Masoomeh Ghobad-Nejhad

Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology | IROST

Corticiaceae is one of the traditional families of the Agaricomycetes and served for a long time as a convenient placement for basidiomycetes with a resupinate, corticioid form of fruiting body. Molecular studies have helped to assign many corticioid fungi to diverse families and orders; however, Corticiaceae still lacks a phylogenetic characteriza...

Agaric fungi are an important group of macromycetes with diverse ecological and functional properties, yet are poorly studied in many parts of the world. Here, we comprehensively analyzed 558 agaric species in Iran to reveal their resources of edible and poisonous species as well as their ecological guilds and luminescence potential. We also made a...

Fungal metabarcoding of substrates such as soil, wood, and water is uncovering an unprecedented number of fungal species that do not seem to produce tangible morphological structures and that defy our best attempts at cultivation, thus falling outside the scope of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants. The present stud...

We assess the composition of corticioid fungi in the Caucasus region for the first time. The Caucasian corticioids were compared with those of well-documented areas in the Northern Hemisphere using the Tripartite similarity index and cluster analysis. To investigate the significance of the Caucasus region as a possible contributor to the colonizati...

Phellinus igniarius (L.) Quél.; Phellinus pomaceus (Pers.) Maire; Phellinus tremulae (Bondartsev) Bondartsev & P.N. Borisov - HYMENOCHAETACEAE

Inonotus hispidus (Bull.) P. Karst.; Inonotus obliquus (Fr.) Pilát - HYMENOCHAETACEAE

Polypore fungi are among the most preventable mushroom-forming fungi with known therapeutic potential, though only a few species have been securitized for their metabolites. This study examines the biological activity and bioactive compounds of Inocutis levis and Inonotus cuticularis collected in Iran. We examined the antimicrobial, antioxidant, an...

Fungal metabarcoding of substrates such as soil, wood, and water are uncovering an unprecedented number of fungal species that do not seem to produce tangible morphological structures and that defy our best attempts at cultivation, thus falling outside of the ambit of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants. The present...

This chapter has been published in Diederich et al. (2022): Flora of Lichenicolous Fungi, Volume 1. Please visit the official website https://www.mnhn.lu/science/flora-of-lichenicolous-fungi/?lang=en where you can order the book or download a free pdf

The pollution of soil, water, and air by petroleum hydrocarbons is one of the main world's environmental problems. Polypore fungi have been considered as suitable candidates in biodegradation of crude oil via secreting powerful ligninolytic enzymes. In this study the polypore fungi were isolated from woody plants by applying tissue culture and were...

Anomoloma is a cosmopolitan poroid wood-decaying genus, belonging to the Amylocorticiales. During a study on polypores, two new species of Anomoloma were found in Eurasia, and they are described as A. denticulatum and A. eurasiaticum. To examine the phylogenetic relationships among species of Anomoloma, we analyzed nuclear ribosomal sequence data f...

The international DNA sequence databases abound in fungal sequences not annotated beyond the kingdom level, typically bearing names such as "uncultured fungus". These sequences beget low-resolution mycological results and invite further deposition of similarly poorly annotated entries. What do these sequences represent? This study uses a 767,918-se...

Members of Hymenochaetaceae fungi are among well-known macromycetes with various medicinal properties. The aim of this study was to investigate the biological activities of Phellinus tuberculosus and Fuscoporia ferruginosa collected in Iran. The antimicrobial, antioxidant, and cytotoxic activities of the two species were examined, and their phenoli...

The new corticioid species Waitea guianensis was described and illustrated from French Guiana, based on morphological and molecular phylogenetic evidence. It was characterized by thin, resupinate basidiomata on wood, isodiametric subhymenial hyphae, lack of clamps, tetrasporic clavate basidia with median constriction, and ellipsoid basidiospores. E...

قارچ‌های چوبزی نقش عمده‌ای در پایداری اکوسیستم‌های جنگلی ایفا می‌کنند. زاگرس با تعدد گونه‌های بومی و اندمیک و نیز سرعت روند تخریب از جمله مناطق پراهمیت کشور در امر حفاظت از تنوع زیستی به‌شمار می‌رود، ولی تاکنون به نقش قارچ‌های چوبزی در آن کمتر پرداخته شده است. این قارچ‌ها عمدتا بازیدیومیست‌ هستند و گروه مولد پوسیدگی سفید از معدود موجودات قادر به تج...

Zarde-Kija mushroom (Cantharellus alborufescens) is one of the edible mushrooms belong to the Cantharellaceae family. It is widely distributed in the northern forests of Iran and is desirable for local residents in these areas. Despite the economic importance of this genus, litthe is known about their habitat requirements. This study was conduct...

