Rajeshkumar K. C.

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Why shouldn't DNA be a 'type' in plant and fungal taxonomy?

According to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN), a type must be a preserved physical specimen. The current rules do not recognize a DNA sequence alone...

19 February 2025 5,995 4 View

Where to publish single new species of fungi? and new records?

I wish to get your opinion about publishing single new species (with or without molecular data* /and single strain) or new records in an International Journal of repute. Recently, we have seen...

04 August 2021 1,485 52 View

Fungal Phylogeny; Dealing with datasets for a robust phylogeny?

Dear Colleagues, I need some advice to resolve the issues associated with building robust phylogeny trees in different fungal families. It is indeed a basic query but may be helpful to many...

24 June 2021 7,002 5 View

Modern taxonomy of fungi - How to resolve taxonomy of 'good' genus/species and poor/not well supported genus/species?

Modern taxonomy of fungi = Morphology + Multi-gene sequencing and phylogeny I have recently come across some issues related to poor support of some species and genus lineages while working on the...

09 June 2021 3,619 3 View

What are the guidelines to define a new fungal family based on modern fungal taxonomy?

(Modern taxonomy = considering Morphology, Multi-gene sequencing and phylogeny)

21 January 2021 7,856 7 View