Eugene PopovRussian Academy of Sciences | RAS · Komarov Botanical Institute
Eugene Popov
Candidate of Biological Sciences
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Introduction
Eugene Popov currently works at the Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences. Eugene does research in Mycology.
Additional affiliations
May 2016 - July 2016
Joint Russian–Vietnamese Tropical Research and Technological Center of the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Ha Noi, Vietnam
Position
- Researcher
December 2014 - December 2014
Joint Russian–Vietnamese Tropical Research and Technological Center of the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution
Position
- Researcher
May 2011 - June 2011
Joint Russian–Vietnamese Tropical Research and Technological Center of the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution
Position
- Researcher
Education
September 1995 - November 2001
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Publications (158)
Lectotypes of twelve names of Fungi published by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg from Adelbert von Chamisso’s collection (Auricularia cornea, Agaricus copulatus, Boletus katui, B. sector, Hypochnus nigrocinctus, Hysterium gracile, H. orbiculare, Naemaspora tularostoma, Sphaeria eschscholtzii, S. fur, S. profuga, Triblidium arcticum) are designated. I...
Galiella amurensis is typified and described based on macro- and microscopical characters upon the study of Russian collections. A lectotype and an epitype are selected in order to fix and circumscribe the species concept. A Chinese sample is also studied and confirmed by its genetic profile and morphology. Colour images of fresh specimens and micr...
Taxa in the Gyromitra gigas species complex were previously studied and their taxonomy resolved. During ongoing studies in this group, cryptic speciation was discovered in G. gigas . Sequences of the ITS and LSU regions from 75 specimens were included in maximum likelihood and Bayesian phylogenetic analyses to establish species boundaries and resol...
The Indochinese Peninsula represents one of the key global biodiversity hotspots in Southeast Asia. The herpetofauna of Indochina (herein including Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand) currently (as by 10 August 2023) comprises 882 native and six invasive species of reptiles and is one of the richest in the world. About 40% of the Indochinese rep...
Two new species of Boletaceae (Hortiboletus rubroreticulatus and Tylopilus aurantiovulpinus) discovered during an investigation of the mycobiota of Central Vietnam (Kon Chu Rang Nature Reserve; Ta Dung National Park; Bidoup—Nui Ba National Park; Kon Ka Kinh National Park) are described on the basis of molecular and morphological data. Illustrated d...
The paper continues a series of publications devoted to the new finds of macrofungi (Ascomycota, Basidiomycota) in regions of the Russian Far East. A total of 77 species of macromycetes are reported for the first time from 7 administrative units of the Russian Far East: Amur Oblast, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Magadan Oblast, Sakhalin Oblast, Kamchat...
Eighteen specimens of Pluteus collected from the tropical forests of Vietnam were studied using morphological and molecular approaches. Pluteus podospilloides, P. semibulbosus, P. chrysaegis and P. septocystidiatus are registered as additional or new records for Vietnam. Four species (P. conformis, P. lucidus, P. subroseus, and P. ornatus) are prop...
The article reviews available data on the "death cap" (Amanita phalloides) occurrences in the NorthWest of the European Russia (Leningrad, Novgorod, Pskov Oblasts and St. Petersburg City). The literature data are analyzed , the review of ecological preferences of the species in the studied area is carried out. It has been suggested that the species...
For Vietnam, a small number of obligate parasitic fungi are given, in powdery mildew (Erisiphales) and rust fungi (Pucciniales). Basically, these are old lists of species that require confirmation or revision. In 2021, a joint expedition was conducted by the staff of the Joint Vietnam-Russia Tropical Science and Technology Research Centre and the K...
A total of 8 ascomycete and 63 basidiomycete species have been recorded for the first time from 14 administrative regions of Russia: Republic of Crimea (6), Republic of Mordovia (16), Krasnoyarsk Krai (4), Stavropol Krai (1), Arkhangelsk Oblast (2), Bryansk Oblast (5), Irkutsk Oblast (1), Kaluga Oblast (3), Kursk Oblast (2), Kostroma Oblast (10), M...
Taxa in the Gyromitra gigas species complex were previously studied and their taxonomy resolved. During ongoing studies in this group, cryptic speciation was discovered in G. gigas. Sequences of the ITS and LSU regions from 75 specimens were included in maximum likelihood and Bayesian phylogenetic analyses to establish species boundaries and resolv...