Abstract Introduction: Inocutis levis is a polypore basidiomycete from the Hymenochaetaceae family. Members of this family have well-known medicinal properties. Recently, anti-diabetic and antihypercholesterolemic effects of I. levis have been reported. This study aimed to evaluate antibacterial activities and antioxidant properties of the extracts...

‘Sanghuang’ is one of the most important groups of medicinal macrofungi and has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for the past two centuries. However, knowledge about ‘Sanghuang’ is distributed in journals of different disciplines, which has meant it is not well known. To facilitate the benefit of ‘Sanghuang’ to human health, here we summar...

A first annotated checklist of agarics and boletes in Iran is presented based on literature and new collections. A total number of 128 new DNA sequences, obtained from the nrDNA ITS region as well as the nrLSU, is provided. Based on vouchered specimens, 19 species are newly recorded from Iran, all provided with nrDNA data from basidiomata. Overall,...

The Basidiomycota constitutes a major phylum of the kingdom Fungi and is second in species numbers to the Ascomycota. The present work provides an overview of all validly published, currently used basidiomycete genera to date in a single document. An outline of all genera of Basidiomycota is provided, which includes 1928 currently used genera names...

Abstract Background: Diets rich in simple carbohydrates can induce obesity and metabolic syndrome. Objectives: In this study we investigated the effect of aqueous extract of Inocutis levis on the levels of serum lipids and liver tissue in high sucrose fed (HSF) rats. Methods: Thirty two male wistar rats were divided into 4 groups: 1- control, 2- a...

This paper is the second in a series focused on providing a stable platform for the taxonomy of phytopathogenic fungi. It focuses on 25 phytopathogenic genera: Alternaria, Bipolaris, Boeremia, Botryosphaeria, Calonectria, Coniella, Corticiaceae, Curvularia, Elsinoe, Entyloma, Erythricium, Fomitiporia, Fulviformes, Laetisaria, Limonomyces, Neofabrae...

Polypore fungi are an important group of wood-inhabiting basidiomycetes that have significant roles in biomass recycling in forests and woodland ecosystems. Figures on the polypore diversity in Iran have been partly made available through few checklists, but there have been no comparative studies on the pattern of geographic distribution of the spe...

Fungal endophytes of native oak trees in the Zagros region and their incidence in declined oak stands are underexplored. In this study, we isolated fungal endophytes from twigs of healthy and declining stands of the Persian oak Quercus brantii in Dena National Park in the Zagros region via cultivation method, to see whether the two stand types woul...

Two Cantharellus species collected from different forest types in northern Iran are reported as new to the country. Phylogenetic analyses of DNA sequences from the internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2), nuclear large subunit (nLSU), RNA polymerase II (RPB2) and translation elongation factor 1-a gene (TEF1) are presented. Cantharellus alborufescens w...

Two Cantharellus species collected from different forest types in northern Iran are reported as new to the country. Phylogenetic analyses of DNA sequences from the internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2), nuclear ribosomal large subunit (nLSU), RNA polymerase II (RPB2) and translation elongation factor 1-a gene (TEF1) are presented. Cantharellus albor...

Three new species of Aleurodiscus s.l. with corticioid basidiomata are described and illustrated from southern China based on morphological evidence and phylogenetic analyses of ITS and nrLSU sequence data. Aleurodiscusbambusinus was collected from Jiangxi Province on bamboo and is distinct by having a compact texture, simple-septate generative hyp...

This is the first survey on the genus Peniophora in Iran. Peniophora polygonia and P. pilatiana are recorded for the first time for mycobiota of Iran. Color illustrations are given for some species, and a key to Peniophora species in Iran is provided. Altogether 16 Peniophora species are known to occur in Iran. A first record of the genus Duportell...

Aleurodiscus persicus sp. nov. is described from Iran, based on phylogenetic analyses of ITS and LSU regions as well as on its morphology. The species is characterized by resupinate, whitish to grayish cream, crustose basidiocarps, a monomitic hyphal system with clamped hyphae, presence of acanthophyses, cylindrical to clavate to submoniliform gloe...

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...

In this study, we report some endophytic fungi isolated from twigs of Quercus brantii in Dena region of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province. The twigs were sampled from trees which had basidiocarps of the invasive basidiomycetous polypore fungus Inonotus krawtzewii on their trunk. Altogether, ca. 40 pure isolates were obtained. The ITS sequences we...

The new lichenicolous fungus, Corticium silviae Diederich, E.Zimm. & Lawrey is described from Switzerland, where it grows on Thamnolia. Phylogenetic results also suggest that Limonomyces should best be regarded as a synonym of Laetisaria, a genus that has a sister position to Marchandiomyces. The following new combinations are proposed: Laetisaria...

