Fungal Diversity in the Mediterranean Area

• Other Authors: Venturella, Giuseppe (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; Asphondylia; Botryosphaeria; B. dothidea; DNA sequencing; gall-associated fungi; Lamiaceae; phylogenetic relationships; symbiosis; microsatellite; SSR; white truffle; genetic diversity; wood decay fungi (WDF); culture collection; fungal strain; host; Italy; morphological and molecular identification; marine fungi; new taxa; phylogeny; lignicolous fungi; needle pathogens; high altitude forests; DNA metabarcoding; Montenegro; Grifola frondosa; fungal diversity; Mediterranean forest; medicinal mushroom; bioprospecting; ITS rDNA; phylogenetics; basidiomycete; polypore fungus; Quercus pubescens; macrofungi; Basidiomycota; mushroom diversity; ectomycorrhiza; saprotroph; alder; Aegean Sea; Mediterranean; Alnicola; arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; arid areas; biological properties; conserved areas; grazing; mycorrhiza; galls; basidiomycetes; ascomycetes
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Fungi are important components of ecosystems. Their level of diversity is very high and only lower than that of insects. This book deals with fungal diversity in the Mediterranean, a large area recognized as a biodiversity hot spot. Micro and macrofungi contribute to characterizing many environments, both terrestrial and marine, in which they are associated with particular forest stands and also contribute to providing plant and soil nutrients. They also show potential applications in the medical and pharmaceutical fields, have a recognized nutritional and commercial value and still provide many insights to scholars in terms of description of new species and actions aimed at in situ and ex situ conservation.