vaca

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 211 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal specialized metabolism; biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs); natural products; regulatory mechanisms; fungal biotechnology; metabolomics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Cell Biology, Metabolism and Physiology)

Fungi and Mycotoxins: Omics, Genetic Diversity, and Ecological Interactions

edited by

Josué J. Silva

and Beatriz Thie Iamanaka

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open

Keywords: mycotoxin biosynthesis; toxigenic fungi; fungal omics; fungal ecological interactions; toxigenic fungal detection; molecular diversity of fungi; taxonomy of mycotoxigenic species

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungi in Agriculture and Biotechnology)

Multidrug-Resistant Fungi: New Strategies for Diagnosis and Treatment—2nd Edition

edited by Luana L. Rossato

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open

Keywords: antifungal therapy; drug repurposing; dug susceptibility; emerging yeast; natural antimycotics; fungal infection; molds; mechanism of action; invasive fungal infections; MALDI-TOF; new methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Pathogenesis and Disease Control)

Edible and Medicinal Macrofungi, 4th Edition

edited by

Ruilin Zhao

and

Ling Liu

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12920 | Submission Open

Keywords: mushroom; evolution; phylogeny; biology; bioactive compound

Fusarium, Alternaria, and Rhizoctonia: A Spotlight on Fungal Pathogens—3rd Edition

edited by

Xuehong Wu

Lihua Guo

and

Shimin Zuo

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3897 | Submission Open

Keywords: species identification; molecular mechanism of resistance; pathogenic mechanism; resistance mechanisms in plants; mycoviruses; biocontrol agents

Fungal Immunology and Vaccinology, 2nd Edition

edited by Stuart M. Levitz

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 910 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal immunology; fungal vaccines; host defenses against fungi; cryptococcosis; aspergillosis; candidiasis; mucormycosis; dimorphic fungi

Advances in Human and Zoonotic Dermatophytoses，2nd Edition

edited by Pietro Nenoff and

Yvonne Gräser

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 798 | Submission Open

Keywords: dermatomycology; epidemiology; dermatophytes; drug resistance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Pathogenesis and Disease Control)

Chitinase and Chitin Synthase Activity in Fungi

edited by Everardo López-Romero and J. Felix Gutiérrez Corona

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 468 | Submission Open

Keywords: chitin; chitinase; fungi; cell wall; membrane; chitosomes; fungal tip

Taxonomy, Phylogeny, Ecology, and Metabolites of Lichen

edited by

David Alors

, Israel Pérez-Vargas and Marijana M. Kosanić

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 252 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecology of lichen; taxonomy of lichen; lichen secondary metabolites

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Evolution, Biodiversity and Systematics)

Rust Fungi: From Systematics to Sustainable Management

edited by Peng Zhao and

Yusufjon Gafforov

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 215 | Submission Open

Keywords: pucciniales; systematics; host– pathogen interaction; epidemiology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungi in Agriculture and Biotechnology)

Pathogenic Mechanisms and Biological Control in Entomopathogenic Fungi, 2nd Edition

edited by Guoxiong Peng and

Senmiao Tong

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 202 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungi; virulence; insect; immunity; metabolites; infection; biological control; microbiota

Mycological Research in Brazil

edited by

Walicyranison Silva-Rocha

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal infections; epidemiology; virulence; antifungal resistance; diagnosis; natural products; experimental models; biodiversity; emergent infections; molecular biology

Fungal Diversity in Europe, 4th Edition

edited by

Giuseppe Venturella

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungi checklists; Europe; diversity; ecology; conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Evolution, Biodiversity and Systematics)

Fungal Diversity in Various Environments, 5th Edition

edited by

Seung-Yoon Oh

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal diversity; fungal taxonomy; phylogenetics evolution bioinformatics; symbiosis; ectomycorrhizal fungi

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Evolution, Biodiversity and Systematics)

Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Under Stress, 2nd Edition

edited by Xin Zhang

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1200 | Submission Open

Keywords: arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; heavy metal; draught; salinity

Monascus spp. and Their Relative Products

edited by

Fusheng Chen

and Yanchun Shao

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 17678 | Submission Open

Keywords: Monascus spp.; red yeast rice; Hongqu; secondary metabolites

Bioactive Secondary Metabolites from Fungi

edited by

Sherif S. Ebada

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13152 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal biodiversity; natural products; anti-infective; antibiotic resistance; biofilm inhibition; neurodegenerative disorders

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Cell Biology, Metabolism and Physiology)

Fungal Cell Biology

edited by

Fausto Almeida

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4776 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal cell biology; fungal cell wall; host– pathogen interactions; antifungal targets; morphogenesis; immune evasion

Innovative Insights and Challenges in Managing Fungal Diseases in Crops: Toward Sustainable Agricultural Practices

edited by

Moussa El Jarroudi

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4156 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal crop diseases; plant pathogenic fungi; food security and agriculture; host– pathogen interactions; plant– microbe– environment dynamics; climate change and disease prevalence; integrated pest and disease management; biocontrol strategies; global agricultural challenges; ecosystem resilience and crop protection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungi in Agriculture and Biotechnology)

Fungal Pathogens in Postharvest Fruit Diseases: Control and Management

edited by Qiuli Ouyang and Fang Zhang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3447 | Submission Open

Keywords: postharvest fruit diseases; fungal pathogens; pathogenic mechanisms; control technologies; preservation management; antifungal mechanism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungal Pathogenesis and Disease Control)

Genomics of Fungal Plant Pathogens, 4th Edition

edited by

Zonghua Wang

and

Yizhen Deng

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2579 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant pathogen; genomic sequencing; functional genomics; molecular biology

Integrated Management of Plant Fungal Diseases—2nd Edition

edited by

Mahfuz Rahman

and

Tofazzal Islam

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1612 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungi; plant disease; integrated management; biology; epidemiology; biological control; chemical control; host resistance; fungicide resistance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fungi in Agriculture and Biotechnology)

Mycological Research in South Korea

edited by Kap-Hoon Han and Kyung-Tae Lee

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 548 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal biodiversity; taxonomy and systematics; edible and medicinal mushrooms; secondary metabolism and biotechnology; fungal enzymes and bioremediation; fungal pathogenesis and host– pathogen interactions; antifungal resistance and drug discovery; mycobiome and One Health; fungal genetics and genomics

Emerging Investigators in Marine Fungi

edited by

Wei Li

Gaetan Burgaud

and

Senouwa Segla Koffi Dossou

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 438 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine mycology; fungal biodiversity and taxonomy; fungal biogeography; ecosystem functions; temporal dynamic; fungal phylogeny; fungal-microbe interactions; biotechnological potential; multi-omics

The Dark Side of Ascomycetes

edited by

Sajeewa Maharachchikumbura

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 311 | Submission Open

Keywords: ascomycota; phytopathogens; emerging strains; host– fungus interaction; fungal lifestyles

Mycotoxin Contamination and Toxicology: Food Safety and Preventive Strategies

edited by Verónica Mary and

Martín Gustavo Theumer

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open

Keywords: mycotoxins; food safety; mechanisms of action; mycotoxicology; feed contamination; detection; monitoring; mitigation; agricultural production; regulation

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