Unambiguous identification of fungi: where do we stand and how accurate and precise is fungal DNA barcoding?

Unambiguous identification of fungi: where do we stand and how accurate and precise is fungal DNA barcoding?

ABSTRACT True fungi (Fungi) and fungus-like organisms (e.g. Mycetozoa, Oomycota) constitute the second largest group of organisms based on global richness estimates, with around 3 million predicted species. Compared to plants and animals, fungi have simple body plans with often morphologically and e...

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Main Authors: Robert Lücking, M. Catherine Aime, Barbara Robbertse, Andrew N. Miller, Hiran A. Ariyawansa, Takayuki Aoki, Gianluigi Cardinali, Pedro W. Crous, Irina S. Druzhinina, David M. Geiser, David L. Hawksworth, Kevin D. Hyde, Laszlo Irinyi, Rajesh Jeewon, Peter R. Johnston, Paul M. Kirk, Elaine Malosso, Tom W. May, Wieland Meyer, Maarja Öpik, Vincent Robert, Marc Stadler, Marco Thines, Duong Vu, Andrey M. Yurkov, Ning Zhang, Conrad L. Schoch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-07-01
Series:IMA Fungus
Subjects:
COX1
COX2
Oxford Nanopore technologies
PacBio
RPB2
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s43008-020-00033-z

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