Michal Tomšovský

• Ph.D.
• Professor at Mendel University in Brno

Although spatial and temporal variation are both important components structuring microbial communities, the exact quantification of temporal turnover rates of fungi and bacteria has not been performed to date. In this study, we utilised repeated resampling of bacterial and fungal communities at specific locations across multiple years to describe...

Melanoleuca is one of the taxonomically most complicated genera of Agaricomycetes. The aim of this study is a taxonomic revision of European specimens confused with M. angelesiana A.H. Sm. and a delimitation of four species, M. brachyspora Harmaja, M. graminicola (Velen.) K€ uhner & Maire, M. rufipes Bon and M. stridula (Fr.) Singer. The research i...

The phenomenon of cryptic species is widespread among various fungal lineages. Fomes inzengae (Ces. & De Not.) Cooke has been recently recognized as a South European kin of wood-decay basidiomycete F. fomentarius (L.) Fr. due to the problematic morphological identification of both species, their taxonomic status has been disputed. The aim of this r...

During 25 surveys of global Phytophthora diversity, conducted between 1998 and 2020, 43 new species were detected in natural ecosystems and, occasionally, in nurseries and outplantings in Europe, Southeast and East Asia and the Americas. Based on a multigene phylogeny of nine nuclear and four mitochondrial gene regions they were assigned to five of...

A new ophiostomatoid fungus involved in the decline of walnuts was discovered in Czechia. The fungus was isolated from necrotic wood surrounding the larval galleries of Dryocoetes himalayensis, the alien bark beetle attacking walnut trees. This insect species is rather unique within hardwood-associated bark beetle species for its aggressiveness and...

Somion occarium is a wood-decaying bracket fungus belonging to an order known to be rich in useful chemical compounds. Despite its widespread distribution, S. occarium has been assessed as endangered on at least one national Red List, presumably due to loss of old-growth forest habitat. Here, we present a near-complete, annotated nuclear genome ass...

Hymenochaetaceae is a large and noteworthy family of macrobasidiomycetes predominantly growing on woody plants. Several Hymenochaetaceae members have a long history of recognition in traditional medicine and modern pharmacological studies have demonstrated their therapeutic properties. This review comprehensively surveys the studies on biological a...

Hymenochaetaceae is a large and noteworthy family of macrobasidiomycetes predominantly growing on woody plants. Several Hymenochaetaceae members have a long history of recognition in traditional medicine and modern pharmacological studies have demonstrated their therapeutic properties. This review comprehensively surveys the studies on biological a...

With the simultaneous growth in interest from the mycological community to discover fungal species and classify them, there is also an important need to assemble all taxonomic information onto common platforms. Fungal classification is facing a rapidly evolving landscape and organizing genera into an appropriate taxonomic hierarchy is central to be...

The first Spanish records of Melanoleuca galbuserae are published from two localities in the Pyrenees; a third locality published here is situated in the adjacent French part of these mountains. The identity of this species is confirmed morphologically and with phylogenetic methods. Its distribution and ecology are discussed. Melanoleuca galbuserae...

Phytophthora diversity was examined in eight forest and ornamental nurseries in the Czech Republic. A leaf baiting isolation technique and, in two nurseries, also Illumina DNA metabarcoding were used to reveal the diversity of Phytophthora in soil and irrigation water and compare the efficacy of both approaches. In total, baiting revealed the occur...

The Global Consortium for the Classification of Fungi and fungus-like taxa is an international initiative of more than 550 mycologists to develop an electronic structure for the classification of these organisms. The members of the Consortium originate from 55 countries/regions worldwide, from a wide range of disciplines, and include senior, mid-ca...

Aim How community composition varies in space and what governs the variation has been extensively investigated in macroorganisms. However, we have only limited knowledge of microorganisms, especially fungi, despite their ecological and economic significance. Based on previous research, we define and test a series of hypotheses regarding the composi...

