Fungal Systematics and Evolution: FUSE 4

Funding

The Calostoma authors are grateful to Xu Hui (Wuyishan Biological Institute of Fujian Province) and the officers of the Wuyishan National Park for their kind help during the field investigations. The study was supported by China Agriculture Research System(CARS20). The Uncispora study was financed by the National Natural Science Foundation Program of the PR China (Grant no. 31770026 and no. 31570023). The Crinipellis study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31770010) and the 111 Project (No. D17014). Prof. Ping Zhang is sincerely thanked for improving the manuscript. The Inocybe elata study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31270063) and the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University of Ministry of Education of China (No. IRT-15R25). The Inocybe himalayensis authors are thankful to Genevieve Gates, Honorary Associate, Mycology and Forest Ecology, Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, Australia for improving the manuscript, and to Ellen Larsson, University of Goteborg, for providing literature. The Lactifluus authors thank Head, Department of Botany, Punjabi University, Patiala, for providing research facilities and are indebted to UGC & DST, New Delhi for financial assistance. The Massalongia study was financially supported by the project Evolution and Dispersal of Antarctic Bipolar Species of Mosses and Lichens (MCTI/CNPq/FNDCT - Acao Transversal no 64/2013). The collections were made during the Brazilian Antarctic Expedition (OPERANAR), and PROANTAR (Programa Antartico Brasileiro) is thanked for support during work. MJK, MCS and CVJr. thank CNPq and CAPES for providing PNPD and PhD scholarships. The Saprolegnia authors are grateful to Professor (Emeritus) Asadollah Babaei-Ahari (University of Tabriz) for his valuable scientific comments and his kindness for providing financial support. The Raddetes research was supported by the project of the Komarov Botanical Institute "Biodiversity and spatial structure of fungi and myxomycetes communities in natural and anthropogenic ecosystems" AAAA-A18-118031290108-6 (the authors EM and VM). EM,VM and VS are deeply indebted to the curators of herbarium, Finnish Museum of Natural History (H) for their permission to sequence the type material of Raddetes turkestanicus. The Phyllosticta authors would like to thank Mr. Abhijit Roy, USIC, Department of Fluorescent microscopy unit, Burdwan University, West Bengal, India, for his kind help and technical assistance. The Pluteus authors thank M. Sochor for sequencing the Slovak collection of P. leucoborealis. We also thank J.W. Jongepier who helped improve the overall language of the manuscript. The studies of the HS were enabled by support provided to the Moravian Museum by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic as part of its long-term conceptual development programme for research institutions (DKRVO, ref. MK000094862). The Pseudopithomyces authors thank Andrea Sbarbati and Paolo Bernardi of the Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche e del Movimento (University degli Studi di Verona, Italy) for their help performing the analysis by scanning electron microscopy. The Terfezia authors are grateful to the geologist Mr. Lotfi Abdelli for work in field searching and for financial support from the Projects CGL2016-78946-R (AEI/FEDER, UE), 19484/PI/14 (FEDER/Fundacion Seneca-Agencia de Ciencia y Tecnologia de la Region de Murcia, Spain).