IMA Fungus 4(2): 381-443, doi: 10.5598/imafungus.2013.04.02.17
A without-prejudice list of generic names of fungi for protection under the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants
Paul Kirk‡, Joost A. Stalpers§, Uwe Braun|, Pedro W. Crous§, Karen Hansen, David L. Hawksworth¶, Kevin D. Hyde#, Robert Lücking¤, Thorsten H. Lumbsch«, Amy Y. Rossman», Keith A. Seifert˄, Mark Stadler˅‡ Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, United Kingdom§ CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht| Martin-Luther-Universität, Institut für Biologie, Bereich Geobotanik und Botanischer Garten, Halle (Saale), Germany¶ Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Departamento de Biología Vegetal II, Facultad de Farmacia, Madrid, Spain# Mae Fah Luang University, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Chiang Rai, Thailand¤ Freie Universität Berlin, Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin, Berlin, Germany« The Field Museum, Science & Education, Chicago» USDA-ARS, Systematic Mycology & Microbiology Laboratory, Beltsville˄ Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Biodiversity (Mycology), Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Ottawa, Canada˅ Dept. Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany
© Paul Kirk, Joost Stalpers, Uwe Braun, Pedro Crous, Karen Hansen, David Hawksworth, Kevin Hyde, Robert Lücking, Thorsten Lumbsch, Amy Rossman, Keith Seifert, Mark Stadler. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY-NC 4.0), which permits to copy and distribute the article for non-commercial purposes, provided that the article is not altered or modified and the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Kirk P, Stalpers JA, Braun U, Crous PW, Hansen K, Hawksworth DL, Hyde KD, Lücking R, Lumbsch TH, Rossman AY, Seifert KA, Stadler M (2013) A without-prejudice list of generic names of fungi for protection under the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants. IMA Fungus 4(2): 381-443. https://doi.org/10.5598/imafungus.2013.04.02.17 |  |
Abstract
As a first step towards the production of a List of Protected Generic Names for Fungi, a without-prejudice list is presented here as a basis for future discussion and the production of a List for formal adoption. We include 6995 generic names out of the 17072 validly published names proposed for fungi and invite comments from all interested mycologists by 31 March 2014. The selection of names for inclusion takes note of recent major publications on different groups of fungi, and further the decisions reached so far by international working groups concerned with particular families or genera. Changes will be sought in the Code to provide for this and lists at other ranks to be protected against any competing unlisted names, and to permit the inclusion of names of lichen-forming fungi. A revised draft will be made available for further discussion at the 10th International Mycological Congress in Bangkok in August 2014. A schedule is suggested for the steps needed to produce a list for adoption by the International Botanical Congress in August 2017. This initiative provides mycologists with an opportunity to place nomenclature at the generic level on a more secure and stable base.
Keywords
Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, Chytridiomycota, Glomeromycota, Lichens, Myxomycota, Nomenclature, Protected List, Oomycota, Zygomycota