OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Mycosphere is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Evolutionary relationships and allied species of Pyronemataceae, with segregation of the novel family Pyropyxidaceae	326
Genome-scale and multi-gene phylogenetic analyses of Colletotrichum spp. host preference and associated with medicinal plants	52
The importance of culture-based techniques in the genomic era for assessing the taxonomy and diversity of soil fungi	44
Species diversity of Hygrophorus in China and a phylogenetic study of the genus	36
Identification and characterization of Colletotrichum species associated with durian fruit in northern Thailand	34
Systematic revision, molecular phylogeny and divergence times of Thelephorales (Basidiomycota)	34
Lignicolous freshwater fungi from karst landscapes in Yunnan Province, China	30
Finding correct names for economically important chanterelles (Cantharellus, Hydnaceae, Cantharellales) in southwestern China: a plea for third party annotation of sequences in GenBank	30
Special Issue: Fungal Evolution, in honour of the Academician Professor Yu Li’s 80th Birthday	30
Towards an integrative morpho-molecular classification of the Lulworthiomycetidae	27
Resolving the polyphyletic origins of Pholiotina s.l. (Bolbitiaceae, Agaricales) based on Chinese materials and reliable foreign sequences	27
Evolutionary relationship and a novel method of efficient identification of Lentinula edodes cultivars in China	23
Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021	23
Taxonomy and phylogeny of ascomycetes associated with selected economically important monocotyledons in China and Thailand	22
A multi‑gene phylogeny clarifies species diversity, taxonomy, and divergence times of Ceriporia and other related genera in Irpicaceae (Polyporales, Basidiomycota)	21
Mycosphere notes 345–386	21
Exploring fungi: a taxonomic and phylogenetic study of leaf-inhabiting Ascomycota in Musa species from northern Thailand, with a global checklist	20
Phylogenetic diversity and affiliation of tropical African ectomycorrhizal fungi	19
Morpho-molecular characterization and pathogenicity of fungi associated with sweet cherry (Prunus avium) trunk diseases in China	19
Fossil Tetraploa redefinition and potential contribution of dark pigments for the preservation of its spores in the fossil record	18
Lignicolous freshwater fungi from China Ⅳ: Morphology and phylogeny reveal new species of Pleosporales from plateau lakes in Yunnan Province, China	17
Boletaceae from Shanxi Province of northern China with descriptions of ten new species	17
The relevance of fungi in astrobiology research – Astromycology	16
Complex evolutionary history of the fungal order Hymenochaetales revealed by analyses of trait evolution and diversification	15
Medical Fusarium: novel species or uncertain identifications?	14

Hosts of Colletotrichum	14
Endophytic Fusarium and allied fungi from Rosa roxburghii in China	14
Mycosphere Notes 469–520	14
Cronartium rust (Pucciniales, Cronartiaceae): species delineation, diversity and host alternation	13
A yeast love triangle: multiple hybridizations shape genome evolution in the Pichia cactophila species complex	12
New insights into Gymnopus s.l.: its systematic rearrangements and novel taxa	11
Lasiodiplodia: Generic revision by providing molecular markers, geographical distribution and haplotype diversity	11
Large-scale genome investigations reveal insights into domestication of cultivated mushrooms	10
Infection caused by Candida auris: state of the art	9
– A reappraisal of families within the order Magnaporthales and description of new endophytic taxa associated with Poaceae plants in China	8
Hyperdiverse Rhytismatales on twigs of Rhododendron spp.	8
Beyond observation: genomic traits and machine learning algorithms for predicting fungal lifestyles	8
Bambusicolous mycopathogens in China with an update on taxonomic diversity, novel species, pathogenicity, and new insights	7
Taxonomy and phylogeny of Colletotrichum on important forest plants in China	7
Morphology and multigene phylogeny reveal ten novel taxa in Ascomycota from terrestrial palm substrates (Arecaceae) in Thailand	7
Unlocking nature’s pharmacy: diversity of medicinal properties and mycochemicals in the family Hymenochaetaceae (Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota)	7
Diversity of Fungal Communities Associated with Grapevine Trunk Diseases in China	6
Bambusicolous Fungi from Southwestern China	5
Mycosphere notes 387–412 – novel species of fungal taxa from around the world	5
Morphological and phylogenetic studies of Ascomycota from gymnosperms in Sichuan Province, China	5
An updated taxonomic framework of Hymenochaetales (Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota)	5
New taxa of Xylariales from Karst Ecosystems in Southwestern China	4
Global consortium for the classification of fungi and fungus-like taxa	4
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Updated systematics of Trichaptum s.l. (Hymenochaetales, Basidiomycota)	4