Fuscoporia contigua (Pers.) G. Cunn.; Fuscoporia torulosa (Pers.) T. Wagner & M. Fisch. - HYMENOCHAETACEAE Yusufjon Gafforov, Oksana Mykchaylova, Michal Tomšovský, Manzura Yarasheva, Hasan Hüseyin Doğan, Young Woon Lim et Sylvie Rapior. Fuscoporia contigua (Pers.) G. Cunn.; Fuscoporia torulosa (Pers.) T. Wagner & M. Fisch. - HYMENOCHAETACEAE. Page...

Stereum hirsutum (Willd.) Pers.; Stereum rugosum Pers. - STEREACEAE Yusufjon Gafforov, Milena Rašeta, Michal Tomšovský, Manzura Yarasheva, Muhammad Zafar et Sylvie Rapior. Stereum hirsutum (Willd.) Pers.; Stereum rugosum Pers. - STEREACEAE. Pages 1445-1458. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-23031-8_125 ; hal-04373913v1

Ganoderma adspersum (Schulzer) Donk; Ganoderma applanatum (Pers.) Pat.; Ganoderma lucidum (Curtis) P. Karst.; Ganoderma resinaceum Boud. - GANODERMATACEAE Yusufjon Gafforov, Aisha Umar, Soumya Ghosh, Michal Tomšovský, Mustafa Yamaç, Milena Rašeta, Manzura Yarasheva, Wan Abd Al Qadr Imad Wan-Mohtar et Sylvie Rapior. Ganoderma adspersum (Schulzer) D...

Lentinus arcularius (Batsch) Zmitr.; Lentinus brumalis (Pers.) Zmitr.; Lentinus ciliatus (Fr.) Zmitr.; Lentinus squarrosulus Mont.; Lentinus tigrinus (Bull.) Fr. - POLYPORACEAE Yusufjon Gafforov, Paola Angelini, Gaia Cusumano, Roberto Venanzoni, Giancarlo Angeles Flores, Michal Tomšovský, Manzura Yarasheva, Milena Rašeta, Rainer W. Bussmann et Sylv...

Laetiporus sulphureus (Bull.) Murrill - FOMITOPSIDACEAE . Yusufjon Gafforov, Michal Tomšovský, Lei Cai, Paola Angelini, Gaia Cusumano, Roberto Venanzoni, Giancarlo Angeles Flores, Milena Rašeta, Sunil K. Deshmukh et Sylvie Rapior. Laetiporus sulphureus (Bull.) Murrill - FOMITOPSIDACEAE. Pages 1219-1236. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-23031-8_115 ; hal-04373...

Cerrena unicolor (Bull.) Murrill - CERRENACEAE Yusufjon Gafforov, Oksana Mykchaylova, Michal Tomšovský, Manzura Yarasheva, Bekhzod Abdullaev, Rainer W. Bussmann et Sylvie Rapior. Cerrena unicolor (Bull.) Murrill - CERRENACEAE. Pages 973-991 ; doi:10.1007/978-3-031-23031-8_103 ; hal-04373511v1

Irpex lacteus (Fr.) Fr. - IRPICACEAE Yusufjon Gafforov, Sunil K. Deshmukh, Michal Tomšovský, Manzura Yarasheva, Mengcen Wang et Sylvie Rapior. Irpex lacteus (Fr.) Fr. - IRPICACEAE. Pages 1203-1217. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-23031-8_114 ; hal-04373787v1

Phellinus igniarius (L.) Quél.; Phellinus pomaceus (Pers.) Maire; Phellinus tremulae (Bondartsev) Bondartsev & P.N. Borisov - HYMENOCHAETACEAE Yusufjon Gafforov, Oksana Mykchaylova, Masoomeh Ghobad-Nejhad, Michal Tomšovský, Manzura Yarasheva, Hasan Hüseyin Doğan, Sylvie Rapior et Li-Wei Zhou. Phellinus igniarius (L.) Quél.; Phellinus pomaceus (Per...

