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Diversity and taxonomy of overlooked fungal groups

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Diversity and taxonomy of overlooked fungal groups

Of the estimated total number of fungal species, 1.5 to 6.3 million, only about 150.000 have been described so far. A large part of fungal diversity remains undescribed. In our studies, unexplored fungi that have some significance for humans. These include fungi with the potential to produce new chemical compounds and fungi important for environmental protection. We conduct high-quality taxonomic studies using genomic data and environmental DNA (envDNA) based geography tools. We make advanced taxonomic methods accessible to the broader mycological community. Our work has led to the description of one new family and numerous new genera and species.

The main results are summarized in the following works, which also highlight the extent of our international collaboration.

  • Kubátová A, Hujslová M, Frisvad JC, Chudíčková M, Kolařík M (2019) Taxonomic revision of the biotechnologically important species Penicillium oxalicum with the description of two new species from acidic and saline soils. Mycological Progress 18: 215-228.
  • Holec J, Kunca V, Kolařík M (2019) Tricholomopsis badinensis sp. nov. and T. sulphureoides—two rare fungi of European old-growth forests. Mycological Progress 18: 321-334.
  • Janda V, Kříž M, Kolařík M (2019) Butyriboletus regius and Butyriboletus fechtneri: typification of two well-known species. Czech Mycol 71: 1-32.
  • Kříž M, Jindřich O, Kolařík M (2019) Contribution to the knowledge of mycobiota of Central European dry grasslands: Phaeoclavulina clavarioides and Phaeoclavulina roellinii (Gomphales). Czech Mycology 7: 137-150.
  • Antonín V, Borovička J, Holec J, Piltaver A, Kolařík M (2019) Taxonomic update of Clitocybula sensu lato with a new generic classification. Fungal Biology 123: 431-447.
  • Caboň M, Li G-J, Saba M, Kolařík M, Jančovičová S, Khalid AN, Moreau P-A, Wen H-A, Pfister DH, Adamčík S (2019) Phylogenetic study documents different speciation mechanisms within the Russula globispora lineage in boreal and arctic environments of the Northern Hemisphere. IMA Fungus 10: 5.
  • Stadler M, Lambert C, Wibberg D, Kalinowski J, Cox RJ, Kolařík M, Kuhnert E (2020) Intragenomic polymorphisms in the ITS region of high-quality genomes of the Hypoxylaceae (Xylariales, Ascomycota). Mycological Progress 19: 235-245.
  • Větrovský T, et al. (2020) GlobalFungi, a global database of fungal occurrences from high-throughput-sequencing metabarcoding studies. Scientific Data 7: 228.
  • Réblová M, Nekvindová J, Kolařík M, Hernández-Restrepo M (2021) Delimitation and phylogeny of Dictyochaeta, and introduction of Achrochaeta and Tubulicolla, genera nova. Mycologia 113: 390-433.
  • Réblová M, Kolařík M, Nekvindová J, Miller AN, Hernández-Restrepo M (2021) Phylogeny, global biogeography and pleomorphism of Zanclospora. Microorganisms 9: 706.
  • Kolařík M, Stępniewska H, Jankowiak R (2021) Taxonomic revision of the acidophilic genus Acidiella (Dothideomycetes, Capnodiales) with a description of new species from Poland. Plant Systematics and Evolution 307: 1-13.
  • Holec J, Vampola P, Kout J, Beran M, Krisai-Greilhuber I, Hahn C, Kolařík M (2021) Polyporus tubaeformis (Basidiomycota, Polyporaceae)-identity, ecology and distribution in the Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia and Ukraine. Sydowia 73: 245-256
  • Réblová M, Kolařík M, Nekvindová J, Réblová J, Sklenář F, Miller AN, Hernández-Restrepo M (2021) Phylogenetic reassessment, taxonomy, and biogeography of Codinaea and similar fungi. Journal of Fungi 7: 1097.
  • Kolařík M, Wei I, Hsieh S-Y, Piepenbring M, Kirschner R (2021) Nucleotide composition bias of rDNA sequences as a source of phylogenetic artifacts in Basidiomycota—a case of a new lineage of a uredinicolous Ramularia-like anamorph with affinities to Ustilaginomycotina. Mycological Progress 20: 1553-1571. 
  • Holec J, Borovička J, Peintner U, Kolařík M (2022) Towards consolidation of Gymnopilus taxonomy: the case of G. stabilis, G. sapineus, and G. penetrans. Mycological Progress 21:327-343.
  • Antonín V, Hosaka K, Kolařík M. (2023) Taxonomy and phylogeny of Paramarasmius gen. nov. and Paramarasmius mesosporus, a worldwide distributed fungus with a strict ecological niche. Plant Biosystems-An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology: 157:2, 286-293
  • Karasiński D, Nagy LG, Szarkándi JG, Dvořák D, Kolařík M, Holec J. (2023) Cyphelloporia bialoviesensis (Fungi, Agaricales)—a new genus and species for a giant cyphelloid fungus from Białowieża virgin forest in Poland. Phytotaxa 589:119-136.
  • Kolařík M, Vrublevskaya M, Kajzrová S, Kulišová M, Kolouchová IJ. (2023) Taxonomic analysis reveals host preference of rare fungi in endophytes of Vitis vinifera from the Czech Republic. Folia microbiologica:1-15.
  • Cedeño-Sanchez M, Cheng T, Lambert C, Kolarík M, Kuhnert E, Cox RJ, et al. Unraveling intragenomic polymorphisms in the high-quality genome of Hypoxylaceae: a comprehensive study of the rDNA cistron. Mycological Progress. 2024;23:5.
  • Valda S, Kolařík M (2024) Surprising discovery of Sedecula pulvinata in Central Europe–is it really a species endemic to the western USA? Czech Mycology, 76: 33-44