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Papers

(The median citation count of Mycosphere is 5. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Evolutionary relationships and allied species of Pyronemataceae, with segregation of the novel family Pyropyxidaceae	383
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Genome-scale and multi-gene phylogenetic analyses of Colletotrichum spp. host preference and associated with medicinal plants	62
Evolution and horizontal transfer of the psilocybin biosynthetic gene cluster drive the diversification of magic mushrooms	62
The importance of culture-based techniques in the genomic era for assessing the taxonomy and diversity of soil fungi	62
Species diversity of Hygrophorus in China and a phylogenetic study of the genus	45
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Epidemiology, risk factors and virulence analysis of Candida infection in Southwest China	42
Biodiversity of lignicolous freshwater fungi from the Nanpan River Basin in Guizhou and Guangxi Provinces, China, with descriptions of fifteen species	41
Systematic revision, molecular phylogeny and divergence times of Thelephorales (Basidiomycota)	41
Identification and characterization of Colletotrichum species associated with durian fruit in northern Thailand	37
Finding correct names for economically important chanterelles (Cantharellus, Hydnaceae, Cantharellales) in southwestern China: a plea for third party annotation of sequences in GenBank	32
Lignicolous freshwater fungi from karst landscapes in Yunnan Province, China	32
Overview of the Chinese edible fungi industry of and developing trends analysis	31
Special Issue: Fungal Evolution, in honour of the Academician Professor Yu Li’s 80th Birthday	29
Resolving the polyphyletic origins of Pholiotina s.l. (Bolbitiaceae, Agaricales) based on Chinese materials and reliable foreign sequences	27
Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021	27
Towards an integrative morpho-molecular classification of the Lulworthiomycetidae	27
Evolutionary relationship and a novel method of efficient identification of Lentinula edodes cultivars in China	25
Endophytic fungi associated with medicinal ferns in Guizhou Province, China Ⅰ: Morpho-molecular characterization of culturable endophytic fungi associated with Dicranopteris spp.	25
Genera of soil Ascomycota and an account on soil-inhabiting species isolated from Thailand	24
Taxonomy and phylogeny of ascomycetes associated with selected economically important monocotyledons in China and Thailand	23
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Mycosphere notes 345–386	22
Taxonomy and diversity of woody litter microfungi associated with six phylogenetically related host species in Doi Tung national park, Chiang Rai, Thailand	21

Microfungi associated with walnut trees in southwestern China	21
Exploring fungi: a taxonomic and phylogenetic study of leaf-inhabiting Ascomycota in Musa species from northern Thailand, with a global checklist	21
Morpho-molecular characterization and pathogenicity of fungi associated with sweet cherry (Prunus avium) trunk diseases in China	21
Orders of Ascomycota	21
Phylogenetic diversity and affiliation of tropical African ectomycorrhizal fungi	20
A multi‑gene phylogeny clarifies species diversity, taxonomy, and divergence times of Ceriporia and other related genera in Irpicaceae (Polyporales, Basidiomycota)	20
Boletaceae from Shanxi Province of northern China with descriptions of ten new species	19
Lignicolous freshwater fungi from China Ⅳ: Morphology and phylogeny reveal new species of Pleosporales from plateau lakes in Yunnan Province, China	18
The relevance of fungi in astrobiology research – Astromycology	18
Complex evolutionary history of the fungal order Hymenochaetales revealed by analyses of trait evolution and diversification	18
Fossil Tetraploa redefinition and potential contribution of dark pigments for the preservation of its spores in the fossil record	16
Mycosphere Notes 521–571: A special edition of fungal biodiversity to celebrate Kevin D. Hyde's 70th birthday and his exceptional contributions to Mycology	15
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Medical Fusarium: novel species or uncertain identifications?	14
Endophytic Fusarium and allied fungi from Rosa roxburghii in China	14
Hosts of Colletotrichum	13
Mycosphere Notes 469–520	13
New insights into Gymnopus s.l.: its systematic rearrangements and novel taxa	12
A yeast love triangle: multiple hybridizations shape genome evolution in the Pichia cactophila species complex	12
Lasiodiplodia: Generic revision by providing molecular markers, geographical distribution and haplotype diversity	11
Infection caused by Candida auris: state of the art	11
Cronartium rust (Pucciniales, Cronartiaceae): species delineation, diversity and host alternation	11
Beyond observation: genomic traits and machine learning algorithms for predicting fungal lifestyles	11
Fungal community composition associated with the agarwood-producing tree, Aquilaria sinensis	10
Hyperdiverse Rhytismatales on twigs of Rhododendron spp.	10
Large-scale genome investigations reveal insights into domestication of cultivated mushrooms	10
– A reappraisal of families within the order Magnaporthales and description of new endophytic taxa associated with Poaceae plants in China	10
Updating taxonomy of Conidiobolus sensu lato: Proposal of a new family, a new genus, 23 new species and two new combinations	9
Mycosphere Notes 572-624: Exploring the hidden diversity of fungi and fungilike taxa in different terrestrial microhabitats	9
Microfungi associated with grassland ecosystems in Yunnan, Southwest China	8
Unlocking nature’s pharmacy: diversity of medicinal properties and mycochemicals in the family Hymenochaetaceae (Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota)	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
Mycosphere notes 387–412 – novel species of fungal taxa from around the world	6
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Diversity of Fungal Communities Associated with Grapevine Trunk Diseases in China	6
An updated taxonomic framework of Hymenochaetales (Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota)	6
Morphology and multigene phylogeny reveal ten novel taxa in Ascomycota from terrestrial palm substrates (Arecaceae) in Thailand	6
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Peat swamp Ascomycota associated with palms (Arecaceae) from Narathiwat, Thailand	6
Microfungi associated with plant diseases on horticultural vegetation in southwestern China	5
New taxa of Xylariales from Karst Ecosystems in Southwestern China	5
Bambusicolous Fungi from Southwestern China	5
Morphological and phylogenetic studies of Ascomycota from gymnosperms in Sichuan Province, China	5
Global consortium for the classification of fungi and fungus-like taxa	5