Information on type specimens of taxa belonging to the order Boletales loaned in the Mycological Herbarium of the Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences is presented. A total of 97 specimens belonging to 35 species and 19 intraspecific taxa have been revealed in course of the inventarisation of collections.
The history of re...
The paper continues a series of publications devoted to the new finds of macrofungi (ascomycetes, basidiomycetes) in regions of the Russian Far East. A total of 61 species and intraspecific taxa of macromycetes are reported for the first time from 6 administrative units of the Russian Far East: Amur Oblast, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Magadan Oblast,...
Three new species of Entoloma subgenus Cyanula (Entoloma argus, E. arion, and E. icarus) from Kon Chu Rang Nature Reserve and one species of subgenus Claudopus (E. daphnis) from Cat Tien National Park were discovered during an investigation of the diversity of the mycobiota of Central and South Vietnam and are described here. Illustrated descriptio...
A new species, Vanilla cardinalis (Orchidaceae, Vanilloideae) discovered in southern Vietnam (Phu Yen Province, Song Hinh District) is described and illustrated. Data on ecology, phenology, distribution, and estimated IUCN Red List conservation status of the new species are provided. Differences of V. cardinalis from its morphologically similar con...
One new species of Volvariella (V. orientalis) is described based on materials collected from Vietnam. The species is characterized by large, stout basidiocarps with pilose-squamulose pileus, saccate volva, basidiospores 7.5–8.5 × 5.0–6.0 µm, and mucronate cheilocystidia. The macro- and microscopic descriptions with discussion on similar taxa are g...
The paper presents the first analysis of crowdsourcing data of all observations of fungi (including lichens) and myxomycetes in Northwestern Siberia uploaded to iNaturalist.org to date (24.02.2022). The Introduction presents an analysis of fungal diversity crowdsourcing globally, in Russia, and in the region of interest. Materials and methods descr...
Novel species of fungi described in this study include those from various countries as follows: Antartica, Cladosporium austrolitorale from coastal sea sand. Australia, Austroboletus yourkae on soil, Crepidotus innuopurpureus on dead wood, Curvularia stenotaphri from roots and leaves of Stenotaphrum secundatum and Thecaphora stajsicii from capsules...
Based on the results of the long-term (2008-2020) studies of macromycetes in Oryol Region, a list of 24 fungal species recommended for the second edition of the regional Red Data Book has been compiled. The list includes 4 species of basidial fungi (Clavariadelphus pistillaris, Cortinarius violaceus, Grifola frondosa, and Gyroporus cyanescens) that...
The official publication containing information on the state of populations and the necessary protection measures for 93 species of organisms, including 40 species of lichens and 53 species of fungi that need special protection in the Tula region. The edition contains also materials of normative legal support for the maintenance of the Red Data Boo...
A total of 11 ascomycete and 116 basidiomycete species have been recorded for the first time from 30 administrative regions of Russia: species). An annotated species list containing the data on location, substrate, habitat type and voucher numbers is provided. Favolaschia calocera, Hygrophorus exiguus, and Laetisaria lichenicola are reported as the...
We analyzed niche differentiation of closely related wood-decaying polypores Microporus affinis and M. xanthopus in tropical forests of Vietnam. The statistical analysis confirms differences between M. affinis and M. xanthopus regarding preferable substrate size, average habitat elevation above the sea level, and degree of substrate decomposition,...
The paper continues a series of publications devoted to new finds of macrofungi (ascomycetes, basidiomycetes) in regions of the Russian Far East. A total of 121 species of macromycetes are reported for the first time from 7 administrative units of the Russian Far East: Amur Oblast, Magadan Oblast, Sakhalin Oblast, Kamchatka Krai, Khabarovsk Krai, P...
In the article, we give new data on the flora of the Pskov Region accumulated since “Conspectus of the Vascular Flora of Pskov Region” was published in 2018. Among them, 5 species ( Cuscuta campestris , Galium tricornutum , Luzula luzuloides , Nymphoides peltata and Papaver argemone ) have been recorded in the Region for the first time since 2018....
