The following is a list of journals and magazines in the field of mycology:
| Title | Location/Publisher | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Annales Mycologici | Berlin, Germany | 1903–1944, continued as Sydowia |
| Belarra | Sociedad Micologica Barakaldo | 1975– |
| Bulletin of the British Mycological Society | British Mycological Society | 1967–1986, replaced by Mycologist |
| Experimental Mycology | New York, Orlando | 1977–1995, Continued by Fungal Genetics and Biology |
| Field Mycology | British Mycological Society | 2000– |
| Fungal Biology | British Mycological Society | 2010– |
| Fungal Biology Reviews | British Mycological Society | 2007– |
| Fungal Diversity | Hong Kong | 1998– |
| Fungal Ecology | British Mycological Society | 2008– |
| Fungal Genetics and Biology | Orlando | 1995–, Continues Experimental Mycology |
| Herzogia | Vaduz | 1968– |
| International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms | ||
| Journal of Fungi | MDPI (Basel, Switzerland) | 2015– |
| Journal of Mycology | Manhattan | 1885–1908, replaced by Mycologia |
| Medical Mycology | Taylor and Francis, Volume 1–23 published as Sabouraudia and Volumes 24–33 published as Journal of Medical and Veterinary Mycology | 1972– |
| MycoKeys | Pensoft Publishers, Bulgaria | 2011- |
| Mycologia | Mycological Society of America, New York | 1909– |
| Mycological Progress | German Mycological Society | 2002– |
| Mycological Research | British Mycological Society | 1989–2009, replaced by Fungal Biology |
| Mycologist | British Mycological Society | 1987–2006, continued as Fungal Biology Reviews |
| Mycopathologia | Kluwer Academic Publishers | 1938–, Volumes 5 (1950) to 54 (1974) were published as Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata |
| Mycoscience | Elsevier, Tokyo (Mycological Society of Japan) | |
| Mycoses | Blackwell Publishing | |
| Mycotaxon | Mycotaxon Ltd. | 1974– |
| New Zealand Journal of Botany | Royal Society of New Zealand | 1963– |
| Nova Hedwigia | 1959– | |
| Ohio Mycological Bulletin | Columbus, Ohio | 1903–1908 |
| The Open Mycology Journal | Bentham Open | |
| Persoonia | National Herbarium of the Netherlands | 1959– |
| Studies in Mycology | Utrecht, CBS Fungal Biodiversity Centre | 1972– |
| Sydowia | Vienna, Austria/Print Office Berger | 1947– |
| Yeast | Wiley-Blackwell | 1985– |
| Transactions of the British Mycological Society | British Mycological Society | 1897–1988, continued as Mycological Research |
Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their taxonomy, genetics, biochemical properties, and use by humans. Fungi can be a source of tinder, food, traditional medicine, as well as entheogens, poison, and infection. Mycology branches into the field of phytopathology, the study of plant diseases. The two disciplines are closely related, because the vast majority of plant pathogens are fungi. A biologist specializing in mycology is called a mycologist.
A hypha is a long, branching, filamentous structure of a fungus, oomycete, or actinobacterium. In most fungi, hyphae are the main mode of vegetative growth, and are collectively called a mycelium.
Paul Edward Stamets is an American mycologist and entrepreneur who sells various mushroom products through his company. He is an author and advocate of medicinal fungi and mycoremediation.
Miles Joseph Berkeley was an English cryptogamist and clergyman, and one of the founders of the science of plant pathology. The standard author abbreviation Berk. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.
Mycelial cords are linear aggregations of parallel-oriented hyphae. The mature cords are composed of wide, empty vessel hyphae surrounded by narrower sheathing hyphae. Cords may look similar to plant roots, and also frequently have similar functions; hence they are also called rhizomorphs. As well as growing underground or on the surface of trees and other plants, some fungi make mycelial cords which hang in the air from vegetation.
A fungus is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one of the traditional eukaryotic kingdoms, along with Animalia, Plantae and either Protista or Protozoa and Chromista.
