Fungal Conservation Committee
2024
Haelewaters D, Quandt CA, Bartrop L, Cazabonne J, Crockatt ME, Cunha SP, De Lange R, Dominici L, Douglas B, Drechsler-Santos ER, Heilmann-Clausen J, Irga PJ, Jakob S, Lofgren L, Martin TE, Muchane MN, Stallman JK, Verbeken A., Walker AK, Gonçalves SC. (2024) The power of citizen science to advance fungal conservation. Conservation Letters 17:e13013. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.13013
Kherlenchimeg N, Burenbaatar G, Baasanmunkh S, Tsegmed Z, Urgamal M, Bau T, Han S-K, Oh S-Y, Choi HJ (2024) Improved understanding of the macrofungal diversity of Mongolia: species richness, conservation status, and an annotated checklist. Mycobiology 52: 13–29. https://doi.org/10.1080/12298093.2023.2297485
Oyanedel R, Levi M, Furci G (2024) A call to include fungi in wildlife trade research and policy. Conservation Biology 38:e14340: 1–5. https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.14340
Yahr R, Allen JL, Atienza V, Burgartz F, Chrismas N, Dal Forno M, Degtjarenko P, Ohmura Y, Pérez-Ortega S, Randlane T, Reese Næsborg R, Simijaca- Salcedo D, von Hirschheydt G, Anderson F, Aptroot A, Balderas E, Borukhiyah N, Chandler AM, Chesa Marro M, Divakar PK, García RA, Herrera-Campos MÁ, Howe N, Joseph S, Larsen EM, Lendemer JC, McMullin RT, Michlig A, Moncada B, Paulsen J, Roa-García F, Rosentreter R, Scheidegger C, Sparrius LB and Stone DF (2024) Red Listing lichenized fungi: best practices and future prospects. Lichenologist 56: 345–362. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0024282924000355
2023
Barron, ES (2023) Conservation of abundance: how fungi can contribute to rethinking conservation. Conservation and Society 21(2): 99–109. https://doi.org/10.4103/cs.cs_23_22
Buratti S, Girometta CE, Savino E, Gorjón SP (2023) An example of the conservation of wood decay fungi: the new research culture collection of corticioid and polyporoid strains of the University of Salamanca (Spain). Forests 14:2029. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14102029
da Silva Canêz L, Costa de Rezende DH, Simões Calaça FJ, Trierveiler Pereira L, Menolli N Jr., Bezerra J, Cabral TS, Martins-Cunha K, Drechsler-Santos ER (2023) IUCN SSC Brazil Fungal Specialist Group - fungos no caminho da conservação da biodiversidade brasileira. Bol. Micob., Rio de Janeiro, RJ 3: 16–18.
Hernández Caffot ML, Vaira M, Domínguez LS (2023) Hongos de Argentina evaluados por la UICN (Unión Internacional para la Conservación de las Especies) y status de Rickiella edulis basada en un nuevo registro en Jujuy, Argentina. Lilloa 60(2): 287–308. doi: https://doi.org/10.30550/j.lil/1853
Leavitt SD, DeBolt A, McQuhae E, Allen JL (2023) Genomic resources for the first federally endangered lichen: the Florida Perforate Cladonia (Cladonia perforata). J. Fungi 9,698. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9070698
Niskanen T, Lücking R, Dahlberg A, Gaya E, Suz LM, Mikryukov V, Liimatainen K, Druzhinina I, Westrip JRS, Mueller GM, Martins-Cunha K, Kirk P, Tedersoo L, Antonelli A (2023) Pushing the frontiers of biodiversity research: unveiling the global diversity, distribution and conservation of fungi. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 48: 22.1–22.28. https://doi.org//10.1146/annurev-environ-112621-090937
2022
Alem D, Dejene T, Geml J, Oria‑de‑Rueda JA, Martín‑Pinto P (2022) Metabarcoding analysis of the soil fungal community to aid the conservation of underexplored church forests in Ethiopia. Scientific Reports 12, 4817. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-08828-3
Barros J, Seena S (2022) Fungi in freshwaters: prioritising aquatic Hyphomycetes in conservation goals. Water 14, 605. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14040605
Bazzicalupo A, Gonçalves SC, Hébert R, Jakob S, Justo A, Kernaghan G, Lebeuf R, Malloch B, Thorn RG, Walker AK (2022) Macrofungal conservation in Canada and target species for assessment: a starting point. FACETS 7: 448–463. https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2021-0180"