Trametes betulina (L.) Pilát.; Trametes cinnabarina (Jacq.) Fr.; Trametes gibbosa (Pers.) Fr.; Trametes hirsuta (Wulfen) Lloyd; Trametes pubescens (Schumach.) Pilát; Trametes suaveolens (L.) Fr.; Trametes versicolor (L.) Lloyd - POLYPORACEAE

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

Fomes fomentarius (L.) Fr. - POLYPORACEAE Yusufjon Gafforov, Liudmila Kalitukha, Michal Tomšovský, Paola Angelini, Roberto Venanzoni, Giancarlo Angeles Flores, Manzura Yarasheva, Wan Abd Al Qadr Imad Wan-Mohtar et Sylvie Rapior. Fomes fomentarius (L.) Fr. - POLYPORACEAE. Pages 1045-1063. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-23031-8_106 ; hal-04373699v1 ; hal-043...

Schizophyllum commune Fr.- SCHIZOPHYLLACEAE Yusufjon Gafforov, Milena Rašeta, Manzura Yarasheva, Lorenzo Pecoraro, Michal Tomšovský, Chunying Deng, Christopher Hobbs et Sylvie Rapior. Schizophyllum commune Fr.- SCHIZOPHYLLACEAE. Pages 1417-1443. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-23031-8_124 ; hal-04373908v1 ; hal-04385194v1

Fomitopsis betulina (Bull.) B.K. Cui, M.L. Han & Y.C. Dai; Fomitopsis pinicola (Sw.) P. Karst. - FOMITOPSIDACEAE Yusufjon Gafforov, Sunil K. Deshmukh, Shilpa A. Verekar, Michal Tomšovský, Manzura Yarasheva, Jia-Jia Chen, Ewald Langer et Sylvie Rapior. Fomitopsis betulina (Bull.) B.K. Cui, M.L. Han & Y.C. Dai; Fomitopsis pinicola (Sw.) P. Karst. -...

Cerioporus squamosus (Huds.) Quél.; Cerioporus leptocephalus (Fr.) Zmitr. & Kovalenko - POLYPORACEAE Yusufjon Gafforov, Sunil K. Deshmukh, Shilpa A. Verekar, Sylvie Rapior, Michal Tomšovský, Milena Rašeta, Manzura Yarasheva et Lei Cai. Cerioporus squamosus (Huds.) Quél.; Cerioporus leptocephalus (Fr.) Zmitr. & Kovalenko - POLYPORACEAE. Pages 959-9...

Fomitiporia hippophaeicola (H. Jahn) Fiasson & Niemelä; Fomitiporia punctata (P. Karst.) Murrill; Fomitiporia robusta (P. Karst.) Fiasson & Niemelä - HYMENOCHAETACEAE

Funalia trogii (Berk.) Bondartsev & Singer - POLYPORACEAE Yusufjon Gafforov, Milena Rašeta, Michal Tomšovský, Ting-Chi Wen, Makhkamov Trobjon et Sylvie Rapior. Funalia trogii (Berk.) Bondartsev & Singer - POLYPORACEAE. Pages 1103-1119. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-23031-8_109 ; hal-04373733v1

Laricifomes officinalis (Vill.) Kotl. & Pouzar - FOMITOPSIDACEAE Yusufjon Gafforov, Bożena Muszyńska, Katarzyna Sułkowska-Ziaja, Michal Tomšovský, Manzura Yarasheva, Lorenzo Pecoraro, Oksana Mykchaylova et Sylvie Rapior. Laricifomes officinalis (Vill.) Kotl. & Pouzar - FOMITOPSIDACEAE. Pages 1237-1251. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-23031-8_116 ; hal-04373...

Grifola frondosa (Dicks.) Gray - GRIFOLACEAE Yusufjon Gafforov, Milena Rašeta, Michal Tomšovský, Muhammad Zafar et Sylvie Rapior. Grifola frondosa (Dicks.) Gray - GRIFOLACEAE.. Pages 1171-1192. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-23031-8_112 ; hal-04373761v1 ; hal-04385099v1

Sanghuangporus lonicerinus (Bondartsev) Sheng H. Wu, L.W. Zhou & Y.C. Dai - HYMENOCHAETACEAE . Yusufjon Gafforov, Milena Rašeta, Manzura Yarasheva, Oksana Mykchaylova, Michal Tomšovský, Young Woon Lim, Bekhzod Abdullaev, Rainer W. Bussmann et Sylvie Rapior. Sanghuangporus lonicerinus (Bondartsev) Sheng H. Wu, L.W. Zhou & Y.C. Dai - HYMENOCHAETACEA...

