Thesaurus litteraturae mycologicae et lichenologicae ratione habita praecipue omnium quae adhuc scripta sunt de mycologia applicata

Lindau, G.; Sydow, Pontus Von

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“…The checklist of fungi known for West Africa is based on primary literature (scientific publications in international journals with peer review process, books with ISBN number) and secondary literature (review papers, lists). These publications were found by searches, including Google Scholar, Cybertruffle (Minter 2020 ), the database of the US Department of Agriculture (Farr and Rossman 2019 ), and using references included in Lindau and Sydow ( 1915 ), Hawksworth and Ahti ( 1990 ), and the analysed publications. A list of species that were described from West African countries was obtained from data compiled in Index Fungorum (Kirk 2019a ).…”

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Mapping mycological ignorance – checklists and diversity patterns of fungi known for West Africa

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Scientific information about biodiversity distribution is indispensable for nature conservation and sustainable management of natural resources. For several groups of animals and plants, such data are available, but for fungi, especially in tropical regions like West Africa, they are mostly missing. Here, information for West African countries about species diversity of fungi and fungus-like organisms (other organisms traditionally studied by mycologists) is compiled from literature and analysed in its historical context for the first time. More than 16,000 records of fungi representing 4843 species and infraspecific taxa were found in 860 publications relating to West Africa. Records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) database (2395 species), and that of the former International Mycological Institute fungal reference collection (IMI) (2526 species) were also considered. The compilation based on literature is more comprehensive than the GBIF and IMI data, although they include 914 and 679 species names, respectively, which are not present in the checklist based on literature. According to data available in literature, knowledge on fungal richness ranges from 19 species (Guinea Bissau) to 1595 (Sierra Leone). In estimating existing species diversity, richness estimators and the Hawksworth 6:1 fungus to plant species ratio were used. Based on the Hawksworth ratio, known fungal diversity in West Africa represents 11.4% of the expected diversity. For six West African countries, however, known fungal species diversity is less than 2%. Incomplete knowledge of fungal diversity is also evident by species accumulation curves not reaching saturation, by 45.3% of the fungal species in the checklist being cited only once for West Africa, and by 66.5% of the fungal species in the checklist reported only for a single country. The documentation of different systematic groups of fungi is very heterogeneous because historically investigations have been sporadic. Recent opportunistic sampling activities in Benin showed that it is not difficult to find specimens representing new country records. Investigation of fungi in West Africa started just over two centuries ago and it is still in an early pioneer phase. To promote proper exploration, the present checklist is provided as a tool to facilitate fungal identification in this region and to aid conceptualisation and justification of future research projects. Documentation of fungal diversity is urgently needed because natural habitats are being lost on a large scale through altered land use and climate change.

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“…The retardation of the growth depends on the kind of acid (see also Smith and Swingle, 1904:42, 48) and its concentration; different Fusaria are not affected in the same degree, some tolerating more acid than others (see also Lewis, 1913:238). Appel and Wollenweber (1910:4-12, 23-61) (1849) The description of the genus Fusarium given by these investigators, when other data presented by them are also taken into consideration and using the terminology of Lindau (1905Lindau ( , 1908Lindau ( -1909, may be stated in brief as follows:…”

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Fusaria of potatoes /

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“…By 1908, Paul Sydow established a relationship with Gustav Lindau (Fig. 10) which resulted in their compilation, Thesaurus Litteraturae Mycologicae et Lichenologicae (Lindau & Sydow 1908-1917 ( Just, 1873( Just, -1922]. The new Thesaurus authors set out their aims (transl.…”

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Notable historical databases of fungal names

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Present-day electronic databases of fungal names are 21 st century versions of previous compilations for the same purpose. The comprehensive indices attached to books by Persoon and Fries summarized names known at those times. Later compilations appeared piecemeal in journals or free-standing, always improving but hardly available for "rapid retrieval." Twentieth century Index of Fungi required tedious data entry from thousands of journals over many years, but the result could later be inserted into electronically retrievable computer programs. Index Fungorum includes data harvested from Index of Fungi, but perhaps its major source has been Saccardo's Sylloge Fungorum, probably the most prodigious compilation of the 19 th-20 th century. Names for lichen-forming fungi were gleaned from the catalogues of Zahlbruckner and Lamb. The role of the Commonwealth Mycological Institute, its predecessors and its successors, has been significant.

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Thesaurus litteraturae mycologicae et lichenologicae ratione habita praecipue omnium quae adhuc scripta sunt de mycologia applicata

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Mapping mycological ignorance – checklists and diversity patterns of fungi known for West Africa

Mapping mycological ignorance – checklists and diversity patterns of fungi known for West Africa

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