Fungal names: a comprehensive nomenclatural repository and knowledge base for fungal taxonomy. Issue Volume 51:Issue D1(2023) (22nd October 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wang, Fang; Wang, Ke; Cai, Lei; Zhao, Mingjun; Kirk, Paul M; Fan, Guomei; Sun, Qinglan; Li, Bo; Wang, Shuai; Yu, Zhengfei; Han, Dong; Ma, Juncai; Wu, Linhuan; Yao, Yijian
• Is Part Of: Nucleic acids research. Volume 51:Issue D1(2023)
• Page Start: D708
• Page End: D716
• Publication Date: 2022-10-22
• Subjects: Nucleic acids -- Periodicals; Molecular biology -- Periodicals; 572.805
• DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac926
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0305-1048

Abstract

Abstract: Fungal taxonomy is a complex and rapidly changing subject, which makes proper naming of fungi challenging for taxonomists. A registration platform with a standardized and information-integrated database is a powerful tool for efficient research on fungal taxonomy. Fungal Names (FN, https://nmdc.cn/fungalnames/; launched in 2011) is one of the three official fungal nomenclatural repositories authorized by the International Nomenclature Committee for Fungi (NCF). Currently, FN includes >567 000 taxon names from >10 000 related journals and books published since 1596 and covers >147 000 collection records of type specimens/illustrations from >5000 preserving agencies. FN is also a knowledge base that integrates nomenclature information with specimens, culture collections and herbaria/fungaria, publications and taxonomists, and represents a summary of the history and recent advances in fungal taxonomy. Published fungal names are categorized based on well-accepted nomenclature rules and can be readily searched with different keywords and strategies. In combination with a standardized name checking tool and a sequence alignment-based identification package, FN makes the registration and typification of nomenclatural novelties of fungi convenient and accurate.