Abrego N., Norros V., Halme P., Somervuo P., Ali-Kovero H. & Ovaskainen O.
(2018):
Give me a sample of air and I will tell which species are found from your region: Molecular identification of fungi from airborne spore samples -
Molecular Ecology Resources,
18: 511–524
Fungi are a megadiverse group of organisms, they play major roles in ecosystem functioning and are important for human health, food production and nature conservation. Our knowledge on fungal diversity and fungal ecology is however still very limited, in part because surveying and identifying fungi is time demanding and requires expert knowledge. We present a method that allows anyone to generate a list of fungal species likely to occur in a region of interest, with minimal effort and without requiring …
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