Novel species of fungi described in this study include those from various countries as follows: Algeria , Phaeoacremonium adelophialidum from Vitis vinifera . Antarctica , Comoclathris antarctica from soil. Australia , Coniochaeta salicifolia as endophyte from healthy leaves of Geijera salicifolia , Eremothecium peggii in fruit of Citrus australis...
In this paper, for the first time in Russia we report on four new occurrences of the rare xylarialean ascomycete Chlorostroma vestlandicum revealed in the course of mycological surveys of Northwestern European Russia. Description and colour illustrations of the material studied are provided. Dutch Elm Disease as the major possible threat for the sp...
The Indochinese Peninsula is recognized as one of the key global biodiversity hotspots. The amphibian fauna of Indochina (including Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand) is one of the richest in the world. About 60% of the known species were described within the last 20 years. We review the literature and our data to assess all recent discoveries a...
The "Flora of Russia" project on iNaturalist brought together professional scientists and amateur naturalists from all over the country. Over 10,000 people were involved in the data collection.
Within 20 months, the participants accumulated 750,143 photo observations of 6,857 species of the Russian flora. This constitutes the largest dataset of ope...
The "Flora of Russia" project on iNaturalist brought together professional scientists and amateur naturalists from all over the country. Over 10,000 people are involved in the data collection.
Within 20 months the participants accumulated over 750,000 photo observations of 6,853 species of the Russian flora. This constitutes the largest dataset of...
Fungal Systematics and Evolution (FUSE) is one of the journal series to address the “fusion” between morphological data and molecular phylogenetic data and to describe new fungal taxa and interesting observations. This paper is the 6th contribution in the FUSE series—presenting one new genus, twelve new species, twelve new country records, and thre...
The stromatic ascomycete Camarops petersii was recorded for the first time in Eastern Europe. It was found growing on Quercus robur wood, on a fallen trunk of a lightning stuck tree in Bryansk Oblast, next to the western border of Russia. The morphological description, data on the distribution and habitat are provided. The modern distribution of C....
The “Flora of Russia” project on iNaturalist brought together professional scientists and amateur naturalists from all over the country. Over 3800 people participate in data collection. In one year, the participants collected over 220000 photo observations on 5689 species of the Russian flora. This is the third largest dataset of open distributiona...
The Flora of Russia project on iNaturalist (https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/flora-of-russia) brought together professional scientists and amateur naturalists from all over the country. Over 3,800 people participate in data collection. In one year, the participants collected over 220,000 photo observations on 5,689 species of the Russian flora....
This paper summarizes literature data and new information on the geographical distribution and ecology of Stictis and closely related genera in Russia. Stictis sphaeroboloides is reported as new to Eurasia; Carestiella socia and Stictis populorum are new to Asia, S. carnea is new to Russia, and S. radiata is new to the Russian Far East. New data on...
Novel species of fungi described in this study include those from various countries as follows: Antarctica , Apenidiella antarctica from permafrost, Cladosporium fildesense from an unidentified marine sponge. Argentina , Geastrum wrightii on humus in mixed forest. Australia , Golovinomyces glandulariae on Glandularia aristigera , Neoanungitea eucal...
A systematic survey for myxomycetes was carried out in 2011–2014 and 2017 at 106 localities in mountain tropical forests of Bidoup Nui Ba and Chu Yang Sin national parks (Dalat Plateau, southern Vietnam). In total, the survey yielded 652 records, of which 358 were field collections and 294 were collections obtained from 819 moist chamber cultures p...
Micraspis acicola was described more than 50 years ago to accommodate a phacidium-like fungus that caused a foliar disease of Picea mariana. After its publication, two more species were added, M. strobilina and M. tetraspora, all of them growing on Pinaceae in the Northern Hemisphere, but each species occupying a unique type of host tissue (needles...
Species of Tympanis are well‐known pathogens in Holarctic forests, but we know little about their relationship to other genera in Tympanidaceae. The genus Myriodiscus, remarkable macroscopically and a possible pathogen on bamboo, has a complicated taxonomic history and has not been conclusively placed phylogenetically. Species of Myriodiscus have b...
