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🍄 Five new fungal species have been discovered on dead branches in Yunnan Province, China, including Anastomitrabeculia yunnanensis, Coryneum lincangense, and Helicoma nixiense, expanding our understanding of saprobic microfungi diversity in the region: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.140.205151

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 19h

🍄 Two new mushroom species have been identified in northeast China: Bolbitius planoflavus and Bolbitius fuscopapillatus: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.140.203173

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 30/09/2026

🐛 Seven new fungal species have been identified in association with destructive bark beetle outbreaks affecting pine forests in China. This comprehensive study has also documented 20 ophiostomatalean fungal species from infested trees: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.140.199146

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 29/09/2026

🧬 Complete mitochondrial genomes of five Thaxterogaster fungal species have been sequenced and analysed for the first time, revealing important information about the genetic structure and evolutionary characteristics of this fascinating genus: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.140.205520

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 28/09/2026

🍄 A comprehensive study of medicinal fungi in China has revealed two new species of Ganoderma and resolved a taxonomic debate, clarifying that what Asian researchers had mistakenly identified as a European species was actually an entirely distinct Asian fungus: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.140.204190

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 28/09/2026

🍄 Two new fungal species have been discovered in the Hainan Tropical Rainforest, thus expanding our understanding of the poorly-studied Graphostromataceae family in tropical regions: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.140.206566

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 28/09/2026

🍄 Two new fungal species, Resupinatus meihui and R. cinereofuscus, have been discovered in China, bringing the number of known Chinese species in this genus to 14: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.140.202233

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 25/09/2026

🔬🌍 We were delighted to attend "Handling Evidence: a Cross-Disciplinary Perspective" by Dmitry Schigel at #TDWG2026. Schigel is an author and reviewer in our journal and presented how biodiversity communities can improve evidence handling by drawing inspiration from different disciplines. @tdwg.org

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 23/09/2026

📍 We're featured at @pensoft.net's booth at #TDWG2026, running this week in Oslo! 📚 Come and find out more about the scope of our journal and how we can support your research. @tdwg.org #BiodiversityData

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 17/09/2026

🍄 Two new fungal species, Chloridium jiangxiense and Paragongromeriza jiangxiensis, have been discovered in Jiangxi Province, China: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.140.205743

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 16/09/2026

🍃 A taxonomic revision of the lichen genus Bunodophoron in New Caledonia has identified four species living in the region's montane rainforests, two of which are new to science: B. flagellare and B. imbricatum. Access the full study: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.140.197771

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 15/09/2026

🍄 A comprehensive new dataset has been built from nearly 1,800 fungal sequences, bringing together fragmented genetic data on ophiostomatoid fungi, a group of beetle-associated microfungi that includes some serious tree pathogens: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.140.201772

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 14/09/2026

Three new foliar fungal pathogens infecting vine tea (Nekemias grossedentata) have been identified in Hubei, China: Coniella ampelopsidis, Colletotrichum enshiense, and Pestalotiopsis ampelopsidis. Full study: doi.org/10.3897/myco...

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 10/09/2026

New fungal species Biscogniauxia barriae has been found living a "double life": as an endophyte in Douglas-fir needles in coastal BC, and producing stromata on dead hardwoods. Learn more about its ecological properties: doi.org/10.3897/myco... #fungi #newspecies

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IMA Fungus @imafungus.pensoft.net · 09/09/2026

#Fungi sustain food, medicine & climate resilience, but #mycologists from low-income countries often can't afford to attend global conferences. The International Mycological Association is raising $30k for #IMC13 travel awards. You can help make fungal science more inclusive 👇 #gofundme #science

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Supporting Fungal Scientists From Low-Income Countries 

Fungi are essential to life on Earth, supporting food production, ecosystem health, medicine, and climate resilience. Yet many scientists studying fungi, especially those working in low-income countri...