Introduction: Inocutis levis is a polypore fungus belonging to Hymenochaetales of basidiomycetes. The specie is mainly distributed in Asia and grows on living angiosperm trees. This study investigates the effect of aqueous extract of I. levis on insulin resistance and glucose tolerance in high sucrose fed (HSF) rats. Methods: Male rats were given 3...

Wood-inhabiting fungi are noteworthy components of woody ecosystems which are responsible for the decomposition and turnover of wood nutrients. While the diversity and ecology of these fungi in the temperate forests has been relatively well explored, little is known on diversity of these fungi in the arid and semi-arid forest ecosystems. This is th...

Zagros oak decline has been a major issue in the past few years in Iran, having been assgined to several biotic and abiotic factors. Among biological factors, special attention has been paid to the ascomycetous fungus Biscogniauxia mediterranea the agent of charcoal disease. Apparently the fungus thrives as endophyte within healthy oak stands, and...

The current paper represents the third contribution in the Genera of Fungi series, linking the type species of fungal genera to their morphology and DNA sequence data, and, where possible, ecology. In this issue, we have focused on six genera, including macro- and microfungi, four of which the type species is epitypified. In addition, two new famil...

As a result of a survey of poroid basidiomycetes in Gilan Province, Antrodiella fragrans, Ceriporia aurantiocarnescens, Oligoporus tephroleucus, Polyporus udus, and Tyromyces kmetii are newly reported from Iran, and the following seven species are reported as new to this province: Coriolopsis gallica, Fomitiporia punctata, Hapalopilus nidulans, Ino...

Zagros is a mountainous region in Western Asia, extending roughly along the western borders of Iran. Knowledge on aphyllophoroid fungi in the region is very scanty, and no survey has been made in the area. As part of an inventory of aphyllophoroids in selected protected areas in Zagros region, 32 species belonging to 6 orders, 11 families, and 25 g...

Notes on 113 fungal taxa are compiled in this paper, including 11 new genera, 89 new species, one new subspecies, three new combinations and seven reference specimens. A wide geographic and taxonomic range of fungal taxa are detailed. In the Ascomycota the new genera Angustospora (Testudinaceae), Camporesia (Xylariaceae), Clematidis, Crassiparies (...

Zagros is a mountainous region in western Asia, extending roughly along the western borders of Iran. In the past few years oak decline in the Zagros region has become a serious national concern in Iran, with multiple factors seemingly acting as causal agents. During field surveys recently made in central Zagros, signs of canker trunk rot on oaks an...

This paper is a compilation of notes on 142 fungal taxa, including five new families, 20 new genera, and 100 new species, representing a wide taxonomic and geographic range. The new families, Ascocylindricaceae, Caryosporaceae and Wicklowiaceae (Ascomycota) are introduced based on their distinct lineages and unique morphology. The new Dothideomycet...

Abstract Taxonomic names are key links between various databases that store information on different organisms. Several global fungal nomenclural and taxonomic databases (notably Index Fungorum, Species Fungorum and MycoBank) can be sourced to find taxonomic details about fungi, while DNA sequence data can be sourced from NCBI, EBI and UNITE databa...

This paper is a compilation of notes on 142 fungal taxa, including five new families, 20 new genera, and 100 new species, representing a wide taxonomic and geographic range. The new families, Ascocylindricaceae, Caryosporaceae and Wicklowiaceae (Ascomycota) are introduced based on their distinct lineages and unique morphology. The new Dothideomycet...

The Inonotus linteus complex has been subject to thorough phylogenetic studies in the past few years, with several new species described in the complex. Species in this complex have been recently assigned to two new genera, Sanghuangporus and Tropicoporus. During field works made in Northwest Iran, a number of specimens belonging to the Inonotus (P...

A new corticioid species is recognized in the genus Phanerochaete based on the material collected from the Changbaishan Nature Reserve in NE China. Phanerochaete aurantiobadia sp. nov. is characterized by an orange to reddish brown, resupinate basidiome turning coccine red upon contact with potassium hydroxide (KOH), lack of rhizomorphs and cystidi...

The authors describe ten new taxa for science using mostly both morphological and molecular data. In Ascomycota, descriptions are provided for Bambusistroma didymosporum gen. et spec. nov. (Pleosporales), Neodeightonia licuriensis sp. nov. (Botryosphaeriales) and Camposporium himalayanum sp. nov. (Fungi imperfecti). In Zygomycota, Gongronella guang...

