OA journal for the kingdom Fungi. Taxonomic / ecological data on any taxon of any geological age from around the world. Published by @Pensoft via @ARPHAplatform
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Two new species of wood-decaying fungi, Phlebiopsis arundinacea and Sicyoideibasidia luteocystidia, have been discovered growing on giant reed (Arundo donax) in Guangxi, southern China.
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π΅ Three new fungal species have been discovered in the rhizosphere soil of tea plants in Guizhou, China.
π¬ Find out more about Arthrographis guizhouensis, Coniochaeta guizhouensis and Spiromyces sinensis: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.134β¦
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π Four new lichen species from China have been reported, with carbonised structures found to characterise these new discoveries. A diagnostic checklist of eight related regional species was additionally compiled in the following study: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.133β¦
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π A taxonomic revision of the Ophiocordyceps ravenelii parasitic fungus complex in south-western China was recently conducted.
π One new species was described and another emended in the following study: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.133β¦
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Approximately 700 lichen specimens from north-western China were recently examined, with three species being newly recorded in the country and three others described as entirely new to science: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.133β¦
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New wood-inhabiting fungal genus from southwest China: Fissuracium, with type species F. ellipsoideum Placed in Amylocorticiaceae via multi-locus phylogenetics.
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π± Scientists have isolated two new acremonium-like fungal species and a rare habitat record from plant root soils in Guizhou, China: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.133β¦
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5 strains from air and rock surfaces have revealed 2 new fungal species from Guangdong, China:
π§ͺ Ceratostomella guangdongensis
πͺ¨ Pararamichloridium purpureum
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Researchers have discovered 3 new mushroom species in the genus Inocybe from Southwestern China:
π I. subtropicocinnamomea
π² I. biformis (found above 4000m!)
π I. fulvobasalis
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A new study from China isolates eight strains from the family Sympoventuriaceae, using DNA and morphology to identify three brand-new species. The find helps stabilise a complex family tree and map urban soil health. Learn more: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.133β¦
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π² Three new species of wood-decaying Dacryobolus #fungi have been discovered on pine trees in southwestern China.
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π Four new species of Microdochium #fungi have been discovered and isolated from diseased plant leaves of Bambusoideae in Hainan, China.
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ALT 9 images of Microdochium acronychicola (SAUCC620701, ex-type). a. A diseased leaf of Acronychia pedunculata; b, c. Colony on PDA from above and below after 14 days; d. Colony overview; e, f. Conidiogenous cells with conidia; gβi. Conidia. Scale bars: 10 ΞΌm (eβi).
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πΈοΈ A surprising variety of fungi was recently discovered living on spider webs in Thai rice fields, demonstrating that these silk structures can be used as natural collectors of environmental data.
β‘οΈ Our blog post: blog.pensoft.net/2026/05/27/β¦
β‘οΈ Full study: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.14.e1870β¦
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π¬ Two new wood-decaying fungal species, Resupinatus tropicus and Scopuloides hainanensis, have been discovered in Hainan, China.
π Full descriptions, illustrations, and genetic analyses are provided alongside updated identification keys for both genera: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.133β¦
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πͺ΅ The potential habitat of Xylobolus subpileatus, a medically and ecologically valuable wood-rotting fungus, has been mapped across past, present, and future timelines using climate modelling.
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π The long-debated merger of the mushroom genus Chamaemyces into Lepiota has been definitively confirmed!
π¬ Additionally, two new East Asian species have been identified and described in this study: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.133β¦
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Five new species of Trichoderma fungi have been discovered and described from decaying wood in China based on structural and molecular data.
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π Three new species of wood-decaying fungi have been discovered and described from the Hainan, Guangxi, and Guizhou provinces of southern China: Distoseptispora linchunlingensis, D. xinganensis, and Kirschsteiniothelia guiyangensis.
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π Four new wood-inhabiting fungal species have been discovered and described from southwestern China.
𧬠Classification within the families Peniophoraceae and Stereaceae was confirmed after the specimens were analysed: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.133β¦
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