Authors
Subashini C Jayasiri, Kevin D Hyde, Hiran A Ariyawansa, Jayarama Bhat, Bart Buyck, Lei Cai, Yu-Cheng Dai, Kamel A Abd-Elsalam, Damien Ertz, Iman Hidayat, Rajesh Jeewon, EB Gareth Jones, Ali H Bahkali, Samantha C Karunarathna, Jian-Kui Liu, J Jennifer Luangsa-ard, H Thorsten Lumbsch, Sajeewa SN Maharachchikumbura, Eric HC McKenzie, Jean-Marc Moncalvo, Masoomeh Ghobad-Nejhad, Henrik Nilsson, Ka-Lai Pang, Olinto L Pereira, Alan JL Phillips, Olivier Raspé, Adam W Rollins, Andrea I Romero, Javier Etayo, Faruk Selçuk, Steven L Stephenson, Satinee Suetrong, Joanne E Taylor, Clement KM Tsui, Alfredo Vizzini, Mohamed A Abdel-Wahab, Ting-Chi Wen, Saranyaphat Boonmee, Dong Qin Dai, Dinushani A Daranagama, Asha J Dissanayake, Anusha H Ekanayaka, SC Fryar, Sinang Hongsanan, Ruvishika S Jayawardena, Wen-Jing Li, Rekhani H Perera, R Phookamsak, Nimali I De Silva, Kasun M Thambugala, Qing Tian, Nalin N Wijayawardene, Rui-Lin Zhao, Qi Zhao, Ji-Chuan Kang, Itthayakorn Promputtha
Publication date
2015/9
Journal
Fungal diversity
Volume
74
Pages
3-18
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Description
Taxonomic names are key links between various databases that store information on different organisms. Several global fungal nomenclural and taxonomic databases (notably Index Fungorum, Species Fungorum and MycoBank) can be sourced to find taxonomic details about fungi, while DNA sequence data can be sourced from NCBI, EBI and UNITE databases. Although the sequence data may be linked to a name, the quality of the metadata is variable and generally there is no corresponding link to images, descriptions or herbarium material. There is generally no way to establish the accuracy of the names in these genomic databases, other than whether the submission is from a reputable source. To tackle this problem, a new database (FacesofFungi), accessible at www.facesoffungi.org (FoF) has been established. This fungal database allows deposition of taxonomic data …
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