The Auriculariales are an order of fungi in the class Agaricomycetes. Species within the order were formerly referred to the "heterobasidiomycetes" or "jelly fungi", since many have gelatinous basidiocarps that produce spores on septate basidia. Around 200 species are known worldwide, placed in six or more families, though the status of these families is currently uncertain. All species in the Auriculariales are believed to be saprotrophic, most growing on dead wood. Fruit bodies of several Auricularia species are cultivated for food on a commercial scale, especially in China.
The Orbiliaceae are a family of saprobic sac fungi. It is the only family in the monotypic class Orbiliomycetes and the monotypic order Orbiliales. The family was first described by John Axel Nannfeldt in 1932 and now contains 288 species in 12 genera. Members of this family have a widespread distribution, but are more prevalent in temperate regions. Some species in the Orbiliaceae are carnivorous fungi, and have evolved a number of specialized mechanisms to trap nematodes.
The peridium is the protective layer that encloses a mass of spores in fungi. This outer covering is a distinctive feature of gasteroid fungi.
Geoffrey Clough Ainsworth was a British mycologist and scientific historian. He was the older brother of Ruth Ainsworth.
Pucciniomycetes is a diverse class of fungi in the subphylum Pucciniomycotina of phylum Basidiomycota. The class contains 5 orders, 21 families, 190 genera, and approximately 8,016 species. It has been estimated that this class contains about one third of all teleomorphic basidiomycetes. Pucciniomycetes contains many economically important plant pathogenic fungal rusts; the order Pucciniales is the largest clade in this class, representing approximately 7,000 species.
In mycology, the term trama is used in two ways. In the broad sense, it is the inner, fleshy portion of a mushroom's basidiocarp, or fruit body. It is distinct from the outer layer of tissue, known as the pileipellis or cuticle, and from the spore-bearing tissue layer known as the hymenium. In essence, the trama is the tissue that is commonly referred to as the "flesh" of mushrooms and similar fungi.
Carleton Rea was an English mycologist, botanist, and naturalist.
John Webster was an internationally renowned mycologist and head of biological sciences at the University of Exeter in England. He also served twice as president of the British Mycological Society. He is recognised for determining the physiological mechanism underpinning fungal spore release, though is probably best known by students of mycology for his influential textbook, Introduction to Fungi.
Chirayathumadom Venkatachalier Subramanian, popularly known as CVS, was an Indian mycologist, taxonomist and plant pathologist, known for his work on the classification of Fungi imperfecti, a group of fungi classified separately due to lack of specific taxonomic characteristics. He authored one monograph, Hyphomycetes: An Account of Indian Species, Except Cercosporae and three books, Hyphomycetes, taxonomy and biology, Moulds, Mushrooms and Men and Soil microfungi of Israel, besides several articles published in peer-reviewed journals. He was a recipient of many honours including the Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, the Janaki Ammal National Award of the Government of India and seven species of fungi have been named after him. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1965, for his contributions to biological sciences.
Rhizopus stolonifer is commonly known as black bread mold. It is a member of Zygomycota and considered the most important species in the genus Rhizopus. It is one of the most common fungi in the world and has a global distribution although it is most commonly found in tropical and subtropical regions. It is a common agent of decomposition of stored foods. Like other members of the genus Rhizopus, R. stolonifer grows rapidly, mostly in indoor environments.
Lilian Edith Hawker was a British mycologist, known for her work on fungal physiology, particularly spore production. She was an expert on British truffles, and also published in the fields of plant physiology and plant pathology. She was also known for her contributions to education in mycology. Most of her career was spent at the botany department of the Imperial College of Science and Technology (1932–45) and the University of Bristol (1945–73), where she held the chair in mycology (1965–73) and was dean of the science faculty (1970–73). She served as president of the British Mycological Society, and was elected an honorary member of that society and of the Mycological Society of America. She published an introduction to fungi and two books on fungal physiology, of which Physiology of Fungi (1950) was among the first to survey the field, and also co-edited two microbiology textbooks.
Kathleen Sampson was an English mycologist and plant pathologist, with a focus in herbage crops and cereal diseases. She was a leading authority on smut fungi growing in the British Isles.