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 09/09/2026

🍄Four new #fungal species of Distoseptispora described from decaying wood in Fujian, Jiangxi, and Yunnan, China: D. acropleurogena, D. distoseptata, D. ellipsoidea, and D. jiulianshanensis. 👉 doi.org/10.3897/myco... #fungi #newspecies

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 08/09/2026

🍄 Two new species of polypore fungi, Coriolopsis albescens and Polyporus laoshanensis, have been discovered during a survey of wood-decaying fungi in Jiangsu Province, China: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.139.209057

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 08/09/2026

🌱 Our team has touched down in Brussels for #NeoBiota2026 - the 14th International Conference on Biological Invasions! Here through 11 Sept. Come chat with our team about Pensoft Publishers' publishing portfolio - journals, books & conference services. We'd love to connect 🤝

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 03/09/2026

🍄 Four new species of fungus from the genus Botryobasidium have been discovered in eastern China: B. fujianensis, B. fusisporellum, B. subconiferarum and B. macrosporum. Read more: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.139.206012

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 03/09/2026

🍄 Two new fungal species have been discovered living among the roots of a medicinal plant in Anhui Province, China, with a third fungus recorded on this plant for the first time: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.139.197994

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Pensoft @pensoft.net · 03/09/2026

📍 We recently attended the 4th BioSyst.EU meeting in Uppsala, Sweden, held in the very city where taxonomy was born! ➡️ Read the full recap on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2026/09/03/p... #BioSyst2026

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Pensoft at the 4th BioSyst.EU Meeting 2026 | Blog

The 4th BioSyst.EU meeting took place in Uppsala, Sweden, from 17 to 19 August 2026, organised by the Swedish Systematics Association, in collaboration with Uppsala University.

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Metabarcoding and Metagenomics @mbmg.pensoft.net · 01/09/2026

🧬The OPENBAR initiative (a @biogeneurope.bsky.social project) is launching two efforts to build a community #DNA #barcoding field guide: a 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦 (𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝟏𝟓, 𝟏𝟒-𝟏𝟔 𝐂𝐄𝐓) and a 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲 on lab realities. Open to researchers across the field. Register for the online forum: mbmg.pensoft.net/news/1456

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Join BGE+ in developing a DNA barcoding field guide

DNA barcoding has reshaped biodiversity research, but it still doesn't come with a manual. Researchers are largely left to figure out best practices on their own, often the hard way. Now, the...

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 31/08/2026

🍄 Three new species of the mushroom genus Pholiotina have been discovered in China's Jilin Province and Xizang Autonomous Region: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.139.201595

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 31/08/2026

🍃 Four new species of fungus, all belonging to the genus Pseudoplagiostoma, have been described after being found on diseased leaves in China, each named after the plant it was discovered on. Read more: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.139.207860

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 28/08/2026

🍄 Two new species of mushroom-forming fungi, Laccaria daliensis and Laccaria violaceonana, have been discovered and described from southwestern China: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.139.175697

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 28/08/2026

#NewSpecies Three new wood-inhabiting #fungal species described from Southwest China: Phanerochaete albomarginata, P. nigella, and Rhizochaete membranacea. Full #OpenAccess study: doi.org/10.3897/myco...

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 27/08/2026

Multigene phylogeny of the mushroom genus Conocybe reveals it splits into two clades, with one blending traits of a different section entirely. Two new species discovered in SW China: C. maculatostriata (striped cap) and C. lidaensis (unique cystidia). 🍄 Full study: doi.org/10.3897/myco...

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 27/08/2026

Three new Colletotrichum species described from diseased leaves in Fujian, China: C. millettii, C. pleioblasti, and C. wuyishanense. Multigene #phylogenetics + morphology confirm their novelty, hinting at more undescribed diversity in this important plant-pathogen genus. 🍃 👉 doi.org/10.3897/myco...

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 26/08/2026

🍄The Inocybe tiliae group, mostly known from Europe, is now confirmed in China too. A multigene phylogeny reveals 4 new species and expands the group's circumscription to 12 species plus two species complexes, defined by distinctive stipe, pileus, and odor traits. Full study: doi.org/10.3897/myco...