Blaalid R, Davey ML (2022) Habitat protection approaches facilitate conservation of overlooked fungal diversity – a case study from the Norwegian coastal heathland system. Frontiers in Fungal Biology 3:886685. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffunb.2022.886685
Cooper JA, Buchanan PK, Leonard P, Allison-Cooper L, Johnston P, Padamsee M, McKenzie E, Michel P (2022) Conservation status of selected species of non-lichenised agarics, boletes and russuloid fungi in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021. New Zealand Threat Classification Series No. 38. Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai, Wellington, New Zealand. https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/nztcs38entire.pdf
Costa-Rezende D, Kossmann T, Titton M, Drechsler-Santos E (2022) An integrative approach for fungal conservation in southern Brazil. Oryx 56: 13. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605321001277
Dramani R, Gouwakinnou GN, Houdanon RD, De Kesel A, Minter D, Yorou NS (2022) Ecological niche modelling of Cantharellus species in Benin, and revision of their conservation status. Fungal Ecology 60:101174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2022.101174
Heluta VP, Zykova MO, Hayova VP, Prydiuk MP, Shevchenko MV (2022) An update to the species list of fungi in the Red Data Book of Ukraine. Ukrainian Botanical Journal, 79(3): 154–168. [In Ukrainian.] https://doi.org/10.15407/ukrbotj79.03.154
Mueller GM, Cunha KM, May TW, Allen JL, Westrip JRS, Canteiro C, Costa-Rezende DH, Drechsler-Santos ER, Vasco-Palacios AM, Ainsworth AM, Alves-Silva G, Bungartz F, Chandler A, Gonçalves SC, Krisai-Greilhuber I, Iršėnaitė R, Jordal JB, Kosmann T, Lendemer J, McMullin RT, Mešić A, Motato-Vásquez V, Ohmura Y, Næsborg RR, Perini C, Saar I, Simijaca D, Yahr R, Dahlberg A (2022) What do the first 597 global fungal Red List assessments tell us about the threat status of fungi? Diversity 14, 736: 1–25. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14090736
Oyanedel R, Hinsley A, Dentinger BTM, et al. (2022) A way forward for wild fungi in international sustainability policy. Conservation Letters 2022.00e12882. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12882
Pasailiuk MV, Sukhomlyn MM, Gryganskyi AP, Fontana NM (2022) World biota conservation vs fungal conservation practice. Current Research in Environmental & Applied Mycology (Journal of Fungal Biology) 12(1): 268–284. https://doi.org/10.5943/cream/12/1/17
Simijaca D, Mueller G, Vasco-Palacios AM (2022) Fungal conservation in Colombia. In Almeida, R., Lücking, R., Gaya, E., & Diazgranados, M. (Eds) Catalogue of Fungi of Colombia Kew: Royal Botanical Gardens, 175-187. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364930518_CATALOGUE_OF_FUNGI_OF_COLOMBIA_Chapter_14_Fungal_Conservation_in_Colombia
Stallman JK, Robinson K (2022). Importance of Seasonal Variation in Hawaiian Mushroom (Agaricomycetes) Basidiomata Production for Biodiversity Discovery and Conservation. Frontiers in Fungal Biology 3:869689. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffunb.2022.869689
Uhl B, Krah F-S, Baldrian P, Brandl R, Hagge J, Müller J, Thorn S, Vojtech T, Bässler C (2022). Snags, logs, stumps, and microclimate as tools optimizing deadwood enrichment for forest biodiversity. Biological Conservation 270: 109569. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109569
2021
Cao Y, Wu G, Yu D (2021) Include macrofungi in biodiversity targets. Science 372: 1160. https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.abj5479
Gonçalves SC, Haelewaters D, Furci G, Mueller GM (2021) Include all fungi in biodiversity goals. Science 373: 403. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abk1312
Hernández-López L, Alcántar OR, Figueroa-Garcia D et al. (2021) Flora y micobiota en riesgo y endemicas en el municipio San Sebastian del Oeste, Jalisco, Mexico/Threatened and endemic flora and mycobiota in the municipality San Sebastian del Oeste, Jalisco, Mexico. Acta Botánica Mexicana 128.