Bjerkandera adusta (Willd.) P. Karst.; Bjerkandera fumosa (Pers.) P. Karst. - MERULIACEAE Yusufjon Gafforov, Milena Rašeta, Sylvie Rapior, Michal Tomšovský, Paola Angelini, Gaia Cusumano, Roberto Venanzoni, Giancarlo Angeles Flores, Manzura Yarasheva et Li-Wei Zhou. Bjerkandera adusta (Willd.) P. Karst.; Bjerkandera fumosa (Pers.) P. Karst. - MERU...

Waterways are ideal pathways for Phytophthora dispersal and potential introduction to terrestrial ecosystems. While many Phytophthora species from phylogenetic clades 6, 9 and 10 are predominant oomycetes in watercourses due to their adaptation to a lifestyle as saprotrophs and opportunistic pathogens of riparian plants, species from clades 2, 7 an...

Since 2013, symptoms indicative of I. nidus-pici infections were recorded in various stands in the central part of Serbia and several tree species from Fagaceae family were affected. After the detailed sampling, isolation and identification of the fungus using both classical and molecular methods, the current distribution and host range were determ...

Melanoleuca is one of the taxonomically most complicated genera of Agaricomycetes. The aim of this study is taxonomic revision of European specimens confused with M. angelesiana A.H. Sm. and delimitation of four species, M. brachyspora Harmaja, M. graminicola (Velen.) Kühner & Maire, M. rufipes Bon and M. stridula (Fr.) Singer. The research is base...

The genus Flaviporus (Polyporales, Steccherinaceae) includes species of polypores with watery and resinous basidiomes that shrink and become very hard upon drying. Recent studies indicated that F. liebmannii, one of the most common species of the genus in the Neotropics, is polyphyletic. In addition, several names have been associated with Flavipor...

Clearcutting represents a standard management practice in temperate forests with dramatic consequences for the forest ecosystem. The removal of trees responsible for the bulk of primary production can result in a complex response of the soil microbiome. While studies have shown that tree root-symbiotic ectomycorrhizal fungi disappear from soil and...

The interpretation of the outputs of acoustic tomography is often altered by different physical and mechanical parameters. Detailed information on the relationships between static mechanical properties and dynamic parameters of intact and degraded green wood can improve the results of this device-supported method used for tree stability assessment....

During extensive surveys of global Phytophthora diversity 14 new species detected in natural ecosystems in Chile, Indonesia, USA (Louisiana), Sweden, Ukraine and Vietnam were assigned to Phytophthora major Clade 10 based on a multigene phylogeny of nine nuclear and three mitochondrial gene regions. Clade 10 now comprises three subclades. Subclades...

This paper is the fourth contribution in the Genera of Phytopathogenic Fungi (GOPHY) series. The series provides morphological descriptions and information about the pathology, distribution, hosts and disease symptoms, as well as DNA barcodes for the taxa covered. Moreover, 12 whole-genome sequences for the type or new species in the treated genera...

During an oomycete survey in December 2015, 10 previously unknown Halophytophthora taxa were isolated from marine and brackish water of tidal ponds and channels in saltmarshes, lagoon ecosystems and river estuaries at seven sites along the Algarve coast in the South of Portugal. Phylogenetic analyses of LSU and ITS datasets, comprising all describe...

Revision of the taxonomically complicated European Melanoleuca taxa with well-developed macrocystidia (subgenus Melanoleuca) is presented. The species are delimited by macro- and micromorphological characters and by multilocus molecular data based on internal transcribed spacer (ITS), second largest subunit of RNA polymerase I (rpb2), and translati...

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 order to be relevant and translatable. However, a perfect species concept does not exist for Fungi. Here, we review the species concepts commonly used in Basidi...

The first record of Metuloidea fragrans in the Czech Republic in Podyjí National Park is reported. A description of macroscopic and microscopic characters is given, its habitat is characterised including photographs. The identification of the specimen was confirmed by the DNA sequence of the ITS region of the ribosomal RNA gene. The distribution an...