Ascoclavulina sakaii is a wood-inhabiting fungus endemic to temperate East Asia, known from Japan and one report from the Russian Federation. It forms easily recognizable irregularly lobed greyish green fruiting bodies in massive clusters on dead rotten trunks of broadleaved trees, mostly Fagus. Though it is widely distributed throughout temperate...
Красная книга Санкт-Петербурга — официальный документ Правительства Санкт-Петербурга, содержащий сведения о 436 редких и находящихся под угрозой исчезновения объектах растительного и животного мира на территории города.
Для широкого круга специалистов в области охраны окружающей среды, биологов, экологов и географов, студентов соответствующих специ...
Glutinoglossum is one of the earth tongue genera with viscid or glutinous ascocarps. Based on morphology and ITS1-5.8S-ITS2, nrLSU and tef1 sequence data, seven new species are described: G. circinatum, G. lumbricale, G. orientale, G. peregrinans, G. proliferatum, G. pseudoglutinosum, and G. triseptatum. The lectotypes for Geoglossum glutinosum var...
The list of species included in the Red Data Book of the Leningrad Region and, thus, legally protected, was officially adopted in 2015 and contains 529 species. However, in fact this list is out of date because it almost completely repeats the list of species, included into the Red Data Book of Nature of the Leningrad Region (plants and fungi) publ...
The tropical forests of Vietnam are distinguished by a high species diversity of myxomycetes. The paper presents the results of analysis of the myxomycete diversity on the basis of field collecting of the fruit bodies, as well as moist chamber cultures prepared with samples taken from the bark surface of living trees and vines, ground and aerial li...
In this paper, the fruit bodies of myxomycetes were collected in the field and were isolated from various substrates in humid chambers in the laboratory. The result showed that there is a high diversity of myxomycetes in the tropical forests of Vietnam. In totally, 159 species from 32 genera and 12 families developing on air and ground plant litter...
Nomenclatural type definitions are one of the most important concepts in biological nomenclature. Being physical objects that can be re-studied by other researchers, types permanently link taxonomy (an artificial agreement to classify biological diversity) with nomenclature (an artificial agreement to name biological diversity).
Two proposals to am...
An annotated list of 52 species of 40 genera of hyphomycetes is presented. These data are based on the results of examinations of collections made between 2014 and 2016 in different national parks in Vietnam. Sixteen hyphomycete taxa (Acrogenospora ovalis, Canalisporium elegans, Circinotrichum falcatisporum, Cladosporiumtenuissimum, Dactylaria isos...
Представлен аннотированный список, включающий 52 вида из 40 родов гифомицетов, выявленных во Вьетнаме по сборам в 2014–2016 гг. в различных национальных парках этой страны. Шестнадцать видов впервые обнаружены во Вьетнаме: Acrogenospora ovalis, Canalisporium elegans, Circinotrichum falcatisporum, Cladosporium tenuissimum, Dactylaria isoscelispora,...
The knowledge of fungi in Vietnam has been accumulated since the early times of Vietnamese history and this process can be roughly divided in three stages. The first information about indigenous use of some mushrooms for medicinal purposes appeared in medieval medical treatises. The second period relates to the French colonial regime (1887–1945) an...
В книге приводится аннотированный список грибов, выявленных на территории Саяно-Шушенского заповедника по результатам анализа ранее имеющихся материалов и экспедиционных исследований 2015 года. Список содержит 307 видов грибов, относящихся к 143 родам и 56 семействам. Из них 20 видов гетеробазидиальных, 170 видов агарикоидных, 27 видов афиллофороид...
Three new species of the gеnus Entoloma s.l. are described on the basis of morphological and molecular evidence. Two of them are morphologically and phylogenetically closely related to the European species E. violaceozonatum but differ sufficiently by their geographic distribution: E. bulakhae is from the Russian Far East and E. bidupense from Viet...
A systematic survey for myxomycetes was carried out between 2010 and 2013 at 67 localities in lowland monsoon tropical forests of Dong Nai Biosphere Reserve (including Cat Tien National Park and Vinh Cuu Nature Reserve). In spite of a comparable effort for field collecting during four visits in the same season of subsequent years, the abundance of...