Ingram DS (2021) A case for conserving plant pathogens. Plant Pathlogy 71: 98–110. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13448
Leonardi M, Comandini O, Sanjust E, Rinaldi AC (2021) Conservation status of milkcaps (Basidiomycota, Russulales, Russulaceae), with notes on poorly known species. Sustainability 13,10365. https://doi.org/10.3390/su131810365
Lofgren LA, Stajich JE (2021) Fungal biodiversity and conservation mycology in light of new technology, big data, and changing attitudes. Current Biology 31: R1312-R1325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.083
Putzke J, Henao Mejía LG, Cañón ERP, et al. (2021) Madre Monte Natural Conservation Area in the Colombian Andes as model for preservation of fungi in Quercus humboldtii forests. Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology 64: e21210077. https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-4324-2021210077
Runnel K, Miettinen O, Lõhmus A (2021) Polypore fungi as a flagship group to indicate changes in biodiversity – a test case from Estonia. IMA Fungus 12, 2. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43008-020-00050-y
Talhinhas P, Baroncelli R (2021) Colletotrichum species and complexes: geographic distribution, host range and conservation status. Fungal Diversity 110: 109–198. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13225-021-00491-9
2020
Howes M‐JR, Quave CL, Collemare J, et al. (2020) Molecules from nature: reconciling biodiversity conservation and global healthcare imperatives for sustainable use of medicinal plants and fungi. Plants, People, Planet 2: 463– 481. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10138
Irga PJ, Dominici L, Torpy FR (2020) The mycological social network: a way forward for conservation of fungal biodiversity. Environmental Conservation 47: 243–250. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892920000363
Nic Lughadha E, Bachman SP, Leão TCC, et al. (2020) Extinction risk and threats to plants and fungi. Plants, People, Planet 2: 389–408. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10146
Nordén J, Abrego N, Boddy L, et al. (2020) Ten principles for conservation translocations of threatened wood-inhabiting fungi. Fungal Ecology 44:100919. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2020.100919
Tomao A, Bonet JA, Castaño C, de-Miguel S (2020) How does forest management affect fungal diversity and community composition? Current knowledge and future perspectives for the conservation of forest fungi. Forest Ecology and Management 457,117678. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117678
Wei T, Wang K, Yu X, et al. (2020). Assessment of the threatened status of macro-basidiomycetes in China Biodiversity Science 28: 41–53. https://www.biodiversity-science.net/EN/10.17520/biods.2019164
Williams C, Walsh A, Vaglica V, et al. (2020) Conservation policy: helping or hindering science to unlock properties of plants and fungi. Plants, People, Planet 2: 535– 545. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10139
Zhuang W, Li Y, Zheng H, et al. (2020) Threat status of non-lichenized macro-ascomycetes in China and its threatening factors. Biodiversity Science 28: 26-40. https://www.biodiversity-science.net/EN/10.17520/biods.2019153
2019
May TW, Cooper JA, Dahlberg A, et al. (2019), Recognition of the discipline of conservation mycology. Conservation Biology 33: 733–736.
McMullin RT, Drotos K, Ireland D, Dorval H (2019) Diversity and conservation status of lichens and allied fungi in the Greater Toronto Area: results from four years of the Ontario BioBlitz. The Canadian Field-Naturalist 132: 394–406.
Purahong W, Wubet T, Krüger D, Buscot F (2019) Application of next‐generation sequencing technologies to conservation of wood‐inhabiting fungi. Conservation Biology 33: 716-724.
2018
Geltman DV, Himelbrant DE, Konechnaya GY, et al. (2018) Vascular plants, bryophytes, algae, lichens, fungi and slime molds needed in regional conservation measures in the Leningrad Region. Botanicheskiĭ Zhurnal. 103: 764–811.
Lõhmus A, Vunk E, Runnel K (2018). Conservation management for forest fungi in Estonia: the case of polypores. Folia Cryptogamica Estonica 55: 79-89
2017
Devkota S, Keller C, Olley L, et al. (2017) Distribution and national conservation status of the lichen family Lobariaceae (Peltigerales): from subtropical luxuriant forests to the alpine scrub of Nepal Himalaya. Mycosphere 8(4): 630–648. https://www.mycosphere.org/pdf/Mycosphere_8_4_10-1.pdf
2016
Juutilainen K, Mönkkönen M, Kotiranta H, Halme P (2016) The role of novel forest ecosystems in the conservation of wood-inhabiting fungi in boreal broadleaved forests. Ecology and Evolution 6: 6943–6954. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2384
2015
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Heilmann-Clausen J, Barron ES, Boddy L, et al. (2015) A fungal perspective on conservation biology. Conservation Biology 29: 61–68. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12388
2011
Dahlberg A, Mueller GM (2011) Applying IUCN Red-Listing Criteria for Assessing and Reporting on the Conservation Status of Fungal Species. Fungal Ecol. 4: 147–162. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1754504810000723
Junninen K, Komonen A (2011) Conservation ecology of boreal polypores: a review. Biological Conservation 144: 11–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2010.07.010
2001
Moore D, Nauta MM, Evans SW, Rotheroe M (Eds) (2008) Fungal Conservation: Issues and Solutions. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.
1995
Arnolds E (1995) Conservation and management of natural populations of edible fungi. Canadian Journal of Botany. 73(S1): 987–998. https://doi.org/10.1139/b95-349