The family Steccherinaceae includes genera with smooth, hydnoid, and poroid hymenophores, monomitic to dimitic hyphal systems, and generative hyphae with clamps or simple septa. Steccherinum is the largest genus in the family, with a worldwide distribution, and is characterized mainly by a dimitic hyphal system and presence of thick-walled encruste...

Slow growing oomycete isolates with morphological resemblance to Phytophthora were obtained from forest streams during routine monitoring for the EU quarantine forest pathogen Phytophthora ramorum in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) sequence analysis indicated that they belonged to two previously unknown species of No...

Desarmillaria caespitosa, a North American vicariant species of European D. tabescens, is redescribed in detail based on recent collections from the USA and Mexico. This species is characterized by morphological features and multilocus phylogenetic analyses using portions of nuc rDNA 28S (28S), translation elongation factor 1-alpha (tef1), the seco...

Melanoleuca is one of the taxonomically most complicated genera of Agaricomycetes with several taxonomically lineages. The subgenus Urticocystis of the genus Melanoleuca contains species with either urticoid or absent cheilocystidia. In this paper, three new European species, Melanoleuca galbuserae, Melanoleuca fontenlae, and Melanoleuca acystidiat...

A population study of Phytophthora cactorum was performed using ddRADseq sequence variation analysis completed by the analysis of effector genes—RXLR6, RXLR7 and SCR113. The population structure was described by F-statistics, heterozygosity, nucleotide diversity, number of private alleles, number of polymorphic sites, kinship coefficient and struct...

Dothistroma septosporum, the primary causal agent of Dothistroma needle blight, is one of the most significant foliar pathogens of pine worldwide. Its wide host and environmental ranges have led to its global success as a pathogen and severe economic damage to pine forests in many regions. This comprehensive global population study elucidated the h...

Phytophthora is arguably one of the most damaging genera of plant pathogens. This pathogen is well suited to transmission via the international plant trade, and globalization has been promoting its spread since the 19th century. Early detection is essential for reducing its economic and ecological impact. Here, a shotgun proteomics approach was uti...

Fungi are key mediators of ecosystem processes in temperate forests. Hence, understanding of fungal community development is central to better understand the mechanisms driving shifts in ecosystem processes during forest succession. We studied fungal communities in soil, rhizosphere and roots in a Central European forest chronosequence (1–137 years...

Phytophthora cinnamomi is one of the most invasive tree pathogens that devastates wild and cultivated forests. Due to its wide host range, knowledge of the infection process at the molecular level is lacking for most of its tree hosts. To expand the repertoire of studied Phytophthora-woody plant interactions and identify molecular mechanisms that c...

Interactions between plants, insects and pathogens are complex and not sufficiently understood in the context of climate change. In this study, the impact of a root pathogen on a leaf-eating insect hosted by a tree species at elevated CO2 concentration is reported for the first time. The combined and isolated effects of CO2 and infection by the roo...

The type specimens of Pluteus dianae and P. punctatus from the Czech Republic were studied morphologically and molecularly. New collections identified by nrITS sequence analyses extend the distribution of P. dianae to Denmark, European Russia, and the Asian part of Turkey and of P. punctatus to Sweden. The application of these names is discussed; b...

In 2016 and 2017, surveys of Phytophthora diversity were performed in 25 natural and semi-natural forest stands and 16 rivers in temperate and subtropical montane and tropical lowland regions of Vietnam. Using baiting assays from soil samples and rivers and direct isolations from naturally fallen leaves, 13 described species, five informally design...

The genus Antrodiella includes resupinate and pileate species of polypores with a dimitic hyphal system, small, globose to cylindrical basidiospores, absence of cystidia, tetrapolar mating system, and haplo-dikaryotic nuclear behavior. Recent studies, however, indicate that Antrodiella is highly polyphyletic, so many of its species have been transf...

The wild and cultivated isolates of Pleurotus ostreatus were the subject of a phylogenetic analysis, AMOVA of DNA sequences, exact test of population differentiation, estimation of evolutionary divergence, and cardinal temperature measurement. Two significantly genetically separated groups (OA and OB) with limited mutual gene flow were revealed. Wh...

