MSB/PEET: PolyPEET: Enhancing taxonomic expertise in the Polyporales

MSB/PEET：PolyPEET：增强多孔菌目分类学专业知识

• 批准号: 0933081
• 负责人: David Hibbett
• 金额: $ 75万
• 依托单位: Clark University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0933081&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MSB; PEET; PolyPEET; Enhancing; taxonomic

The Polyporales is a diverse group of fungi that includes "bracket fungi," crust-like forms, gilled mushrooms, and others. Recent years have seen much new information on how the major groups of polypores are related to each other, but genus-level classification remains poorly resolved, and it is likely that many species remain undiscovered. To understand the diversity of Polyporales, classical taxonomic approaches must be combined with morphology and modern molecular methods. Unfortunately, however, few mycologists have expertise in both areas, and many of the world's experts are retired or are nearing retirement. The goals of this project are: 1) To train the next generation of fungal taxonomists with expertise in morphological and molecular methods; 2) To produce comprehensive monographs of selected genera of Polyporales; 3) To create informatics resources for mycologists and the general public; 4) To promote development of an international community of Polyporales taxonomists; 5) To encourage participation in science by members of underrepresented groups; and, 6) To raise awareness about mycology among high school students and educators. The proposed research and training activities will be conducted by an international team of four "Principal Collaborators," and five "Trainees," including three PhD students and two early-career post-doctoral researchers.As decayers and pathogens, Fungi have profound impacts on human affairs. They also function as beneficial symbionts, provide food, drugs, and other useful biochemicals, and serve as model systems for genetics and molecular biology. However, it is estimated that only 5-10% of the species of Fungi have been described. The Polyporales contains many wood-decay fungi, as well as timber pathogens. They play an important role in the carbon cycle, and produce diverse enzymes that break down lignin and cellulose. Monographic studies in Polyporales will improve understanding of biodiversity and will provide resources for applied research into biofuel production, bioremediation, and other "green" technologies.

多孔菌目是一个多样化的真菌类群，包括“支架真菌”、壳状真菌、鳃蘑菇等。近年来，人们看到了许多关于多孔菌主要类群如何相互关联的新信息，但属级分类仍未得到很好的解决，而且很可能许多物种仍未被发现。为了了解多孔菌目的多样性，经典分类学方法必须与形态学和现代分子方法相结合。然而不幸的是，很少有真菌学家具备这两个领域的专业知识，而且世界上许多专家已经退休或即将退休。该项目的目标是： 1）培养具有形态学和分子方法专业知识的下一代真菌分类学家； 2) 编写多孔菌目选定属的综合专着； 3）为真菌学家和公众创建信息资源； 4) 促进国际多孔菌分类学家群体的发展； 5) 鼓励代表性不足的群体成员参与科学； 6) 提高高中生和教育工作者对真菌学的认识。拟议的研究和培训活动将由四名“主要合作者”和五名“实习生”组成的国际团队进行，其中包括三名博士生和两名早期职业博士后研究人员。作为腐烂者和病原体，真菌对人类具有深远的影响。人事。它们还充当有益的共生体，提供食物、药物和其他有用的生化物质，并充当遗传学和分子生物学的模型系统。然而，据估计，仅描述了 5-10% 的真菌种类。多孔菌目含有许多木材腐烂真菌以及木材病原体。它们在碳循环中发挥着重要作用，并产生分解木质素和纤维素的多种酶。多孔菌目专题研究将增进对生物多样性的了解，并为生物燃料生产、生物修复和其他“绿色”技术的应用研究提供资源。