Researchers reveal how mitonuclear interactions can either enhance or impair key qualitative and quantitative traits—contributing to improved fruiting body yield or, conversely, triggering oxidative stress and hybrid breakdown in the model system 𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑢𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑢𝑠 𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑠.

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The 𝑇𝑦𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑙𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑏𝑜𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 mushroom complex actually includes eight distinct species from five genera, with a new genus and several new species and combinations identified through integrative phylogenomics and taxonomy.

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Researchers describe four new 𝑃ℎ𝑦𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑎 species and reveal how genomic and metabolic adaptations drive their evolution and ecological diversity across host plants.

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Scientists describe 10 new species of wood-decaying fungi and reveal that 𝐶𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑎 and 𝑀𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑖𝑙𝑢𝑠 lineages emerged during the late Cretaceous period ~80-83 million years ago.

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Citizen science shows that the American fungus 𝐴𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑜𝑏𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑠 has rapidly spread inland across Poland, becoming a popular and locally adopted edible mushroom with many new records and vernacular names.

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Canadian mycologist and IMA Fungus author @jonathancazabonne.bsky.social stopped by the @pensoft.net booth at the #IUCNcongress in Abu Dhabi!

If you're at the event, today is your last chance to head to booth 229 to learn more about our journal!

New molecular analysis excludes 𝐸𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑢𝑚 from the order Cribrariales, revealing three distinct subgenera and clarifying evolutionary relationships in bright-spored Myxomycetes.

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Studying the decomposition of pine and spruce wood, researchers found that 𝐼𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑛𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑎 𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑧𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑚 can function either as a strong competitor or as a co-coloniser with 𝐻𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑠𝑢𝑚, with interaction outcomes determined by isolate origin and host tree species.

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Researchers in China provide the T2T, chromosome-level nuclear genomes of two sexually compatible monokaryons of 𝑃ℎ𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑜𝑝𝑢𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑜𝑠𝑢𝑠, offering critical insights into its genome evolution and facultative ectomycorrhizal lifestyle.

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This study on true morel diversity in Chongqing, identifies a total of 16 species, including six new to science and one new record from China. Such diversity was unexpected due to the high temperatures of the region.

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Researchers clarify the delineation of clades and species boundaries within 𝑃𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑢𝑠 sect. 𝐻𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑑𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑎 and integrate morphology, phylogeny, substrate, and distribution data to identify 18 species, including nine new to science and one new record for China.

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New species are revealed in a subgeneric revision of the genus Suillus and novel taxa from Eastern Asia based on morphology and multigene phylogenies.

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Researchers provide a detailed morphological and molecular re-assessment of European and Levantine species of Hortiboletus and introduce a new species from Israel.

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Researchers document the ongoing yet declining ceremonial use of Psilocybe zapotecorum mushrooms for healing and divination in a Zapotec community in Oaxaca, revealing cultural shifts, ecological challenges, and generational changes.

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A new subfamily, Pseudobaeosporoideae, is established within Tricholomataceae to accommodate Pseudobaeospora based on morphological and molecular data.

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This study explores the mitochondrial genomes of Shiraia-like fungi, revealing key gene variations linked to hypocrellin production.

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We are excited to announce that the first 10 papers have been published to our new website following our move to Pensoft's ARPHA Platform!

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