In addition to Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, two fungi identified as Diaporthe eres aff. and Fusarium sambucinum aff. were also isolated from necrotic bark lesions on declining one‐year‐old Fraxinus excelsior in a forest stand in Montenegro. To examine their involvement in ash decline, a pathogenicity test was performed using under bark inoculations on...

Mushroom-forming fungi (Agaricomycetes) have the greatest morphological diversity and complexity of any group of fungi. They have radiated into most niches and fulfil diverse roles in the ecosystem, including wood decomposers, pathogens or mycorrhizal mutualists. Despite the importance of mushroom-forming fungi, large-scale patterns of their evolut...

Junghuhnia is a genus of polypores traditionally characterised by a dimitic hyphal system with clamped generative hyphae and presence of encrusted skeletocystidia. However, recent molecular studies revealed that Junghuhnia is polyphyletic and most of the species cluster with Steccherinum, a morphologically similar genus separated only by a hydnoid...

During the monitoring of the health status of nurseries and plantations in Serbia, a decline in a 5‐year‐old Paulownia tomentosa plantation was recorded. Trees displayed symptoms of dieback, massive breaking at different positions, the appearance of decay and fungal fruitbodies at the stems. Using standard isolation methods, white colonies with cot...

Gloeoporus Mont. is characterized by an easily separated gelatinous hymenophore and a continuous hymenium over the pore mouth. Recent molecular taxonomic and phylogenetic research showed that morphological grouping of Gloeoporus is polyphyletic. The lack of comprehensive phylogenetic studies of Gloeoporus exacerbates confusion in determining the ta...

Understanding the factors that structure soil microbial communities and their relative importance in determining local community assemblages is fundamental to understanding how human activities, such as forest management, may impact soil ecosystems. We studied fungal communities in soil and litter under multiple sites dominated by spruce, beech and...

Forest management practices often severely affect forest ecosystem functioning. Tree removal by clearcutting is one such practice, producing severe impacts due to the total reduction of primary productivity. Here, we assessed changes to fungal community structure and decomposition activity in the soil, roots and rhizosphere of a Picea abies stand f...

Cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus) is a native plant species in Serbian forests, but is also widely used for ornamental plantings. Following two extremely wet summers in 2014 and 2015, in spring and summer of 2016 and 2017, numerous cherry laurel plants with symptoms indicative for Phytophthora diseases, like wilting and chlorosis of leaves, dieba...

DOTHISTROMA NEEDLE BLIGHT IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC. Needle casts are among the most important health problems of woody plants and forests in general. Together with common species of needle casts (Lophodermium pinastri, L. seditiosum or Cyclaneusma minus), Dothistroma needle blight (DNB) with its causal agent Dothistroma septosporum (Dorog.), M. More...

Seven Melanoleuca taxa related to M. exscissa were studied based on macromorphological and micromorphological characters, and DNA sequences of three genes of recent collections and herbarium specimens. One species, M. griseobrunnea from the Korea is described as new to science. The type specimens of M. cinerascens, M. diverticulata, M. kuehneri, M....

Porodaedalea chinensis is described and illustrated as a new species occurring on Pinus yunnanensis from southwestern China based on morphological and molecular characters. Phylogenetic analyses of the combined internal transcribed spacer (ITS) of ribosomal RNA gene and translation elongation factor 1-alpha (tef1-α) sequences show that the new spec...

Based on molecular evidence and morphological analyses, a new species in the genus Trametopsis is revealed. Trametopsis aborigena sp. nov. is proposed and described from South America. Molecular phylogenetic analyses of ITS and LSU rDNA sequences suggest that Trametopsis cervina seems to encompass more than one species and confirm previous results...

Melanoleuca strictipes (P. Karst.) Métrod, a species characterised by whitish colours and macrocystidia in the hymenium, has for years been identified as several different species. Based on morphological studies of 61 specimens from eight countries and a phylogenetic analysis of ITS sequences, including type material of M. subalpina and M. substric...

2017): Insights into the phylogeny of Northern Hemisphere Armillaria: Neighbor-net and Bayesian analyses of translation elongation factor 1-α gene sequences, Mycologia To link to this article: http://dx.

