Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Fungus

Fungi are a diverse kingdom of eukaryotic organisms that includes yeasts, moulds, mildews, and mushrooms, found in soil, water, air, and in association with plants, animals, and humans. Unlike plants, fungi do not photosynthesise; they obtain nutrients by absorbing organic matter, making them essential decomposers t…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 41× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2766-869X 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Fungi are a diverse kingdom of eukaryotic organisms that includes yeasts, moulds, mildews, and mushrooms, found in soil, water, air, and in association with plants, animals, and humans. Unlike plants, fungi do not photosynthesise; they obtain nutrients by absorbing organic matter, making them essential decomposers that recycle nutrients through ecosystems. Fungi have wide-ranging significance: many are beneficial, used in food production, fermentation, biotechnology, and the manufacture of antibiotics and other medicines, while others are agricultural pathogens that damage crops or human and animal pathogens that cause infections ranging from superficial to life-threatening. The journal Fungal Diversity publishes peer-reviewed research on the biology, ecology, classification, and impact of fungi. Relevant work in this collection includes studies of plant-pathogenic fungi such as Fusarium causing sugarcane stem rot and Sclerotinia causing white mould disease, the antimycotic activity of medicinal plant extracts against dermatophytes, fungemia in immunocompromised patients, the surge in Mucorales infections following COVID-19, and surveys of keratinophilic fungi in soil. This page gathers open-access scholarship relevant to fungi and fungal diversity, supporting evidence-based understanding of their roles in the environment, agriculture, industry, and health.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 41 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Fungus, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Fungal Diversity (ISSN 2766-869X).

Journal editorial board
Sudha Chaturvedi · United States

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