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 26/08/2026

🍄 Two new #fungal species, Veronaea guizhouensis and Veronaea terrestris, have been discovered in freshwater and terrestrial habitats in Guizhou Province, China: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.139.206673 #newspecies #fungi

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 25/08/2026

🔬 A new lichen species, Myriospora hilitzeri, has been described from the Czech Republic, Germany and Italy, named in honour of Czech lichenologist and science fiction writer Alfred C. Hilitzer. ➡️ Learn more: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.139.200273

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 24/08/2026

🔬 Three new species of Trichoderma fungi have been discovered, isolated from prized medicinal caterpillar fungi (Ophiocordyceps) and a Dracaena plant, with their identities confirmed using both DNA analysis and physical examination: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.139.198944

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 24/08/2026

🍄 Small medicinal sclerotia have been successfully grown in the lab from Xylaria minima, a fungus related to the prized "Wulingshen" used in traditional Chinese medicine, by cultivating it on termite nest material: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.139.206447 @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social @tu-braunschweig.de

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 21/08/2026

🍄Two new Ganoderma species described: G. ficuum (Guangdong, China) with distinctly truncated basidiospores, and G. fijiense (Nadi, Fiji) with spinulose spore ornamentation. Multi-gene phylogenetics (ITS, TEF1-α, RPB2) confirm both as independent, well-supported lineages: doi.org/10.3897/myco...

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 21/08/2026

🍄 Two new fungal species, Ericboehmia guizhouensis and Psiloglonium yunnanense, have been described from southwestern China, expanding the known diversity of Hysteriaceae #fungi: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.138.197356

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 20/08/2026

🍃 Two new #fungal species, Alternaria unguiculatae and Alternaria hainanensis, have been identified from diseased cowpea leaves in Hainan Province, China: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.138.205866

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 20/08/2026

🍄 Three new species of #Penicillium #mould - P. longyangense, P. longlingense and P. zhenyuanense - have been identified from agricultural soils in mountainous parts of Yunnan Province, China: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.138.198488 #newspecies

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 19/08/2026

🍄 Three new species of insect-killing #fungus have been discovered in Guizhou's Fodingshan Nature Reserve, each identified through a combination of physical features and the hosts they were found infecting. ➡️ Full study: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.138.198399

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 19/08/2026

🍄Great talk from Martin Ryberg of Uppsala Uni at #BioSyst2026: "Tripling the number of described Piloderma spp." 🧬Combining fieldwork, #herbarium #DNA data & mycologist networks, the team described 5 new species of this ectomycorrhizal #fungus genus - now 18 in total!

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 17/08/2026

🎉 We were delighted to welcome Oleksandr Ordynets to the @pensoft.net booth at #biosyst2026! 👉 Ordynets is an author and reviewer for our journal! Check out one of their papers on the genus Subulicystidium here: mycokeys.pensoft.net/article/25678/ @systassn.bsky.social

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 17/08/2026

The first genetic data for the type species of the fungal genus Litschauerella have been generated, whilst the related genus Tubulicium has been shown to belong in a different taxonomic order. 🍄 Full study: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.138.203229

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 12/08/2026

🏔️ Extensive fieldwork and herbarium research across the Alps and Northern Apennines have revealed 518 lichen occurrences representing 288 taxa, including 33 species newly recorded for Italy. Full study: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.138.197797 @uni-graz.at @smnstuttgart.bsky.social

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 12/08/2026

🌿 Two new fungal species living harmlessly inside Itea plants have been discovered in Northern Thailand, Diaporthe iteae and Neptunomyces iteae, alongside a first-ever record of Diaporthe coracoralinae on this host and region: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.138.203334

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 11/08/2026

🍄 Two new fungal species have been discovered in northern Thailand, Anastomitrabeculia chiangraiensis and Roussoella chiangraiensis, found growing on dead wood and bamboo respectively: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.138.189855

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 10/08/2026

🍂 Two new species of rust fungus affecting wild roses in China, Phragmidium shennongjiaense and P. xinjiangense, have been discovered and described using specimens held in major herbaria worldwide: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.138.201984

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 10/08/2026

🍄 Two new fungal species, Coniochaeta saxicola and C. terricola, have been discovered in rock and soil samples collected across northern Thailand: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.138.197253

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 10/08/2026

🍄 Two new fungal species, Campanella albomarginata and Crustomyces odontoideus, have been discovered in the tropical forests of Yunnan Province, China: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.138.203655

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 07/08/2026

🍄 Three new species of wood-inhabiting fungus - Hymenochaete zhashuiensis, Hyphoderma brevicystidiatum and Steccherinum shangzhouense - have been discovered in China's Qinling Mountains: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.138.204396

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