Four new species of the Ascomycete genus Microglossum are recognized, based on morphological characters and DNA sequences of nuc rDNA (ITS region and 28S gene) and the second largest subunit of RNA polymerase II (RPB2). They differ from Microglossum nudipes by the color of the ascocarps and the sizes and shapes of ascospores, asci, and paraphyses....

The reactions of isolates of Phytophthora cactorum, P. nicotianae and P. × pelgrandis to metalaxyl, mancozeb, dimethomorph, streptomycin and chloramphenicol were tested to obtain information about the variability of resistance in these pathogens. Distinct genetic groups showed significant differences in resistance to all tested substances except st...

Sarcodontia crocea (Schwein.) Kotl. (Kotlaba 1953: 117), is a resupinate wood-inhabiting basidiomycete with waxy, dentate-aculeate (toothed-spiny) hymenophore. This is characterized by the subulate, densely crowded spines, pale to sulphur-chrome yellow, turning to ochre and amber-brown with age; and a remarkable unpleasant acid-sweetish-fruity odou...

Collections of Gymnopus sect. Impudicae from the Republic of Korea are evaluated. Three recorded species (G. densilamellatus, G. similis, and G. variicolor) are described as new for the science: Gymnopus densilamellatus is macroscopically characterized as having a brown to reddish brown, sometimes pale ochraceous and later whitish pileus and crowde...

Fungi represent a group of soil microorganisms fulfilling important ecological functions. Although several studies have shown that yeasts represent a significant proportion of fungal communities, our current knowledge is based mainly on cultivation experiments. In this study, we used amplicon sequencing of environmental DNA to describe the composit...

The genus Loweomyces is characterized by resupinate to pileate, sessile to stipitate basidiomes, monomitic to dimitic hyphal system with presence of pseudoskeletal hyphae, thin-walled hymenial cystidia, and usually cyanophilous spore and hyphal walls. The genus has not been widely accepted and some authors placed Loweomyces species in Abortiporus,...

Ceriporiopsis latemarginata and Antrodiella angulatopora are two Neotropical polypores that are very similar morphologically and are characterized by effused-reflexed basidiomes, large angular pores, small ellipsoid to ovoid basidiopsores and a monomitic hyphal system with presence of thick-walled hyphae with infrequent clamps. In order to verify t...

The Phytophthora cactorum species complex in Europe is composed of P. cactorum, Phytophthora hedraiandra, and a hybrid species Phytophthora × serendipita. Evolutionary analyses using the amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) method were carried out on 133 isolates from 19 countries. The AFLP data were complemented by sequence analysis of th...

Clavaria atrofusca was described by Velenovský in 1939 based on a single small collection from the Czech Republic. The species is rather rare and until 2009 it had further only been recorded from Switzerland and Denmark. Since 2009 it has also been collected in Norway, Sweden and in 2014 in the Czech Republic. Because the type locality at Mnichovic...

Phellinus pilatii Černý differs from the genuine Phellinus species by the coloured basidiospores and its ecological features resemble to some Inonotus spp. Phylogenetical study was conducted to elucidate its position within Hymenochaetales. The DNA sequence data reveal its proximity Sanghuangporus − the newly described genus for some members of Ino...

Melanoleuca brevipes (basionym Agaricus brevipes) represents one of the most frequently identified Melanoleuca species. However, there are several concepts of this taxon, and thus the identity of this species is unclear. This species was studied, based on the original table by Bulliard, macromorphological and micromorphological characters, and DNA...

Bjerkandera is a worldwide polypore genus characterized by the pileate grayish basidiomes, often becoming darker when dried, and monomitic hyphal system. Tyromyces atroalbus is a rare Brazilian species re-discovered in recent surveys in São Paulo State. Even though it has been placed in Tyromyces, it presents a characteristic darkening of basidiome...

The strain Pleurotus ostreatus Florida f6, its 45 basidiospore-derived isolates (both monokaryons and dikaryons prepared in our laboratory), Trametes versicolor strain CCBAS 614 and 22 other T. versicolor isolates obtained from the sporocarps collected in distant localities were successfully preserved for 12 y using perlite and straw cryopreservati...