True fungi (Fungi) and fungus-like organisms (eg Mycetozoa, Oomycota) constitute the
second largest group of organisms based on global richness estimates, with around 3 million …

The identification and proper naming of microfungi, in particular plant, animal and human
pathogens, remains challenging. Molecular identification is becoming the default approach for …

Pioneering studies performed in the nineteenth century demonstrated that yeasts are present
in below‐ground sources. Soils were regarded more as a reservoir for yeasts that reside in …

It is now a decade since The International Commission on the Taxonomy of Fungi (ICTF)
produced an overview of requirements and best practices for describing a new fungal species. …

Background Yeast-like fungi inhabit soils throughout all climatic zones in a great abundance.
While recent estimations predicted a plethora of prokaryotic taxa in one gram of soil, similar …

Background Studies on the diversity of yeasts in floral nectar were first carried out in the late
19 th century. A narrow group of fermenting, osmophilous ascomycetes were regarded as …

Many species of dimorphic basidiomycetes are known only in their asexual phase and
typically those pigmented in different hues of red have been classified in the large polyphyletic …

Species delimitation is one of the most fundamental processes in biology. Biodiversity
undertakings, for instance, require explicit species concepts and criteria for species delimitation in …

The present paper describes the first screening study of the ability of natural yeast strains to
synthesize in culture the plant-related cytokine hormone zeatin, which was carried out using …

Soil yeasts represent a poorly known fraction of the soil microbiome due to limited ecological
surveys. Here, we provide the first comprehensive inventory of cultivable soil yeasts in a …