Diversity of Marine Fungi, 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

The oceans host a huge variety of microorganisms, including fungi, an active component of these communities. Indeed, marine fungi live as mutualists, parasites, pathogens, and saprobes and play a key role in the cycling of nutrients. Furthermore, these widespread organisms have been recovered worldwide from a range of biotic and abiotic substrates such as algae, sediments, invertebrates, and drift- and submerged wood. The definition of “marine fungus” has been recently updated as “any fungus retrieved repeatedly from marine environment that herein reproduces”. Although the total number of marine fungi has been estimated to exceed 10,000 taxa, fewer than 2000 species, belonging to 7 phyla, have been described. Consequently, most of the fungal diversity is yet to be discovered. The aim of this Special Issue is to provide an opportunity to improve the current knowledge of fungal marine biodiversity. Manuscripts dealing with fungal abundance, distribution, ecology, phylogeny, culturomics, metagenomics, and functional diversity in all marine environments and habitats are more than welcome.

Dr. Valeria Prigione
Dr. Anna Poli
Guest Editors

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• marine fungi
• systematics
• phylogeny
• polyphasic identification
• culturomics
• metabarcoding
• metagenomics
• biodiversity
• ecological role

• Diversity of Marine Fungi in Journal of Fungi (5 articles)