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Papers

(The median citation count of Mycosphere is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Evolutionary relationships and allied species of Pyronemataceae, with segregation of the novel family Pyropyxidaceae	345
The importance of culture-based techniques in the genomic era for assessing the taxonomy and diversity of soil fungi	68
Genome-scale and multi-gene phylogenetic analyses of Colletotrichum spp. host preference and associated with medicinal plants	57
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Species diversity of Hygrophorus in China and a phylogenetic study of the genus	42
Systematic revision, molecular phylogeny and divergence times of Thelephorales (Basidiomycota)	40
Identification and characterization of Colletotrichum species associated with durian fruit in northern Thailand	35
Finding correct names for economically important chanterelles (Cantharellus, Hydnaceae, Cantharellales) in southwestern China: a plea for third party annotation of sequences in GenBank	34
Special Issue: Fungal Evolution, in honour of the Academician Professor Yu Li’s 80th Birthday	33
Lignicolous freshwater fungi from karst landscapes in Yunnan Province, China	33
Resolving the polyphyletic origins of Pholiotina s.l. (Bolbitiaceae, Agaricales) based on Chinese materials and reliable foreign sequences	32
Towards an integrative morpho-molecular classification of the Lulworthiomycetidae	31
Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021	29
Evolutionary relationship and a novel method of efficient identification of Lentinula edodes cultivars in China	26
Taxonomy and phylogeny of ascomycetes associated with selected economically important monocotyledons in China and Thailand	25
Endophytic fungi associated with medicinal ferns in Guizhou Province, China Ⅰ: Morpho-molecular characterization of culturable endophytic fungi associated with Dicranopteris spp.	25
Genera of soil Ascomycota and an account on soil-inhabiting species isolated from Thailand	24
Orders of Ascomycota	23
Mycosphere notes 345–386	22
Morpho-molecular characterization and pathogenicity of fungi associated with sweet cherry (Prunus avium) trunk diseases in China	21
A multi‑gene phylogeny clarifies species diversity, taxonomy, and divergence times of Ceriporia and other related genera in Irpicaceae (Polyporales, Basidiomycota)	20
Exploring fungi: a taxonomic and phylogenetic study of leaf-inhabiting Ascomycota in Musa species from northern Thailand, with a global checklist	20
Microfungi associated with walnut trees in southwestern China	19
Phylogenetic diversity and affiliation of tropical African ectomycorrhizal fungi	17
Fossil Tetraploa redefinition and potential contribution of dark pigments for the preservation of its spores in the fossil record	17

Complex evolutionary history of the fungal order Hymenochaetales revealed by analyses of trait evolution and diversification	17
Mycosphere Notes 521–571: A special edition of fungal biodiversity to celebrate Kevin D. Hyde's 70th birthday and his exceptional contributions to Mycology	16
Endophytic Fusarium and allied fungi from Rosa roxburghii in China	15
Boletaceae from Shanxi Province of northern China with descriptions of ten new species	15
The relevance of fungi in astrobiology research – Astromycology	15
Lignicolous freshwater fungi from China Ⅳ: Morphology and phylogeny reveal new species of Pleosporales from plateau lakes in Yunnan Province, China	15
Medical Fusarium: novel species or uncertain identifications?	14
Hosts of Colletotrichum	13
Mycosphere Notes 469–520	13
A yeast love triangle: multiple hybridizations shape genome evolution in the Pichia cactophila species complex	13
New insights into Gymnopus s.l.: its systematic rearrangements and novel taxa	12
Large-scale genome investigations reveal insights into domestication of cultivated mushrooms	11
Lasiodiplodia: Generic revision by providing molecular markers, geographical distribution and haplotype diversity	11
Cronartium rust (Pucciniales, Cronartiaceae): species delineation, diversity and host alternation	11
Hyperdiverse Rhytismatales on twigs of Rhododendron spp.	10
Infection caused by Candida auris: state of the art	10
Beyond observation: genomic traits and machine learning algorithms for predicting fungal lifestyles	8
Unlocking nature’s pharmacy: diversity of medicinal properties and mycochemicals in the family Hymenochaetaceae (Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota)	8
– A reappraisal of families within the order Magnaporthales and description of new endophytic taxa associated with Poaceae plants in China	8
Taxonomy and phylogeny of Colletotrichum on important forest plants in China	7
Mycosphere notes 387–412 – novel species of fungal taxa from around the world	7
Bambusicolous mycopathogens in China with an update on taxonomic diversity, novel species, pathogenicity, and new insights	7
Bambusicolous Fungi from Southwestern China	6
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Diversity of Fungal Communities Associated with Grapevine Trunk Diseases in China	6
An updated taxonomic framework of Hymenochaetales (Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota)	6
Morphology and multigene phylogeny reveal ten novel taxa in Ascomycota from terrestrial palm substrates (Arecaceae) in Thailand	6
Morphological and phylogenetic studies of Ascomycota from gymnosperms in Sichuan Province, China	6