An estimate of the lower limit of global fungal diversity

By J. Schmit, G. Mueller. Biodiversity and Conservation, 2006

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Subfields: Cell Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science

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Influence of tree species on richness and diversity of epigeous fungal communities in a French temperate forest stand (2011, background): “…influences fundamental functions within the Fungal species can be divided into three categories that correspond to different strategies of carbon acquisition: mutualistic, saprotrophic and parasitic (Schmit & Mueller 2007); however, the distinction between these three categories is not complete.”
High-Coverage ITS Primers for the DNA-Based Identification of Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes in Environmental Samples (2012, background): “1 million undescribed species [1–4] in environments such as forest soil [5,6], phyllosphere [7–9], aquatic ecosystems [10,11], and soils of the polar region [12].”
Species diversity and drivers of spread of alien fungi (sensu lato) in Europe with a particular focus on France (2009, background): “Recent estimates of the number of fungal species range from 712,000 (conservative estimation by Schmit and Mueller 2007) to 1.5 million (Hawksworth and Mueller 2005) for Eumycota at least, of which less than 10% have been described (Hawksworth 2001).”
Palaeotropical origins, boreotropical distribution and increased rates of diversification in a clade of edible ectomycorrhizal mushrooms (Amanita section Caesareae) (2015, background): “…difficulties due to morphological convergence and cryptic diversity (Taylor et al., 2000); (3) poor sampling in many regions of the world (Schmit & Mueller, 2007); and (4) the assumption that most species are ª 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/jbi 351…”
Three reasons to re-evaluate fungal diversity 'on Earth and in the ocean' (2011, background): “…Cannon (1997) 9,900,000 Fr€ohlich and Hyde (1999) 1,500,000 Hawksworth (2001) 2,270,000 May (2000) 500,000* O’brien et al. (2005) 3,500,000e5,100,000* Schmit and Mueller (2007) 712,000* Mora et al. (2011) 611,000 (þ/ SE ¼ 297,000)* and cryptic species, and higher fungal diversity in the tropics…”
Bioactive secondary metabolites from endophytes and associated marine derived fungi (2011, unknown): “A recent estimation of the lower boundary of global fungal diversity sets it at a value of 712,000 extant fungal species existing worldwide (Schmit and Müller 2007).”
The fungi: 1, 2, 3 ... 5.1 million species? (2011, background): “Several post- 1991 estimates of insect-associated fungi suggested that 20 000 – 50 000 species exist ( Rossman, 1994 ; Weir and Hammond 1997a , b ; Schmit and Mueller, 2007 ).”
An evolutionary ecology perspective to address forest pathology challenges of today and tomorrow (2016, background): “(Hyde 2001; Brasier 2009; Schmit and Mueller 2007; Blackwell 2011).”
Endophytic fungi in forest trees: are they mutualists? (2007, background): “About 79’000 species of fungi have been described with only 35’000 of them being plantassociated microfungi (Schmit & Mueller 2007).”
Intraspecific ITS Variability in the Kingdom Fungi as Expressed in the International Sequence Databases and Its Implications for Molecular Species Identification (2008, background): “Evolutionary Bioinformatics 2008:4 in that the absolute majority of fungi still await discovery and formal description (Hawksworth, 2001; Blackwell et al. 2006; Schmit and Mueller, 2007).”
Role of Diverse Non-Systemic Fungal Endophytes in Plant Performance and Response to Stress: Progress and Approaches (2010, background): “5 million fungal species on Earth (Hawksworth 2001), whereas a minimum number of 712,000 fungal species has also been estimated (Schmit and Mueller 2007).”
Goodbye morphology? A paradigm shift in the delimitation of species in lichenized fungi (2011, background): “The number of fungi worldwide has been estimated as being about 1.5 million species (Hawksworth 1991, 2001), while more conservative estimates give a minimal number of 700,000 species (Schmit and Mueller 2007).”
Beneficial fungal communities from different habitats and their roles in plant growth promotion and soil health (2020, background): “So far, total 712,000 fungal species both beneficial and pathogenic; have been known across the board (Schmit and Mueller 2007).”
Diversity and functions of microscopic fungi: a missing component in pelagic food webs (2010, background): “71 (Schmit and Mueller 2007) to 1.”