قارچهاي چوبزي در عین حال که نقش حیاتی در اکوسیستم و بویژه در چرخه کربن در طبیعت ایفا میکنند، با قدرت پوسانندگی خود از عوامل تهدید کننده سلامت عرصههاي جنگلی و نیمه جنگلی به شمار می روند . سرعت رو به رشد تخریب جنگل ها در ایران و بخصوص در منطقه زاگرس لزوم توجه به نقش این قارچ ها را دوچندان میکند. در این مقاله بر اساس مطالعات میدانی نویسنده و منابع چاپ...

Vuilleminia nilsii sp. nov. is described based on collections made in Argelès-sur-Mer communal forest, France. It is characterized by a resupinate, smooth, whitish, decorticating basidiocarp, cylindrical cystidia, heavily crystallized matrix, and guttulate, allantoid spores. It can be distinguished from V. coryli by basidiospore size, substrate pre...

Vuilleminia is a basidiomycete genus the species of which have resupinate, corticioid fruiting bodies. It is apparently a North Hemisphere genus, and the majority of its species are distributed in Europe and western Asia. In North America, there are two reports of Vuilleminia comedens. Detailed study of North American specimens and comparisons with...

It has been previously shown that the Phlebia livida complex consists of two incompatible subspecies, viz. ssp. livida and ssp. tuberculata. Here, we explain that the two subspecies can be distinguished based on morphology, phylogenetic analyses of nuclear ITS sequences, genetic distance, and a haplotype network, as well as by substrate preference....

Fruiting body configuration in Phlebia tuberculata (a–f) compared with Phlebia livida (g–l). a, b Ghobad-Nejhad 634 c, d Ghobad-Nejhad 796 e, f Hallenberg 9015 g, h Miettinen 101 i, j Hallenberg 3876 k, l Kotiranta 22433. Scale bars a–d and g–l = 3 mm, scale bars e–f = 1 mm

Vuilleminia is a basidiomycete genus the species of which have resupinate, corticioid fruiting bodies. It is apparently a North Hemisphere genus, and the majority of its species are distributed in Europe and western Asia. In North America, there are two reports of Vuilleminia comedens. Detailed study of North American specimens and comparisons with...

The Caucasus region is a hotspot of biodiversity and is one of the few areas in the Northern Hemisphere which harbor Pleistocene glacial refugia. The region encompasses Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the southernmost European Russia, NE Turkey, and northern Iran. The study on fungal composition of the Caucasus region and its connection and possible...

The Caucasus region is a hotspot of biodiversity and is one of the few areas in the Northern Hemisphere which harbor Pleistocene glacial refugia. The region encompasses Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the southernmost European Russia, NE Turkey, and northern Iran. The study on fungal composition of the Caucasus region and its connection and possible...

A new corticioid species with a pinkish fruiting body is described from East Azerbaijan Province, Iran, based on nuclear ITS and LSU sequence data and morphology. Erythricium atropatanum sp. nov. is recognized by its closely adnate, pinkish fruiting body, large and broadly ellipsoid to fusoid basidiospores with densely granulate contents, and lack...

Vuilleminia is a corticioid genus common in Europe whose species inhabit decaying and dead attached wood of angiosperms. To examine the circumscription of the genus and the phylogenetic relationships among its species, we analyzed nuclear ribosomal sequence data from the ITS region and the LSU gene with maximum parsimony and Bayesian methods and al...

Vuilleminia is a corticioid genus common in Europe whose species inhabit decaying and dead attached wood of angiosperms. To examine the circumscription of the genus and the phylogenetic relationships among its species, we analyzed nuclear ribosomal sequence data from the ITS region and the LSU gene with maximum parsimony and Bayesian methods and al...

Peniophora laeta is easily recognized because it is restricted to Carpinus as host in Europe, and the reddish yellow basidioma is provided with prominent teeth or hyphal pegs, disrupting the bark when developing. P. pseudonuda was earlier not even thought of as related to P. laeta, because basidiomata are smooth and developing on the bark. Moreover...

Diplomitoporus rimosus is a white rot polypore widely distributed in western N America, collected once in Africa, and is reported here from Iran. Molecular phylogenetic analyses of partial nuclear ribosomal LSU and ITS revealed that, unlike the generic type D. flavescens nested within the polyporoid clade, D. rimosus is positioned in the hymenochae...

A new corticioid fungus with smooth, globose, amyloid spores is described. Gloiothele ventricosa sp. nov. is characterized by its smooth hymenophore, ventricose gloeocystidia, globose to subglobose basidiospores with amyloid walls, and numerous hyphidia. The affinities to some other species in the genus and related genera are discussed and illustra...

Th is is the fi rst combined checklist of corticioid and polypore species from the territories in the Caucasus region, including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Caucasus, NE Turkey, and N–NW Iran. Altogether 389 corticioid and 246 polypore species are known from the area, 74 of which are reported as new to the entire region. Each record inclu...