Novel species of fungi described in the present study include the following from Australia: Vermiculariopsiella
eucalypti, Mulderomyces natalis (incl. Mulderomyces gen. nov.), Fusicladium paraamoenum, Neotrimmatostroma paraexcentricum, and Pseudophloeospora eucalyptorum on leaves of Eucalyptus spp., Anungitea grevilleae (on leaves of Grevillea sp.)...
Novel species of fungi described in the present study include the following from Australia: Vermiculariopsiella eucalypti, Mulderomyces natalis (incl. Mulderomyces gen. nov.), Fusicladium paraamoenum, Neotrimmatostroma paraexcentricum, and Pseudophloeospora eucalyptorum on leaves of Eucalyptus spp., Anungitea grevilleae (on leaves of Grevillea sp.)...
Санкт-Петербург – один из крупнейших городов мира с населением около 5 млн человек, занимает площадь почти 1.5 тыс. км2. Территория города не ограничивается районами многоэтажной застройки, а включает большие площади (более 300 км2) довольно хорошо сохранившихся таежных лесов, болот, приморских ландшафтов и многочисленные парки. Наиболее ценные и т...
An annotated list of 57 species of anamorphic fungi belonging to 42 genera of hyphomycetes (55 species) and one coelomycete is presented. These data are based on the results of examinations of collections made between 2012 and 2015 in different national parks in Vietnam. Twenty two hyphomycete taxa (Arthrobotrys stilbacea, Beltrania malaiensis, Cha...
The annotated list of agaricoid basidiomycetes collected in the vicinities of the field research station of Laboratory of population ecology of the Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS is provided. The collection places are situated in the Staritsa and Zubtsov Districts of the Tver Region. The list includes 38 species and 3 varieties no...
This paper is the next one in the series of publications devoted to fungal diversity of the Tula Region. The checklist contains data on 94 species and includes data on location, habitat, substrate and voucher specimen number. 85 species are recorded for the first time for the Tula Region. The record of Otidea fiavidobrunneola is the first for Russi...
An annotated list of 57 species of anamorphic fungi belonging to 45 genera of hyphomycetes (56 species) and one coelomycete is presented. These data are based on the results of examinations of collections made between 2013 and 2015 in different national parks in Vietnam. Twenty two hyphomycete taxa (Arthrobotrys stilbacea, Beltrania malaiensis, Cha...
The species checklist and ecology of macrofungi of Nizhne-Svirsky State Nature Reserve, located within the middle taiga subzone in the North-East of the Leningrad Region are treated.
The major natural communities are coniferous forests of Pinus syl-vestris and Picea abies, as well as oligotrophic and mesotrophic mires. The mycological studies have...
The species checklist and ecology of macrofungi of Nizhne-Svirsky
State Nature Reserve, located within the middle taiga subzone in the
North-East of the Leningrad Region are treated.
The major natural communities are coniferous forests of Pinus sylvestris
and Picea abies, as well as oligotrophic and mesotrophic mires.
The mycological studies have b...
Novel species of fungi described in the present study include the following from Malaysia: Castanediella eucalypti from Eucalyptus pellita, Codinaea acacia from Acacia mangium, Emarcea eucalyptigena from Eucalyptus brassiana, Myrtapenidiella eucalyptorum from Eucalyptus pellita, Pilidiella eucalyptigena from Eucalyptus brassiana and Strelitziana ma...
Novel species of fungi described in the present study include the following from Malaysia: Castanediella eucalypti from Eucalyptus pellita, Codinaea acacia from Acacia mangium, Emarcea eucalyptigena from Eucalyptus brassiana, Myrtapenidiella eucalyptorum from Eucalyptus pellita, Pilidiella eucalyptigena from Eucalyptus brassiana and Strelitziana ma...
Novel species of fungi described in the present study include the following from Malaysia: Castanediella
eucalypti from Eucalyptus pellita, Codinaea acacia from Acacia mangium, Emarcea eucalyptigena from Eucalyptus brassiana, Myrtapenidiella eucalyptorum from Eucalyptus pellita, Pilidiella eucalyptigena from Eucalyptus brassiana and Strelitziana ma...
Th e basidiomycete Hyphobasidiofera malaysiana, described from Malaysia, has been found in Vietnam for the fi rst time. Th is hitherto rarely encountered species is described, illustrated and discussed.