an online database providing updated information of microfungi in the Greater Mekong Subregion

Abstract

The Greater Mekong Subregion is a biodiversity hotspot including Yunnan Province, China and Thailand. It is home to an extremely large diversity of microfungi. The highly variable climate and vast range of floral diversity facilitates rapid speciation and diversity in microfungi. During the last few decades, microfungi from the Greater Mekong Subregion on different substrates have been published and reclassified, and many new species have been introduced. However, numerous knowledge gaps concerning species diversity and systematics, challenge the current understanding of the fungi in the region. Basic information of microfungi in the Greater Mekong Subregion, such as taxonomic diversity, molecular phylogeny and host-specificity is incomplete, and available data have not been integrated on a specific platform where all data can be easily retrieved. To address this issue, a website: https://gmsmicrofungi.org, focusing on the microfungi reported from the Greater Mekong Subregion has been developed. This website is a portal to comprehensive information on microfungi and updated notes of species reported from the Greater Mekong Subregion, with easily accessible and searchable functions