The Fungi: 1, 2, 3 ... 5.1 million species?

Premise of the study: Fungi are major decomposers in certain ecosystems and essential associates of many organisms. They provide enzymes and drugs and serve as experimental organisms. In 1991, a landmark paper estimated that there are 1.5 million fungi on the Earth. Because only 70000 fungi had been...

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Published in:	American journal of botany Vol. 98; no. 3; pp. 426 - 438
Main Author:	Blackwell, Meredith
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Botanical Society of America 01.03.2011 Botanical Society of America, Inc
Subjects:	Animals Anura Ascomycota Biodiversity Biological taxonomies Botany Cambaridae Chiroptera cholesterol classification crayfish drugs ecosystems Environmental Microbiology enzymes frogs fungal habitats fungal phylogeny Fungi Fungi - classification Fungi - genetics genetics Habitats Harbors humans Metabolites microbiology molecular methods Mycology new species Nonnative species nucleotide sequences numbers of fungi Oryza sativa pathogens Phylogenetics Phylogeny Plants Plants - microbiology potatoes Predators rice Secondary metabolites soil ecology Soil fungi Solanum tuberosum Species diversity Species Specificity Taxonomy Yeasts
ISSN:	0002-9122, 1537-2197, 1537-2197
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