How to publish a new fungal species, or name, version 3.0

M Catherine Aime¹, Andrew N Miller², Takayuki Aoki³, Konstanze Bensch⁴, Lei Cai⁵, Pedro W Crous⁴, David L Hawksworth^{6

7

8}, Kevin D Hyde⁹, Paul M Kirk¹⁰, Robert Lücking¹¹, Tom W May¹², Elaine Malosso¹³, Scott A Redhead¹⁴, Amy Y Rossman¹⁵, Marc Stadler¹⁶, Marco Thines^{17

18}, Andrey M Yurkov¹⁹, Ning Zhang²⁰, Conrad L Schoch²¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA. maime@purdue.edu.
² Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, 61820, USA.
³ Genetic Resources Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8602, Japan.
⁴ Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584CT, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
⁵ State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, NO.1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, China.
⁶ Comparative Plant and Fungal Biology, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey, TW9 3DS, UK.
⁷ Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK.
⁸ Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, 130118, Jilin Province, China.
⁹ Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand.
¹⁰ Biodiversity Informatics & Spatial Analysis, Royal Botanic Garden Kew, Richmond, London, TW9 3AE, UK.
¹¹ Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Str. 6-8, 14195, Berlin, Germany.
¹² Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Australia.
¹³ Departamento de Micologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, 50740-600, Brazil.
¹⁴ Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Science and Technology Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, Canada.
¹⁵ Botany and Plant Pathology Department, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97333, USA.
¹⁶ Department Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124, Braunschweig, Germany.
¹⁷ Department of Biological Sciences, Institute of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Goethe University, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
¹⁸ Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
¹⁹ Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany.
²⁰ Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, USA.
²¹ National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, 45 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.

PMID: 33934723
PMCID: PMC8091500
DOI: 10.1186/s43008-021-00063-1

How to publish a new fungal species, or name, version 3.0

M Catherine Aime et al. IMA Fungus. 2021.

. 2021 May 3;12(1):11.

doi: 10.1186/s43008-021-00063-1.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA. maime@purdue.edu.
² Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, 61820, USA.
³ Genetic Resources Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8602, Japan.
⁴ Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584CT, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
⁵ State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, NO.1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, China.
⁶ Comparative Plant and Fungal Biology, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey, TW9 3DS, UK.
⁷ Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK.
⁸ Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, 130118, Jilin Province, China.
⁹ Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand.
¹⁰ Biodiversity Informatics & Spatial Analysis, Royal Botanic Garden Kew, Richmond, London, TW9 3AE, UK.
¹¹ Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Str. 6-8, 14195, Berlin, Germany.
¹² Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Australia.
¹³ Departamento de Micologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, 50740-600, Brazil.
¹⁴ Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Science and Technology Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, Canada.
¹⁵ Botany and Plant Pathology Department, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97333, USA.
¹⁶ Department Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124, Braunschweig, Germany.
¹⁷ Department of Biological Sciences, Institute of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Goethe University, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
¹⁸ Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
¹⁹ Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany.
²⁰ Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, USA.
²¹ National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, 45 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.

PMID: 33934723
PMCID: PMC8091500
DOI: 10.1186/s43008-021-00063-1

Abstract

It is now a decade since The International Commission on the Taxonomy of Fungi (ICTF) produced an overview of requirements and best practices for describing a new fungal species. In the meantime the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICNafp) has changed from its former name (the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature) and introduced new formal requirements for valid publication of species scientific names, including the separation of provisions specific to Fungi and organisms treated as fungi in a new Chapter F. Equally transformative have been changes in the data collection, data dissemination, and analytical tools available to mycologists. This paper provides an updated and expanded discussion of current publication requirements along with best practices for the description of new fungal species and publication of new names and for improving accessibility of their associated metadata that have developed over the last 10 years. Additionally, we provide: (1) model papers for different fungal groups and circumstances; (2) a checklist to simplify meeting (i) the requirements of the ICNafp to ensure the effective, valid and legitimate publication of names of new taxa, and (ii) minimally accepted standards for description; and, (3) templates for preparing standardized species descriptions.

Keywords: Data repositories; Dual nomenclature; FAIR principles; Legitimate publication; New combinations; Taxonomic best practices; Typification; Valid publication.

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