Global Consortium for the classification of fungi and fungus-like taxa

HYDE KEVIN; ABDEL-WAHAB; ABDOLLAHZADEH; ABEYWICKRAMA; ABSALAN; AFSHARI; AINSWORTH; AKULOV A.; ALEOSHIN; AL-SADI; ALVARADO; ALVES; ALVES-SILVA ; AMALFI; AMIRA; AMUHENAGE; ANDERSON J; ANTONÍN; AOUALLI; APROOT; APURILLO; ARAÚJO; ARIYAWANSA; ARMAND; ARUMUGAM ; ASGHARI; ASSIS; ATIENZA; AVASTHI; AZEVEDO; BAHKALI; BAKHSHI; BANIHASHEMI; BAO; BARAL, H.-O.; BARATA; BARBOSA F; BARBOSA R; BARRETO; BASCHIEN; BELAMESIATSEVA; BERA; BEZERRA A; BEZERRA J; BAT; BHUNJUN; BIANCHINOTTI MARÍA VIRGINIA; BENNET; BONDUELLE

Mycosphere

Zhongkai University

Año: 2023 vol. 14 p. 1960 - 2012

The Global Consortium for the Classification of Fungi and fungus-like taxa is an internationalinitiative of more than 550 mycologists to develop an electronic structure for the classification ofthese organisms. The members of the Consortium originate from 55 countries/regions worldwide,from a wide range of disciplines, and include senior, mid-career and early-career mycologists andplant pathologists. The Consortium will publish a biannual update of the Outline of Fungi and funguslike taxa, to act as an international scheme for other scientists. Notes on all newly published taxa at or above the level of species will be prepared and published online on the Outline of Fungi website (https://www.outlineoffungi.org/), and these will be finally published in the biannual edition of the Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa. Comments on recent important taxonomic opinions oncontroversial topics will be included in the biannual outline. For example, ‘to promote a more stabletaxonomy in Fusarium given the divergences over its generic delimitation’, or ‘are there too manygenera in the Boletales?’ and even more importantly, ‘what should be done with the tremendouslydiverse ‘dark fungal taxa?’ There are undeniable differences in mycologists’ perceptions andopinions regarding species classification as well as the establishment of new species. Given thepluralistic nature of fungal taxonomy and its implications for species concepts and the nature ofspecies, this consortium aims to provide a platform to better refine and stabilise fungal classification, taking into consideration views from different parties. In the future, a confidential voting system will be set up to gauge the opinions of all mycologists in the Consortium on important topics. The results of such surveys will be presented to the International Commission on the Taxonomy of Fungi (ICTF) and the Nomenclature Committee for Fungi (NCF) with opinions and percentages of votes for and against. Criticisms based on scientific evidence with regards to nomenclature, classifications, and taxonomic concepts will be welcomed, and any recommendations on specific taxonomic issues will also be encouraged; however, we will encourage professionally and ethically responsible criticisms of others’ work. This biannual ongoing project will provide an outlet for advances in various topics of fungal classification, nomenclature, and taxonomic concepts and lead to a community-agreed classification scheme for the fungi and fungus-like taxa. Interested parties should contact the lead author if they would like to be involved in future outlines.