Fungal names: a comprehensive nomenclatural repository and knowledge base for fungal taxonomy

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/f...

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Published inNucleic acids research Vol. 51; no. D1; pp. D708 - D716
Main 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
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Oxford University Press 06.01.2023
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Data Management
Database Issue
Databases, Factual
Fungi - classification
Knowledge Bases
Sequence Alignment
Terminology as Topic
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Summary: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.
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ISSN:0305-1048
1362-4962
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DOI:10.1093/nar/gkac926