USDA Fungal Databases
The US National Fungus Collections is a mycological institution that includes the Western Hemisphere's largest fungal herbarium (Herbarium BPI), the John A. Stevenson Mycological Library, the USDA Fungus-Host Databases, and the only actively curated nomenclature database focused on plant pathogenic fungi.
Online Teaching Resources
From the North American Mycological Association, links websites about mushrooms, Tom Volk's novel mushroom of the month, information about truffles, lichens and slime molds, and more.
Discovery of Novel Intermediate Forms Redefines the Fungal Tree of Life
(EBSCOhost)
Fungi are the principal degraders of biomass in terrestrial ecosystems and establish important interactions with plants and animals. Here we investigate the ecology and cell biology of a previously undescribed and highly diverse form of eukaryotic life that branches with the Fungi.
Emerging Fungal Threats to Animal, Plant and Ecosystem Health
(EBSCOhost)
Authors argue that nascent fungal infections will cause increasing attrition of biodiversity, with wider implications for human and ecosystem health, unless steps are taken to tighten biosecurity worldwide.
The Future is Fungi
(Gale In Context: Science)
Without fungi, the world as we know it would not exist. Humans have harnessed the molecular powers of fungi since the beginning of civilization, yet we know substantially less about fungi than we do about animals and plants. To date, 120,000 species of fungi have been formally identified, but scientists estimate there are more than 6 million. That means 98 per cent are still to be discovered, highlighting the untapped potential of the study of fungi – mycology.
Identification of the Sex Genes in an Early Diverged Fungus
(EBSCOhost)
Authors apply bioinformatic and genetic mapping to identify the sex-determining (sex) region in Phycomyces blakesleeanus (Zygomycota), which represents an early branch within the fungi.
The State Of Our World's Fungi
(Gale In Context: Science)
What comes to your mind when you think of fungi? Perhaps the mushrooms you see in your backyards, under fences, beneath trees, or the ones you love eating. But there is more to these organisms than meet the eye.
Three Kingdoms Containing "Fungi": Fungi, Chromista, and Protozoa
(CREDO Reference)
Describes characteristics of fungi, differences between "true fungi" and "pseudofungi," and reconsideration of fungi as belonging to a single kingdom.
Classification of Fungi
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