Systematics of the Dothideomycetes

丝状真菌是子囊菌门中最大、种类最多的一类真菌。它包含各种各样的真菌，作为普通腐植剂、植物和人类病原体、真菌寄生虫、菌根、地衣以及水生和海洋真菌生存。很少有其他真核生物有如此巨大的生态多样性。该群中最著名的成员是导致严重农作物损失的植物病原体，但大多数道氏菌的系统发育关系鲜为人知。一段清晰的进化史尤其重要，因为它为了解真菌如何适应新的环境和营养模式提供了框架。一段动态的进化史反映在丝状真菌的生态学上。该纲的生态多样性可能暗示了所有真菌中未被揭示的相似性，或者它可能揭示了这些类群中的每一类适应环境的独特方式。因此，丝状真菌为洞察环境适应提供了一个极好的系统。通过在群体中使用广泛的抽样方法，这项研究的目的是在解决古代关系的同时，扩大课堂上物种多样性的知识。该项目将依靠国际合作，并将产生的关于遗传学、植物病理学、系统学和分类学的数据联系起来。结果将通过研讨会、出版物和互联网进行交流。

Dothideomycetes is one of the largest and most diverse classes within the largest fungal phylum, Ascomycota. It contains a diverse group of fungi that subsist as general saprobes, plant and human pathogens, fungal parasites, mycorrhizae, lichens, and aquatic and marine fungi. Few other eukaryotic groups share this enormous ecological diversity. The best-known members of the group are plant pathogens that cause serious crop losses, but the majority of Dothideomycetes phylogenetic relationships are poorly known. A well-resolved evolutionary history is especially important because it provides the framework for understanding how fungi change in adapting to new environments and nutritional modes. A dynamic evolutionary history is reflected in the ecology of the Dothideomycetes. The ecological diversity of the class may hint at an unrevealed similarity in all fungi or it may reveal the unique ways that each of these groups adapt to the environment. As such, the Dothideomycetes provide an excellent system to gain insight into environmental adaptation. By using a broad approach to sampling in the group, this study aims to address ancient relationships while simultaneously expanding the knowledge of species diversity in the class. The project will rely on international collaboration and will link data generated about genetics, plant pathology, systematics, and taxonomy. Results will be communicated by workshops, publications, and the internet.