Mapping mycological ignorance - checklists and diversity patterns of fungi known for West Africa.

ABSTRACT: Scientific information about biodiversity distribution is indispensable for nature conservation and sustainable management of natural resources. For several groups of animals and plants, such data are available, but for fungi, especially in tropical regions like West Africa, they are mostly missing. Here, information for West African countries about species diversity of fungi and fungus-like organisms (other organisms traditionally studied by mycologists) is compiled from literature and analysed in its historical context for the first time. More than 16,000 records of fungi representing 4843 species and infraspecific taxa were found in 860 publications relating to West Africa. Records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) database (2395 species), and that of the former I

SUBMITTER: Piepenbring M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7341642 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature